Gratitude

As I end my second week of freedom...er...unemployment, I realize how blessed I really am. First, because I was able to make a gracious exit from a miserable job, with no burnt bridges and a generous severance package which enables me to avoid jumping into yet another miserable job.

Secondly, because...hello! It's springtime in NC!

Thirdly, because I am amazed how many wonderful friends and what a great family I have. Whether it's karma or what; I don't know. But I'm grateful.

Someone once gave me a little book called “14,000 Things to be Happy About.” It includes such things as “a champagne picnic up on the roof under the stars,” “wide beaches,” and “holding hands.”

Well, yeah.

But I recently came across another list, one that made my own mind start churning up old memories as well as remembering recent good ones.

This list included the following happy things; “boyfriends who let you put barrettes in their hair,” and “eating olives off your fingertips.”

Ooh, yes, I’ve done both of those things and what fun it is to remember them!

So, I decided to include in every few blog entries I manage to write from now on, at least one thing I am grateful for, happy about, or that makes me smile. Even if it's a grumpy blog. These things may not be things you would list, but they are mine, so there you go.

Give it a try. Try to mention a few things of your own from time to time; things that make you go “yeah………” with a smile on your face and a faraway look in your eyes.

Here’s my list for today.

• a puppy lick
  
• a pedicure that includes a foot massage
  
• hearing someone snort when they laugh
  
• Clay
  

What, you didn’t think I would forget Clay, did you?

Never.