Grateful

Since I’m not in the mood to blog any of the deeper topics I’ve had in mind (work and worth, parenting and punishment as examples), I’m going to blatantly steal from a post by Orange at Bitch PhD:

Oprah Winfrey recommends keeping a “grateful journal” in which you “list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never have enough.”

1. I’m grateful that I will never date again. It’s almost second nature to add “if everything goes well” or “god willing” or some other disclaimer, but you know what? I’m not going to do it. I’m done, and I’m keeping this one. From the way this relationship works, I’m confident we’ll stay together as long as we’re both alive. And after that, if I’m the one left over, I doubt I’d be able to top him anyway.
2. I’m grateful that my daughter is napping well. That might sound like a little thing, but I’ll tell you, after a few weeks of off-again-on-again travelling, having her in her own room, zonked out to the world is a very. good. thing.
3. I’m grateful for my job. Don’t get me wrong. I actually hate my job (thus the upcoming post topic re: work and worth). I’d like to do nearly anything besides work in the family business. But, working in the family biz has allowed me to be the full-time caregiver for my daughter, and that’s priceless (cue the Mastercard ads).
4. I’m grateful for Monster.com Last night, I was talking about job thoughts and stress with my counselor, and as a lark, I pulled up Monster for Santa Fe. Guess what? I found a listing that had my background written all over it. Of course, I still have to (ahem) apply. And get an interview. And get a job. But it’s good to have a light at the end of the tunnel.
5. I’m grateful for my husband-to-be. I know, I know. That one’s so damned obvious, it’s as if I’m cheating. But this isn’t a repeat of item #1. In that one I’m grateful for something *not* happening, which is nowhere near the same as being grateful for something happening. He’s a beautiful man — seriously one of the best human beings I’ve met, ever. And yet, he seems to think the same of me. Every now and then, I wonder how the heck I snow-jobbed him into that delusion…then I remember that I didn’t. He knows me, not “me.”

Your turn: What makes you feel grateful today?