On May 1, 2012, I decided I would create a gratitude journal naming it "My Garden Of Gratitude."
I promised I would faithfully post about something I was grateful for every single day... and I did until my world shattered and all that was left was despair and a few shattered pieces of my soul.
I tried I really did...but I can't change what has happened and how I reacted to it at the time. I am learning I am doing my best even if it doesn't appear that way.
Once again I decided to start this gratitude journal because I was remorseful and ashamed that I had lost sight of what was truly the most important things in my life...
My appreciation was lost and hidden in my broken heart and died a slow painful death.... but light began to seep in and I slowly began to heal...
August 12, 2017, I committed to this once again and ironically this is one of the pictures I shared in that post.
I assure you I know understand that a lot more than I did a week ago. Those words Blessed Beyond The Storm is the beginning of my new life after Hurricane Harvey.
I am struggling to stay off the bandwagon and fall into a pity party the world has never seen, but I keep reminding myself I am stronger than anything life brings my way...
I hope that is true....
To be honest, I am afraid it will turn out to be a lie, that I am not stronger than anything life can bring my way...we will see.
You grow what you feed.... that is such a simple truth and the world would be so much better if people realized that.
I am battling to remember that and to live that at this very moment...
Hurricane Harvey has been so cruel.... and the only control I have at this moment in my life is how I react and what I feed...
I want appreciation to grow. I want gratitude to flourish. I want my smile to shine so brightly that I have no need of sunshine...
I need to remember... I am not what happens to me... I am what I choose to be...
I choose to be grateful.....not because I am that strong but because it's the only choice I have.
What are you feeding your garden of life?
I promised I would faithfully post about something I was grateful for every single day... and I did until my world shattered and all that was left was despair and a few shattered pieces of my soul.
I tried I really did...but I can't change what has happened and how I reacted to it at the time. I am learning I am doing my best even if it doesn't appear that way.
Once again I decided to start this gratitude journal because I was remorseful and ashamed that I had lost sight of what was truly the most important things in my life...
My appreciation was lost and hidden in my broken heart and died a slow painful death.... but light began to seep in and I slowly began to heal...
August 12, 2017, I committed to this once again and ironically this is one of the pictures I shared in that post.
I assure you I know understand that a lot more than I did a week ago. Those words Blessed Beyond The Storm is the beginning of my new life after Hurricane Harvey.
I am struggling to stay off the bandwagon and fall into a pity party the world has never seen, but I keep reminding myself I am stronger than anything life brings my way...
I hope that is true....
To be honest, I am afraid it will turn out to be a lie, that I am not stronger than anything life can bring my way...we will see.
You grow what you feed.... that is such a simple truth and the world would be so much better if people realized that.
I am battling to remember that and to live that at this very moment...
Hurricane Harvey has been so cruel.... and the only control I have at this moment in my life is how I react and what I feed...
I want appreciation to grow. I want gratitude to flourish. I want my smile to shine so brightly that I have no need of sunshine...
I need to remember... I am not what happens to me... I am what I choose to be...
I choose to be grateful.....not because I am that strong but because it's the only choice I have.
What are you feeding your garden of life?
Today I am grateful for being able to find the strength to find gratitude when most would think there is none to be found.
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