Dear Readers, it is once again a pleasure to be with you for my Weekly Sunday Blog. As I sit here at my kitchen table, I take a deep sigh. It is a sigh of gratitude. Gratitude has proven to be such a powerful thing in my life when I choose to be aware of all I have to be grateful for. So this week I have chosen to share with you some of the things I am grateful for in my life. The good indeed outweighs the bad.
I am incredibly grateful for my friends of which I have been blessed with many. I attended the memorial service of one of my dearest friend’s mother today. I witnessed so many of my other friends in attendance. Such love and support. So to all my friends, thank you for enriching my life every moment we’re together.
I am grateful for my family. My mother and father are deceased but I have 3 siblings, too many nieces and nephews to count, and 8 great nieces and nephews. My mother’s death made me acutely aware of how important my family is. Always there to lean on when I need it. Always there to listen when I need a listener. So to my family, thank you for your undying love and support of me.
I am grateful for my 27-year career as a Professional Registered Nurse. Most of that was spent in critical care settings like intensive care units. The incredible opportunity to touch so many lives has been humbling and in return those same lives have touched me. So today, I express gratitude for this awesome calling on my life to minister to so many through my profession.
I of course could go on and on about the things I am grateful for. My feelings hold true that the good indeed outweighs the bad. Bringing myself back to a place of gratitude during challenging times in my life has repeatedly changed my whole situation for the better. So today, I just say thank you.
Have a wonderful week filled with thoughts of gratitude. I look forward to sharing with you again next Sunday as I have for the past 15 months. That alone has been a huge blessing for me. I am grateful.
Peace
Thanks Vince and good post … Many people are always seeking and never finding what is sometimes in front of them and overlook the blessings … I am grateful I am Part of Gods creation … God blesses even through pain!
I don’t always comment, but I do make it a point to read each week. We have been friends almost forever, since 1975 when I started attending the Upper Room. Our family sung together, laughed together and I imagine probably shed a tear or two. Your Mom was the one that told me I could harmonize when singing God’s word. I am grateful for you and your families friendship through the years. Until next week, we love you…