Gratitude

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." - Buddha

Sometimes when I pray at night, I thank the Lord for everything. I thank him for my arms, legs, eyes, toes, sense of taste, and sight. I thank him for my mistakes, the lessons learned, and the lessons I have yet to learn. I thank him for my family, the members I have now and the ones yet to come. I thank him for the snow I dread so much as well as the warm sun in the sky. I thank him for a place to lay my head at night and a school I learn in by day. I thank him for my health and the health of my family. I try to think of everything.

Lately I've been feeling not just thankful, but grateful. I have such gratitude in my heart that it is overflowing. The blessings that I have been given are immense and innumerable and number more than the stars I'm sure. My life is great and it will continue to be great, no matter what comes my way.

I am so grateful for the life I have been given and the opportunities that I have to make life what I want it to be. I hope that everyone can feel as blessed and grateful as I do, because we have all been given so much.

~I wish to everyone a happy Thanksgiving ~