Thank you, for me

When making the decision to focus on being thankful and the positive, I had forgotten to think inward and be grateful for what I have and who I am and what I contributed and continue to contribute even if silently and from a distance. So here goes.

I am thankful for the intensity in which I love and had experienced love. With my full force and my full soul.

I am thankful that I have the freedom of giving to provide healing, happiness, fulfillment, comfort and security. Giving freely and with pure love. Letting go of a comforting darkness to embrace the unknown brightness of the light.

I am thankful for the home that I could and can provide to my friends and loved ones when their home no longer felt like home and when they had no where else to go.

I am thankful that I have had and continue to have the means to give as much as I can, to contribute financially as I can and help those who need the money. To have the ability to save and give from my heart and soul.

I am thankful that I have fought battles for others when they have been to broken or weak, to take the blows and absorb the effects without hesitation and with love. May I continue to have the strength.

I am thankful for the insight and vision received to prevent problems, to protect and to give advise. Perhaps not always applied or accepted, but provided when needed.

I am thankful for the courage to admit my mistakes and flaws, the wisdom to change that which I can, the heart to sacrifice that which was necessary, the tenacity to not allow my mistakes to define me and the power to stand up after the fall.

I am thankful for the compassion the understanding, open heart and Holy guidance to forgive and the belief in a happy future and hope for the love everlasting.

They say the quickest way to lose someone is to take them for granted, I have realised that it applies internally also. Regardless of my current state of health, the purity of my blood or the strength in my arms - now is when I stop taking myself for granted as others have. Believing in my own love, my desires and my strength to get me through, to obtain that which I desire and deserve and to thank God for all the gifts and blessings.