Tuesday is for thankfulness …

 

Wow, it’s Tuesday again and I haven’t enumerated my thankfulness for quite awhile!  I am thankful for many things and on a good day I am able to stay focused on these things.  This mindfulness helps me to stay positive and motivated. So…

I am thankful for the beauty that surrounds me.  My drive today was full of fog and sunshine mixed together. 

I am thankful for my Tuesday Kickboxing class!  I feel great afterwards.  Kristen kicks butt!

 

I am thankful for my family and the time to relax together in the evenings.  Tonight we had dinner and played backgammon.  Yay! 

I am thankful that it has been bright and sunshiny these last few days.  Even when it’s cold, sunshine makes it better!!

Having recently served a meal at Family Promise, I am reminded that I am exceedingly thankful for my family.  Not just my immediate family but my extended family.  While like all families we have a few “issues”, both sides of my family have always valued good character, ethics, education, parenting, hard work.  When I look and listen to the life stories of others I am reminded that being born into this family is a blessing.  “There but for the grace of God go I.” True!

I am thankful for my job and the intermittent motivation, inspiration and challenge that it offers.  My students are both frightening and amazing to me!  So much to learn – always learning, always growing!!  Me as much as them!

I am thankful for my energy and good health. 

I am thankful for the opportunity to touch the lives of others each day.  They each touch my life as well something for which I am also thankful! 

What are you thankful for today?  How are you mindful about a positive outlook for your life?  I hope you can find some things to be thankful for each day!  Look everywhere because there are small surprises in each day!