You are who you are and that is + not -

Tonight's challenge was to write about being grateful for something negative in your life. The thing that comes to mind for me are my health issues because these have plagued my life since birth. I have wanted them to go away so that I could be like everyone else. Never taking into consideration that there is no way to be like everyone else because we all have our own challenges, differences, idiosyncrasies, flaws, and things we don't like about ourselves. These are our own negatives and truly what makes us unique individuals. The negative things we think about ourselves can be ...too tall, too short, too skinny, too fat, hair to curly, hair to straight, talk too much, don't talk enough, can't sing, can't dance, awkward, shy, loud the list can go on and on! For me this is negative is my heart condition and every condition that I have gained as a result. These reason that I am grateful for my negative health is because it reminds me that I am still alive! I still have many positive things to be grateful for and many reasons to wake up and face each new day.

Grateful day 3

Today is day 3 of this gratefulness challenge that I accepted and I am supposed to write about something that I am grateful for...this should never be a challenge however finding the positives instead of focusing on the negative sometimes is a challenge! However the last 2 days have given me the opportunity to see that there are many things in my life that are true blessings. Some of these are my family, friends, and co-workers. What I am grateful for tonight is my job and the ability to be able to do something that I really enjoy. There are times where work can be difficult and taxing. But there is always those days or times where I get a glimpse of why I am doing what I do and today was one of those days. I love my job and I love the people that I work with because they make coming to work enjoyable.