Uh oh, the blinking cursor curse is striking tonight. So I will keep it brief tonight. I am thankful for having made it through another day and another week. The first week of the new year is nearly in the books. Every week brings something new–victories, hiccups, smiles, tears, feeling great, feeling not so good–this week has been no exception. I am grateful for the grace that helps me work through whatever comes up. Early in the week I was panicking about some of the financial challenges I am facing. In the middle of the week I found a resource that will ease the immediate concerns a little bit. Here at the end of the week I am tired but grateful and holding onto the belief that “all shall be well.”
I am grateful this week for good conversations with various friends–a relatively new friend who’s been a blessing to me over the past several months and a really good old friend who’s been an intimate part of my life for over 25 years. Part of what was good about the conversations was that I was able to offer a listening ear, share some thoughts or ideas I had about what they were telling me, and in general be a good friend. Sometimes in the midst of my life issues I forget that I have wisdom and gifts to share with others, that I have things to contribute to the greater good of the world. I really love it when the wise counselor comes out in me and I can ask a really good question that gets at the heart of what the other person is thinking but they haven’t been able to quite get at. And so often the question that I am asking them is something I could easily be asking of and answering for myself. It’s one of the things I like about being a life coach–working with each person’s own wisdom and natural creativity to help them arrive at their own solutions. Part of what I continue thinking about as I search for employment or other income-generating opportunities is how I can incorporate my skills and interests and passions into what I do every day and how that can contribute to the good of as many creatures as possible. I am committing these first few weeks of the new year toward really exploring what that might look like. I’m looking forward to where those explorations will take me in 2012.
May we all know happiness and the source of happiness. May we be healthy and strong in our bodies. May we be safe and protected wherever we go in this world. May we live with ease and wellbeing. Let it be so!
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