Yesterday was Thanksgiving. A day dedicated to giving thanks for what you're most grateful for. And while every day should have time to feel thankful - I love seeing everyone's sentiments and things they are thankful for during the Holidays.
The past year has been especially tough for me. I've been faced with many challenges that I wasn't sure I'd survive. Generally I don't share my struggles with many people. I prefer to focus on the good and positive thinking - but just like anyone - I have hard times. I wanted to share some of the things I'm thankful for because despite everything I've been thrown this year - I am incredibly thankful for the life that I have been afforded.
I give thanks for...
- Family (and friends who are family): Opening up to my people lately has allowed me to realize I've got a lot of people in my corner and if I trust them and let down my guard, I have an incredible support system to lean on
- Open Mindedness: There's a lot of hate, turmoil, and uncertainties out there right now. I'm thankful I have open minded humans around me that I can have positive, open, productive conversations with
- My Health: If you know me well, you know my health has given me some challenges. Right now, I've got very little complaints, and that's incredible.
- Ignorance: I know, what a weird thing to be grateful for - but I am grateful for ignorance because its taught me patience and its taught me to let go of toxic people and situations.
- My Puppy: Having a puppy for a year now has taught me so much about unconditional love, patience and how to care for another creature's livelihood. #Adulting
There you go. That's my very short list of the things I'm especially thankful for this year. I try to take time to be thankful every day because thankfulness creates mindfulness and fuels positivity. And in a world that is currently facing a lot of turmoil - I choose to combat that with unrelenting optimism.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and ate all the foods! Cheers to the most wonderful time of year my friends!
#SparkleOn