So, yesterday I awoke at 5.00am to hear heavy rain lashing down outside my window. Another gloomy and depressing day I thought, as over the past two years I've experienced quite a few changes in my life and was contemplating all these things as I listened to the rain:- I've been diagnosed with PMR. I've been in pain. I take a cocktail of unpleasant drugs. I've been ill with side effects. I've been off work 15mths. I've felt scared and isolated. I'm in the middle of a pandemic. I can't see my son and DIL, etc, etc. All very depressing. But........then I thought, this attitude isn't helping, and although it's ok to allow myself to feel fed up at times, I mustn't let all of those things define me now! Despite the daily new challenges I face, I still have many blessings:- I can be treated. I will improve. I may recover. I have the love of my family and friends and the support of this forum. I can see the sunshine (and the rain!๐), hear the birds singing, smell the flowers, talk to my loved ones and feel the grass under my feet. I hear from my son and DIL regularly. I can get out and about (when covid restrictions allow!) I've returned to work. (All be it scaled down) I have a roof over my head and food in my belly. So......definitely more than 3 things I'm grateful for today DorsetLady ๐ and so much to still be thankful for!........and as for that rain?..... well I'm going to dance in it!๐
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Lovely post Kendrew! โ๏ธ
Hi Kendrew, I would think that you express the sentiments of many. I've got the tee shirt.
Yeah! Well said: letโs count our blessings ๐
I love your post and positivity! There is sunshine behind every cloud. ๐ฆ
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We all need rain (well perhaps not too much, and not at the weekend!) to make our green and pleasant land... to make the plants we love, bloom; to make the food we eat, grow.
....and we wouldn't have rainbows without it..
Perhaps don't dance in the November rain, but I applaud the thought!๐
Good for you Kendrew! Look at what you have got and not what you havenโt! ๐
When feeling a bit down I remember the verse of a song written way back by husband out in the mid west living in a shack:
Iโve a roof up above me,
A safe place to sleep,
Food on my table
And shoes on my feet
You gave me your love Lord and a great family
Thank you Lord for your blessings to me!
I soon stop complaining!
Gratitude attitude - keep up that diary!