Things really do not make me happy. Christmas is fast appearing. We have received several dozen catalogs all displaying their wares and I don’t care.
Less than a week ago I had minor surgery. I don’t feel an hundred per cent. I had a fistula made. It was not that minor. I was under twice for two and half hours. (They had to repeat the operation.)
My hand is healing and I can’t do things so well with one. If I used (???) my left hand too much, it hurts too badly and sometimes I have to take pain medication.
We take so much for granted–I included. My kids were over and my son was disappointed I did not make potato latkes (a traditional Hanukkah dish).
I just could not do it. I am depressed and just want the holiday season to be over. I can not easily do things I once took for granted. I know it will get better but that does not make me feel any better.
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It is so easy to take even the simplest things for granted. I took a shower this morning and I had to remind myself this was something I should be grateful for. For fifteen years not that long ago the house I lived in did not have a shower just a bath tub. That was the big thing when we traveled — the motel always had a shower. I forgot about that and silently thanked God for my shower. It is so easy to take even the smallest freedoms for granted–like being able to take a shower in your house.
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It is so easy to complain and see what is not done. It is much harder to live with a spirit of gratitude and count your blessings. It is the only way.
It is too easy to view your life and see what needs completing. It may be a phone call that needs done or a floor that needs vacuuming. It is more difficult to see the results of your labor. The things that were completed.
Gratitude gives you a sense of what you need to thank God for. There are so many things we take for granted: our health, faithful mates, shelter.
Yes, work on the things that need done but at the same time thank God for your many blessings. You will be much happier, as well as everyone else around you. A spirit of gratitude is infectious.
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