Why I Am Grateful.

A list of 100 reasons from 4 years ago.

I came across this list of 100 reasons I am grateful from four years ago.

Written when we lived on the Central Coast and I was ‘still’ a head and neck cancer patient.

And in each of them I can see and feel my emergence as a grateful person and this is something I am so glad I have continued to this day.

It IS a personal list but happy to share.

Can you consider what you are grateful for today?

I am sharing this on Valentine’s Day, but because LOVE is such an integral part of MY life as I hope it is yours.

Kind regards,

Denyse.

I am a sentimental Grandma though for anyone who does LOVE Valentine’s Day…here is something from my then 5 yo Granddaughter whose name is a gemstone!

Warmest Wednesday wishes sent to friend Min who hosts here Wednesday’s Words and Whimsy today.

Today I am a guest host on Min’s blog. Thanks for having me visit.

100 reasons why I am grateful. 2019.

1. I thought to make this list of gratitude

2. I can see why I need to change my mindset

3. I sense that feelings this week have been oldies which tend to resurface when threatened 

4. That by noticing this I can detach from the old ways better

5. I am loved

6. I am, generally, very well

7. I have a very kind, loving and caring husband

8. When I offer him my love and care and it is accepted with grace

9. I am 70 and truly going well

10. My life is enriched by my memories

11. My career was an amazing one

12. I am grateful to have contributed to education in NSW over 40 yrs

13. I love that I share teaching as a passion with many

14. I am grateful that teaching led me to my now husband

15. I like that I am well-respected within teaching circles and am always glad to help

16. I am pleased though that I no longer have to work in schools and education as it is so much more accountable and different

17. I love that I got to have 2 children

18. I am grateful to have a daughter and a son

19. In the end I am glad of their age differences 

20. I am grateful that it was found in 1978 that there was a physical reason for not having him earlier

21. I like that I have now made peace with my children in terms of how I mothered

22. I am grateful both of them accept the ways in which I know I faltered in being Mum as I told them in letters 3 years ago

23. I am always grateful to have been born into my family

24. I am more grateful now of the ways in which my forebears lived their lives so I had the more broad and cushy life I did

25. I am forever grateful my father championed me getting an academic education 

26. I am very glad and grateful that I got into teaching as I did as I have always loved it

27. I will always be grateful for having some great and fun life experiences before marrying B

28. I am now grateful for B’s tolerance of my upbringing as it is so very different to his

29. I am however grateful that we do complement each other

30. I am so thankful to be a middle class woman

31. I am grateful for my formative years spent in great eras in Australia 

32. I am very thankful I got to experience The Beatles in concert, 

33. I am grateful I saw the Queen and other royals

34. I am grateful i saw TV shows being made

35. I was grateful to be part of a radio show and be ‘famous;’ for a few minutes

36. I am grateful I had boyfriends - 3 of whom were lovely

37. I am always grateful to have lived near a beach in Wollongong and Manly

38. I am very grateful to have been judged as an exemplary teacher at TC

39. I am grateful to Mum for understanding my fashion needs

40. I am grateful to my parents I really never wanted for anything

41. I am so fortunate to have been a much loved first grandchild and niece to Mum’s family

42. I am so grateful to have had some independence at an early age travelling to Dapto etc

43. I am grateful to be bright

44. I am grateful to be left handed as I like being slightly different and creative

45. I am always grateful for my smile

46. I am grateful that I give good hugs

47. I am so glad that I am a grandmother

48. Being Grandma is my happiest role with kids and grandkids

49. I am so grateful that my hobbies’ needs are met as I wish

50. I am very glad I have an interest in reading and listening to books

51. I am so grateful to have the best ever car; red Nissan Xtrail

52. I am glad I can cook a range of meals and keep my husband and me well-fed

53. I am grateful for being forgiven over and over by my husband for anything I may do or say to offend

54. I am grateful to know true and long lasting love ; almost 50 years now

55. I am thankful that my various ills and ailments have been cared for appropriately by professionals

56. I am grateful for my ability to heal and recover

57. I am filled with thanks for the ways in which my cancer has been taken 

58. I remain grateful forever for my HNC professional team

59. I am grateful that the lessons I have learned in cancer diagnosis and recovery are ones I can apply to my life now

60. I am thankful that I remain under the care of a few medicos who are impressed with my progress and recovery

61. I am thankful I can drive well

62. I am grateful I can learn my lessons from adversity and remind myself to get over it as I have before

63. I am grateful for seeing that Daily Calm practice bookending my day is working well

64. I am grateful that we have ‘enough’ money even on days I begin to doubt this, it is correct

65. I am grateful I can change my downward spiral thinking into more pragmatic thoughts

66. I am thankful we live in a pleasant neighbourhood

67. I am thankful for the design of this house letting us pursue our hobbies and interests

68. I am grateful I can find many places to shop, browse and have a coffee

69. I am grateful every time i look up at the sky

70. I am so grateful to have plants of colour which change each day sharing their growth with me

71. I am grateful to be able to walk in nature, particularly by the water, very easily

72. I am grateful to have many locals who care for our health and well-being:

73. Doctors’ practice: Family GP

74. Chemists who care

75. Dentist practice

76. Physio, podiatrist too

77. Specialists too

78. My hairdresser who I found last year who ‘gets’ my hair and style

79. I am thankful for blogging and the community I share with

80. I am grateful for my iPhone etc

81. I am grateful for the technology that keeps me connected

82. I am grateful to be able to share my love of art with others; gkids, groups too

83. I am grateful to be in a warm and cosy bed right now

84. I am grateful for good sleep which happens most nights

85. I am grateful for a range of foods to meet my changed needs in my mouth since cancer

86. I am grateful I choose to eat for wellness as well as pleasure these days

87. I am grateful to have some memories of life I have led in forms of photos and albums

88. I am grateful to be able to help others with HNC when I can

89. I am grateful that I have a loyal husband

90. I am grateful to have complete trust in him

91. I am grateful I can ask him questions without fear of retribution 

92. I am grateful for him reminding me of my femininity and my appearance by commenting positively

93. I am grateful when I get to capture the world with my iPhone camera

94. I am grateful that I can change my thinking by examining the truth in the distortions

95. I am grateful to have lived through the tougher times in our lives and emerge OK

96. I am grateful to have decided to have a year of gratitude 

97. I am grateful that on the hardest days I can think of something or someone to be grateful for

98. I am grateful for my sense of humour and my ability to share funny stories with my husband

99. I am grateful to have a voice of equality

100.I am grateful after a few not so good days, I made a choice to write this list !