I hope you all had a great day yesterday!

I’m thankful for so many things. You know the lists that people make, whether it’s every day 3 things to be thankful for, or 24 things for the year 2024, people like to make thankful lists. Usually top thankfulness items are family, friends, God, pets, a roof over our heads….

But what about the hard things? What if it feels like the negative things in your life outweigh the positive?

Sometimes I feel like that. I’m not a naturally optimistic person. But I think I’m becoming more thankful.

I even had the thought that if I’m going to have serious disabilities, I have the best ones possible. (After writhing in pain last night from chronic intestinal problems I’m not so sure, but I was trying to be thankful at least!)

Sometimes it’s scary to be thankful. I’m afraid that if I get too attached to something it will be taken away. Thankful my health isn’t worse, thankful I have wonderful piano students… But it doesn’t work like that. I believe it’s freeing to be thankful.

In what difficult things can you find something to be thankful for?