It’s been a couple of months, which is better than my normal track record for coming here. Yay! Ok, so, today we need to focus on gratitude. I want to start with the smallest things, too. Like the sun on your face, the grass under your feet. Those are the important parts of life. Then we can go and be grateful for your home and your family, and your health, in whatever order resonates with you. I am sure we don’t practice this enough; I know I am guilty of it as well.
Summer again is not my favorite season. I don’t like heat, I don’t like sweating, but if you’ve been here for a while, you already know that. It also brings no paycheck for me because I work in the educational system currently, and I only work for 10 months. So summers are rough. I digress, this is, after all, about gratitude. That job provided me with so much. Some of the best health insurance for my entire family. Time to go back to school and get my bachelor’s degree. Time to go home and let my dog out at lunchtime, and enjoy some sun in the backyard with him. Precious times. Time to come home from work and just be. I even spent time with BOTH my kids there before they graduated. That is something I will be eternally grateful for. See, there is a lot to be grateful for.
I am one of those kinds of superstitious people too…I love smudging, I love crystals, I love the zodiac, and our horoscopes. I can’t help myself. So I follow some accounts on Instagram that or related to all that hulabalu. They’ve been sending out messages that change is coming for some time now. I hope that this portal on the 8th, which is the Lion’s portal, is sending me something. I keep getting all these messages about how change is coming and all that jazz…
So, I have been trying to get a job in a totally different industry. I have a background in the Operating room and a degree, as well as good business acumen, so I am hoping these things combined will project me into a much better-paying job as well as a more challenging one where I can be part of a team. I had two interviews this week, one of them was my second one with the same company, and I think the product is super cool. I am excited about the whole idea of all of it. I just need someone to take a chance on me…In the meantime…
Gratitude is going to exude from my pores. I spent some time this morning out in my beautiful backyard which I saw a picture of three years ago, and OH WOW, has it changed in such a short time! I love the birds. We have a family of the cutest little wrens in the birdhouse. I love their little high-pitched songs. There are always some catbirds that come around and are so curious about us, they get super close. I love sitting next to the pond and hearing the fish suck the algae off the side of the liner and occasionally jump up to get a bug. It’s just so beautiful and serene, and we created it. Our hands, our back, our legs, our hard-earned money, we put our thoughts and intentions into the design, and it came out like the most beautiful cottage backyard.
Today I am going to spend time with a friend whose company I love. We always have a good time together. Going to see if there is any inspiration at the thrift store for clothing creations I have saved on Pinterest. So yeah- gratitude…Life is a gift, every day we get a chance to begin again, and for that I am eternally thankful.
And this little guy here fills my heart each and every day. He’s an amazing pooch. Go rescue a dog; it will change your life.
❤️