Lessons in Gratitude Day 609

This is my second attempt at tonight’s blog. I wrote a couple of paragraphs but didn’t feel the direction it was going, so I saved it and am starting from scratch. I am in the midst of a lesser  struggle, if there is such a thing. Over the past few years I’ve had my share of major struggles, and while some of the major pieces of struggle have eased, I still have enough lesser ones that sometimes the cumulative effect can nonetheless feel major. (Wow, did I just write that?)

I am grateful tonight for the oomph that I have that somehow keeps me putting one foot in front of the other. I am plodding slowly along at the moment, hoping to regain some energy this weekend. We’ll see how that goes. For this evening I am simply grateful for another day in which I drew breath, showed up, and did the best I could with what was set before me. Sometimes that is the best I can do and on other days I feel a much greater sense of accomplishment.

This has been a difficult time for expressing my gratitude. I continue to feel grateful and count my blessings every day; it has been my ability to express myself in writing that has been lacking lately. Tonight is no exception, the struggle for self expression continues, like a drought that needs a few days of gentle soaking rain to break it. I am hoping to refresh myself and gain a second wind and some new perspective. In the meantime I am going to retreat into my cave this weekend and hibernate, hopefully emerging in an improved frame of mind. We’ll see how that goes. You’ll be right here with me when that happens.