Just wanted to say that its Christmas... and it's my second favorite holiday of the year. (The first is the 4th of July because it was so close to my birthday that growing up I thought the fireworks were for me.)
Its time to sit back and be grateful for the blessings received throughout this year.
For me, I am grateful for:
1) The connections I've made through my church. For the friends that helped me through one of the hardest things I had to deal with in my life - my father's death in July.
2) The realization that, with God's grace and my own hard work, I forgave my father and stepmother for everything they did or didn't do for me growing up.
3) The shift in perception, where through an unusual film called "People vs. the State of Illusion" I learned that I have the ability to actually choose to be happy. And that slight shift brought everything I had been working on the past three years in therapy, in my church support groups, reading in the Bible, discussions with family and friends, etc. come into focus. I now see things in... a different perspective. (I hope to share the whole story here eventually...)
4) For my job. In a world of uncertainty and unsure economic times I need to remember that the minor annoyances at work are just that minor.
5) For the fact that I think I could go on and on about being grateful. In past years my old pessimism would have hindered that.
Merry Christmas! And a Happy New Year! May it bring new adventures and new joys.
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