Gratitude Lists

Gratitude 


Everyday I need to write down my gratitude list.  I found a community posting that does a similar list and people comment on it and share what they are grateful for everyday.  So I will try to hold myself accountable for remembering that I have a lot to be grateful for on a daily basis by sharing it with all of you.


 May 16, 2012


I am grateful for
  my children
  my recovery
  my higher power
  my village hall for allowing me to hold a morning meeting there on wednesdays
  my sister and my family
  my health
  my new but used minivan
  my writing abilities
  my friends and NA family & sponsor
  the power of prayer
  control over my emotions and thoughts to bring me to inner peace


May 18, 2012


I am grateful for
  my patience
  my recovery
  my kids
  God
  my lawyer for wining my comp case yesterday
  prayer
  NA and my NA family & sponsor
  the feeling of peace I have today
  the creative spark I had today
  my health
  the mechanic fixing my windows in my van


May 30, 2012


I am gratiful for my children
  my recovery
  my sister and mom
  my higher power
  my health and health insurance
  my finacial independence
  my writing abilities
  my ability to recognize when I need help
  open minded, willingness


June 5, 2012


I am grateful to be alive
  for my kids
  my recovery
  my family
  my support
  my writing

Write down your values, make a change

Take time, right now, write down 5 or 6 of your values, don't wait do it now. Look at them, what are your most important values in your life right now? Family? Health? Job? take a good look at your list and think hard about it.  Eye opening isnt it?  It was for me, and I started to catch myself writing down things that I thought other people would expect me to value.  That's not what this is about, it is about you and what is important to you, I put my recovery towards the top but that's because I thought I was "supposed" to, so I started over and my kids/family are my most important value, how I raise them, making the right choices for them, etc.  My values are personal but I thought I would share that one as an example because we like to people please, but no one needs to see this list, throw it away, just be honest, if you don't like what you see you can change it.~Amy Long~