I find myself tonight lost in thought, contemplation, anticipation, and, most certainly, gratitude. This is Friday, and with that I pause to reflect on the thing for which I am grateful this week. I am grateful for so many innumerable blessings.
Tonight, I am grateful for a week in which I found encouragement in myself, from others, and quite possibly from the universe. I cannot imagine living in a world without text messages and facebook. They are my connection to my world. I have friends I see rarely, but know me like the back of my hand because we text so often. I have friends on facebook, many of whom I haven't seen in years, but they are right there at my fingertips. What a wondefully connected world in which we live. I'm grateful for words of love, encouragement and friendship.
I find myself lost in contemplation tonight. For the first time in nearly a year, I have worked a full Monday-Friday week and will have a regular weekend off. I am treating myself to a massage on Saturday, just because. But, I'm also very hopeful that I don't waste my weekend and look back on Sunday night and go "Oh, crap, where did the time go, and why didn't I accomplish anything?"
In addition to my weekend schedule, I find myself lost in contemplation and anticipation of things to come. I look at where I am in all aspects of my life and look at what I need to do to reach goals I have for myslef, what I neeed to do to set new goals for myself, and where I most need to grow. I contemplate people, relationships and where I need to improve. I am so grateful for the gift of contempation. I think it helps me always strive to become better.
This week I signed up for my very first 5K. It's an adventure to which I am looking forward. I am forcing myself to use the gym. I contemplate my body and where I want it to be. I don't expect to ever be a muscle man or anything of that nature, but i want to take care of what I have and do my best to make it stronger.
Here's my confession: The last couple of weeks of my life have been good weeks. Things were not always perfect, and, if I am being honest, have been exhausting, but I'm grateful for the friends who are around to encourage me, I'm grateful for a sense of self that is in continual improvement and I'm grateful for hopes and dreams. I can only pray that the weeks ahead see the hopes and dreams I have becoming clearer, or in some cases, coming into fruition. Having a grateful heart is so rewarding in a world where negativity tends to rule...
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