Gratitude.....

This morning I woke up with a tear falling down my face. What a way to wake up! Yet, it was not sadness or anger or confusion. It was a deep gratitude that hit me right in the heart as soon as I opened my eyes. Out of the blue...unexpected.

I have been sitting here for 30 minutes thinking about what to write in my Cheryl journal and for the life of me I could not get this emotion down on paper, yet I want to share it. The day I started this journey last January I simply had tears running down my face and I looked up at my mentor, with my sisters all around me and one with her arms around me and said "I don't have words" That is not something Cheryl says! I always have words! Yet, its was true and many times on my journey I lack words and that is ok and that is perfect and excellent as there does not always have to be words when the emotion is that deep and even when its something emotionless and drama free or simple I have learned that its ok to be silent. To reflect and as a friend of mine tells me "Dramatic Pause"

I am grateful this morning and blown away once again by the blessings I have and by those that bless me and most of all by God who never fails me.

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."
-Melody Beattie