You can always be thankful for something....

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I know this is going to sound cliche, but it is Thanksgiving Week and I would very much like each of you to really give some thought to what you are most thankful for.  If you are like me, and most people are, then you have had your struggles along the way.  Life to many has never been easy, and it would be so easy just to simply forget about past happenings and drudge through life with very little happiness to show for it.  I've been there, trust me.  As many of you know who have followed my blog over the years, there was a time in my life when I didn't care if I lived or died.  I had gotten so beaten down by life itself that I didn't care quite frankly whether I lived another day.   Thank the heavens I was able to pull myself out of this funk, and it is my hope that no one ever find themselves in a similar place.

Struggles will come and go in our lives, but each struggle will in fact make you stronger, wiser, and in reality more real.  How many people do you know who seem perfect?  The problem with perfection is that it comes with a price.  No one is perfect and no one is immune to struggles.  Those people who try to hide these struggles are trying to portray perfection, but as I just said that will come with a price.  Embrace each struggle, and learn from each struggle.  I know that I have grown over the years, and the growth has come as a by-product of those things that may not have been pleasant to say the least.

As we approach our Day of Thanks why not put away all doubt?  As we approach our Day of Thanks why not see each day as a day of possibility and with each possibility an opportunity to grow?  If you are looking to grow, if you are desiring strength, then honor what you have gone through in life and make it a testament to your greatness.  I am so, so thankful that I get to do what I love most.  To some people they go their entire life wondering what they were created to do.  I found my destiny, and I endeavor to walk in that destiny each day of my life.  If you are still looking, then don't give up because destiny will find you.

I was meditating the other day as I have some very big decisions to make over the next few months, and it was brought to my attention that I had forgotten that I have the ability to set the intentions of what I desired most.  It was as if I had been hit in the head with a bat.  I couldn't believe that I had forgotten the key to living:  I was created to create.  I had been so wrapped up in trying to figure certain things out, that I had forgotten just how powerful I am.  Let me let you in on a little secret; you are just as powerful and just as able to set things in motion in your life.  It was in this moment of awareness that I began to see things a little differently and I was able to take a deep breath and show some thankfulness.  I will tell you that thankfulness will go a long way in making your day a little brighter and lot more enjoyable.

If you were forced to write down the things you're thankful for, do you think your list would be exhaustive or simply a blank piece of paper?  If I asked you to list three things you were thankful for, would you do it?  What if I just asked for two things, could you do it?  How about a single item or thing you are thankful for, can you do that?  Now I'm not talking about just saying you're thankful, I mean can you find one thing that you are truly thankful for?  I get that there will be some who can't even think of one thing, but that inability to list anything in this moment is simply because many are being swept away by the torrent of "stuff" that is being thrown at them right now.  It is in the most trying times of our lives that we are able to really grow and become far stronger then we ever thought we could be.  Strength is not simply how much one can life or endure.  Strength comes in many different forms, and what form you choose is up to you.

If you can be thankful for the little things in life, then it is only a matter of time until you will be able to be thankful for the big things in life.  The Law of Attraction is very real, very alive, and very much operating in each of our lives, whether you believe it or not.  If you sow thankfulness you will reap thankfulness.  If you throw out seeds of joy and love, then joy and love will grow and you will be the beneficiary of the harvest.  If you have been carrying sorrow and despair around with you this whole entire year, why not drop it now and realize that there is no time like the present to start anew.  Today is a new day and no matter what happened last night, last week, or even last January, you can lay down those sorrows and despairs and start fresh.  Sobriety, for those who are struggling with addiction,  is one day at a time, and so to is your decision to walk in thankfulness.  There will be times when we fail to be thankful, but when that happens simply start over.

It is time to create the life you intend to live.  It is time to be thankful that you control so much more then you may have given yourself credit for.  It is time to smile, to laugh, and to walk forward with a confidence that no matter what may be thrown at you, you will be victorious.  Give thanks, show thanks, and accept thanks into your life.  You are far better off today, then you may have been yesterday, and this is because you still have a pulse, and because you are alive you are able to create the life of your dreams.  Be thankful, and smile because creating greatness is a wonderful thing.