Today I am thankful for the times when not receiving what I thought that I wanted or not experiencing what I thought that I wanted to experience turned out to be the best thing that ever could have happened. Like most of us, there have been various things that I have wanted in life – …
Today’s Gem of Gratitude #306
Today I am thankful for strong finishes. There is nothing quite as satisfying as finally finishing a task, project, or endeavor, especially when that finish has been a long time in the making. Perhaps, though, the true icing on the cake is finishing strong. It can be all too easy to lose steam when approaching …
Today’s Gem of Gratitude #303
Today I am thankful for the fact that I have standards and that I have finally reached a point in life at which I am no longer willing to compromise them in negative ways. In the past, I have, as I am sure that many of us have, relaxed my standards to a point for …
Today’s Gem of Gratitude #302
Today I am thankful for unexpected moments of happiness. Life, for the most part, for me, seems to yield more pleasurable experiences than not-so-pleasant ones, and I am certainly okay with that. Now, even though the pleasurable experiences in my life seem to occur at a greater frequency than the not-so-pleasant ones, the not-so-pleasant ones …
