so blessed... so fortunate

Spoiled rotten, some would say. It's true, I know it, and yet I bitch, complain, grouse and grumble because I have a cough. I guess all of those things can be true at the same time, but I think the universe deserves better than that. I just need to spend a few minutes thinking about people who suffer constant pain and sickness, some with no access to medical care at all. I also have the good cough syrop! How truly blessed we are. If I even get started on the number of people who don't have a single person who believes in them or loves them or who don't have family close by, or maybe don't even have family. Teens who live on the streets, some with babies, or suffering with addictions, and I have the most amazing family and friends who not only love, support and encourage me, but who also have an amazing range of gifts and talents and are usually willing to share advice and/or actual physical labour. How truly blessed we are. We spend our money frivolously on things and complain that we never have enough, money or things, when even the poorest people would agree that we not only have way more than we need, but that it actually prevents us from truly appreciating what we have. How truly blessed I am! Increasing my ability to live in gratitude is only one of the many gifts I have received since starting this daily (almost) blog, but certainly not the only one. I am really blessed beyond measure. With love and appreciation, elly "People have often asked me whether what I know about love has spoiled it for me. And I just simply say, 'Hardly'. You can know every single ingredient in a chocolate cake, and then when you sit down to eat it you can still feel that joy." Helen Fisher and this just because it reminds me of so many of you, and I like it! "A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he's talking about." Miguel de Unamuno