Things to be grateful for!

[Hannelene]

I am grateful for the life that I have managed to build up for myself over here on my own. I thought I would fail and would have to travel home with my tail between my legs but gradually things have sorted itself out.
I am lucky to have the support of my family from miles away and close friends that I have made in the UK and back home as these without them I could of crumbled. They have kept my feet on the ground.
I feel blessed to have parents like mine that when I did come out I thought they would be so disappointed - instead they have never treated me any different. Compared to other people I have met who have had to live an isolated life I realise that I am fortunate. Someone 'up there' must be looking out for me

[Perdita]

Time to resurrect this thread:

After losing my one of my closest friends suddenly to a stroke at the age of 45, one of my colleagues dying suddenly, another one of my colleagues losing his wife suddenly and yet another colleague losing a dearly loved and wanted baby aged 4 weeks I need to look at the positives in life.

I love my husband, and he loves me very much, after nearly 21 years together.

We have two healthy, smart and talented kids.

I love my job, and my colleagues are great people.

We are healthy and I don't have any financial worries.

I worry and moan about things that don't matter all the time and I want to stop for a moment and count my many blessings.

Love to you all

Trin, I am so glad to have read this, I know you had a rotten time lately. I have had a nasty, vindictive email from my sister-in-law today and it has really upset me. But I have had a look at the positive things in my life and have now realised that I too have positive things in my life. Perhaps a lot of people need to do that, including my sister-in-law, who is a very jealous person.

[Trinity]

Perdy, how awful for you! Your sister-in-law hopefully regrets already what she said, but even if she doesn't be grateful for this:

You are a smart, kind and caring person who gives sensible advice and is loved and well thought of by many, many people on this board.

Take care
x

[Abigail]

Perdy, how awful for you! Your sister-in-law hopefully regrets already what she said, but even if she doesn't be grateful for this:

You are a smart, kind and caring person who gives sensible advice and is loved and well thought of by many, many people on this board.

Take care
x

I second that. You're always around when one of us needs advice, a steer in the right direction or a slap wth a wet fish.

I feel grateful for having food, when the number of starving people in the world has now increased to one billion

[DaVeyWaVey]

I will third what Trinity and Abigail said - I find that whenever I've needed advice, you are always there Perdita. You are very considerate and I hope your sister in law apologises to you.

I love this thread. Whenever I'm feeling down, I will look at it as it gives me a sense of perspective and I realise how lucky I am.

[CrazyLea]

I have been a bitch lately, really snappy and fighting with my mates. I am grateful that Trinity resurrected this thread, it has made me smile and realise that life is wayyyy to short to fight with those close to you. It has also made me realise just how amazing my mates are for putting up with me.

[Kirsty :]]

Aww this thread is soo nice! It's made me smile

I'm grateful for:

The life I have.

I'm so lucky to have a roof over my head and food on the table and a family who love me soo much that they just want to protect me so I don't get hurt.

My job. Even if I do moan about it at times, I know how fortunate I am to even have a job in this economy at present.

My friends, in person and on here. Always knowing what to say to cheer me up when I'm feeling down.

[di marco]

hmmmm dont think ive written on here before

things im grateful for:
- my family and friends, as they are always there and are really amazing
- my life, as even though i always moan about being skint and having to clean my bathroom etc at least i have money to buy food and have a nice bathroom and house to clean!
- my opportunities and experiences, as im lucky that ive been able to go to uni, travel to different places and try things that some people will never be able to do

even though sometimes i feel that i dont have as much as some people (which is true compared to some) i know i have a lot more than loads of other people and im grateful that i dont have more serious problems to moan about!

[senorita]

I wish I had my health more than anything. I have battled with my health for 8yrs now, requiring 3 major operations countless stays in hospital and to be told that my back issues cant be solved by anymore surgery just about made me want to curl into a ball and cry.
I have the support of my husband who himself is disabled so we struggle together. I lost my job, my job I was so passionate about - had worked in the care field as a carer, then as a nurse and then one day your not needed. I couldnt go home and be house wife and mum, as I couldnt have kids.....another thing I dearly would have loved to have had. All you mums please give your kids a hug, and spare a thought for me and loads of others that had that choice taken away.
My sister lives 15mins in the car and she never visits, so its safe to say we are not close, again that breaks my heart as family are everything to me.
Our bungalow is very very basic, some of it we are waiting to see if it declared safe for habitation (asbestos, mould, and some other bad chemical is present in the walls, unsafe wiring which they are coming to fix - not been rewired since the 1960's), and
then add in the money worries, the cause of many sleepless nights.
BUT
we have a roof over our heads, we have a tv/cd/dvd player, we have food in our kitchen and both my husband and I have said how many homeless would love to come to a home like this, where they would be fed, watered and given a bed for the night.
I have a choice of clothes to wear (season dependant) and shoes for my feet.

On another note go stand in your garden look at the flowers and how they are formed, look at the sky and the clouds, they can look magical or mysterical. If you take your dog for a walk look at the flowers, the birds, you can notice so many special, wonderful things that only last for that moment that you never notice when you are rushing around at 90mph or so it seems. SOmetimes people will surprise you too, maybe a naighbour saying hello, or someone doing something nice for you or you doing something nice for a neighbour - it works both ways- you feel good as you are doing and act of kindness and the recipient is going to feel good int hat you did that for them. Once you get talking to people its fascinating what you can learn.

I guess what Im trying to say is there is an old adage 'there is always somone, somewhere worse off than you' and even though it might not feel true at the time , once things have calmed down it then does become true.

To all those having a hard time at the moment you are in my thoughts, and if you ever need a listening earthen you have plenty of friends on here, including me.

Love and hugs to you all, sorry for the long post, kinda had a lot to say

Senorita xoxoxo

[Siobhan]

Senorita

Thank you for that lovely post... I made me realise all the things I have and take for granted...

But there is one thing I always do when I am away from my family.. I look at the moon and stars and know that they are the same ones my family has over their heads too