Celebrating Life
Today I am grateful for time away from work and my friends at our local breast cancer support group.
I wore my Seattle Marathon shirt yesterday. That was marathon #11 last December. I like wearing my marathon shirts because they are reminders to celebrate life and gratitude. It's not about ego for me, and if someone else perceives it that way, I hope they read this. I am deeply blessed to be alive, to be able to run, to be able-bodied and alive. I don't run fast and I don't win age groups, but I live my dream and share it with my husband Darcy.
I could have died drunk in my late teens. I could have had a different cancer diagnosis six years ago. I am here, alive, and happy to be! I am mindful of this day as a gift.
What do you think of when you hear "celebration of life?" If you are like me, one of the first things that comes to mind is a funeral being called "a celebration of life." That's a comforting and appropriate thing to call it, but let's not reserve celebrating life for only those times. Shouldn't we be celebrating life every day?
That's my goal. Gratitude practice helps me reach my goal.
This was the quote in my gratitude journal today:
"The days come and go, but they say nothing. And if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gratefulness gives voice and meaning to my days. Onward!
I wore my Seattle Marathon shirt yesterday. That was marathon #11 last December. I like wearing my marathon shirts because they are reminders to celebrate life and gratitude. It's not about ego for me, and if someone else perceives it that way, I hope they read this. I am deeply blessed to be alive, to be able to run, to be able-bodied and alive. I don't run fast and I don't win age groups, but I live my dream and share it with my husband Darcy.
I could have died drunk in my late teens. I could have had a different cancer diagnosis six years ago. I am here, alive, and happy to be! I am mindful of this day as a gift.
What do you think of when you hear "celebration of life?" If you are like me, one of the first things that comes to mind is a funeral being called "a celebration of life." That's a comforting and appropriate thing to call it, but let's not reserve celebrating life for only those times. Shouldn't we be celebrating life every day?
That's my goal. Gratitude practice helps me reach my goal.
This was the quote in my gratitude journal today:
"The days come and go, but they say nothing. And if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gratefulness gives voice and meaning to my days. Onward!
Thank you for your blog. Your attitude helps me to do a self check and reroute my thoughts to better places. Grateful♥
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda! You said it . . . rerouting thoughts to better places. That is what gratitude practice does for me. My default modes used to be self-pity and self-hatred. Now, I know self-acceptance and peace more than I ever used to. For me, the practice needs to be habitual, daily. It works. It really does. I appreciate your comment. Onward!
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