Why I Am Grateful

Why I am grateful 

This is the start of a new year. Another chance to get it right, and to do it over. We get to look back and remember lessons we have learned from last year.

For me it's a time to reflect on how far I've come from the year before, from 5 years before, even 20 years before, to where I stand today.

When I realize how far I've come it is amazing to me that I've even survived. I remember when I was writing and editing my book "The blessings in Disguise Revealed"

I cried......because I got to see on paper all I've been through. It was right there, all of the hardships, the trials and pain that I have endured throughout my life. All of that, that I thought would kill me, I am now grateful for, because it showed me how strong I was. 

I, like all of you have been through dark times and I am grateful to God for the strength to be able to come out on the other side whole. These are the things I am most grateful for now...

1. I am grateful that I found God in my life again.

2. I am grateful for my girls, my family and my friends that I chose for my family. All of these people keep me going, have my back and give me unconditional love and support. 

3.That I overcame my drug and alcohol abuse, that I no longer need these things to cover my pain. I now know that I just need God.

4.That I learned to forgive.

I forgave the man who raped me, I forgave my ex for all of his abuse and all my enemies for what they did against me. They no longer have power in my life. I forgave them for me, for my peace. 

5. I am grateful for the lessons I've learned, even the painful lessons because they all taught me something that I needed to learn.

6. I am grateful for the peace and the joy I feel in my heart, because I know what it's like not to have it. 

7. I am grateful for my faith. For believing in something I cannot see or feel or touch but knowing without a doubt that it is there.

8. I am grateful for my health and my mind. That after all I've been through, I still have both.

9. I am grateful for my purpose, this gift God has given me to write and to be able to touch and inspire others with my words.

10. I am grateful for all of the miracles that I have seen God do in my life and in others. I am grateful that I can pay it forward and to be a blessing to others as he has been to me. 

So today my friends, take some time and look around to see what you are truly grateful for. I am not talking about the material things but the things that make you cry because you are so full of gratitude. It is then you will know that you are truly blessed. 

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