Gratitude
by Karen Pickering
Wow, time slips away. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow! This year has been especially hard. The declining economy, illness, surgery, a sick horse...it just seems to pile up some days. Now that the rain has started, along with short days, and it’s easy to slip into depression and look at everything that’s gone wrong. Sound familiar?
Enough!
It’s time to look at what I’m thankful for. I still have my business, I still have loyal clients and readers, I have two horses with great attitudes, a husband who supports me and an incredible editor who helps me keep things together and moving forward. My designer is talented and I have a support network of friends and family around me that is second to none.
When things get really tough I try to fill my time with inspirational books, audio recordings on positive or inspirational themes and being around people who are also looking at life in a positive manner. Tough times challenge us as human beings and keep us striving to get through, get better and look at how far we’ve come, not how far we have to go. Through perseverance and being grateful for what we have, we see the world in a different light. Perception is something we can change. Being grateful is the best place to be and is the path to take away from discouragement and despair.
Our equine friends are great partners in life. There’s nothing like the sweet smell of hay and a friendly nicker as they welcome us first thing in the morning.
As you’re sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner, please remember those less fortunate, as well as our soldiers who must spend their holidays away from home.
Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Wow, time slips away. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow! This year has been especially hard. The declining economy, illness, surgery, a sick horse...it just seems to pile up some days. Now that the rain has started, along with short days, and it’s easy to slip into depression and look at everything that’s gone wrong. Sound familiar?
Enough!
It’s time to look at what I’m thankful for. I still have my business, I still have loyal clients and readers, I have two horses with great attitudes, a husband who supports me and an incredible editor who helps me keep things together and moving forward. My designer is talented and I have a support network of friends and family around me that is second to none.
When things get really tough I try to fill my time with inspirational books, audio recordings on positive or inspirational themes and being around people who are also looking at life in a positive manner. Tough times challenge us as human beings and keep us striving to get through, get better and look at how far we’ve come, not how far we have to go. Through perseverance and being grateful for what we have, we see the world in a different light. Perception is something we can change. Being grateful is the best place to be and is the path to take away from discouragement and despair.
Our equine friends are great partners in life. There’s nothing like the sweet smell of hay and a friendly nicker as they welcome us first thing in the morning.
As you’re sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner, please remember those less fortunate, as well as our soldiers who must spend their holidays away from home.
Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Labels: holidays
posted by NWHS at
10:00 AM
1 Comments:
A constant theme seems to be how many bad things keep happening too you. In reality, you need to be thankful that you only had to have minor surgery, no one was seriously hurt in your accident and horses are horses and they get injured, sick and generally we're lucky to have them be healthy at all at least you haven't had to put one of yours down!
Instead of reading inspirational stuff, try BEING inspirational. Try writing about how you are taking the opportunity to take what could be a negative and making it a positive (like educating people about PSSM and how to treat it and deal with it positively).
For the past 6 months you've not been either inspirational nor spiritual but honestly,you have been uninspiring and kind of whiney sounding.
When times get tough, don't keep telling us how tough they are, tell us about how some thing GOOD happened, even if it's something tiny like you found a dollar bill in a pocket.
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