Hey Lolly! Well I am not sure if this made you feel better or not...but it sure made me feel better (and many others reading as well)...so thank you! :)
I think it is so very important for us to focus on good things, and realize that even though we have just gotten through with the WORST behavior of our lives...that there is still GOOD things after the A!
Today I am grateful for warmth! Again something that so many times I take for granted. I have a new winter coat from my mom I got for Christmas that keeps me warm. I have a warm home....sure it is big and empty right now...but at least I have a place in out of the cold.
Everyday on my way to work I pass a place where there are so many transient people...many of them without a place to go and get warm. Every time it pulls at my heart. And I know that some of them are there because of poor choices made in the past. So I am so very Grateful that this, which is the worst choice I have ever made in my life, has not cost me my warmth.
And I am also so thankful not only for that physical warmth...but also for the emotional warmth I have received from so many people while recovering from this trauma. And as you say...it is amazing how much warm those virtual arms can be!
So come on folks! We all need a little sunshine. what are you grateful for today...what are you grateful for right now (perhaps the fact that you have the ability to read these words)?
Thanks my friend for helping us focus on the positive and a very happy Gratituesday to you! Peace&light
My closest neighbor. I too am thankful for my children. I am thankful for my home, even tho I half way out of it, there is an awful snow storm that has hit this city and I am thankful for these walls that seemed to be caving in on me once the A ended. I hated to look at my bedroom. Where most of the A occured, even when I did not know I was in one. Yet, now, after all of this time, I can look at these walls and be thankful that I have them.
Ok. I'm also grateful that I found the courage to find a new therapist with whom I am comfortable doing the really, really you-don't-want-to-look-at-it-acknowledge-it
A great conversation with my oldest daughter last night on the phone - where she confronted me about witnessing my affair - and the impact it had on her. I appreciated and am thankful that I was able to be responsible and tell her I was ashamed of myself and sorry for my selfishness.
My job interview
My ability to pay my rent one more month
God's UNFAILING LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR ME
That the affair is Over. Really Over.
That EAS is such a wonderful place of healing with genuinely wonderful, giving & caring people
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. I started looking inside and went NC October 15, 2010
Well I am not sure if this made you feel better or not...but it sure made me feel better (and many others reading as well)...so thank you! :)
I think it is so very important for us to focus on good things, and realize that even though we have just gotten through with the WORST behavior of our lives...that there is still GOOD things after the A!
Today I am grateful for warmth! Again something that so many times I take for granted. I have a new winter coat from my mom I got for Christmas that keeps me warm. I have a warm home....sure it is big and empty right now...but at least I have a place in out of the cold.
Everyday on my way to work I pass a place where there are so many transient people...many of them without a place to go and get warm. Every time it pulls at my heart. And I know that some of them are there because of poor choices made in the past. So I am so very Grateful that this, which is the worst choice I have ever made in my life, has not cost me my warmth.
And I am also so thankful not only for that physical warmth...but also for the emotional warmth I have received from so many people while recovering from this trauma. And as you say...it is amazing how much warm those virtual arms can be!
So come on folks! We all need a little sunshine. what are you grateful for today...what are you grateful for right now (perhaps the fact that you have the ability to read these words)?
Thanks my friend for helping us focus on the positive and a very happy Gratituesday to you!
Peace&light
Lolly,
My closest neighbor. I too am thankful for my children. I am thankful for my home, even tho I half way out of it, there is an awful snow storm that has hit this city and I am thankful for these walls that seemed to be caving in on me once the A ended. I hated to look at my bedroom. Where most of the A occured, even when I did not know I was in one. Yet, now, after all of this time, I can look at these walls and be thankful that I have them.
Yo Soy EL Capitan de Mi Vida
I am waiting for my class to start - the last of my students are shuffling in.
I am grateful for THIS opportunity - to share what I know and to listen to what other's know, and to come out knowing things differently.
I am grateful that I found my nose ring and the hole hasn't sealed over - i've had it for 20 years! Oh, there's a metaphor for you.
I am grateful for my Ipod - a gift from my parents for the holidays. The music made my heart sang as I weathered crossing the cold campus today.
okay ... just a few of the things that I am grateful for, but now I gotta go!
((hugs))
TU.
Coffee, chocolate and hairspray. Really.
Ok. I'm also grateful that I found the courage to find a new therapist with whom I am comfortable doing the really, really you-don't-want-to-look-at-it-acknowledge-it
Foggy wrote: what are you grateful for today...what are you grateful for right now (perhaps the fact that you have the ability to read these words)?
Funny you should put it this way because I am so very grateful I made it home from work safely,
I am thankful today for:
My new solitude (empty nester)
My health and that of my children and grandchild
A great conversation with my oldest daughter last night on the phone - where she confronted me about witnessing my affair - and the impact it had on her. I appreciated and am thankful that I was able to be responsible and tell her I was ashamed of myself and sorry for my selfishness.
My job interview
My ability to pay my rent one more month
God's UNFAILING LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR ME
That the affair is Over. Really Over.
That EAS is such a wonderful place of healing with genuinely wonderful, giving & caring people
That my routine, along with my life
I am thankful for a lot of things, but today especially I am thankful for my sister.
She has been there with through all of this, confronting me when necessary, sympathizing when needed, and always loving.