Oh laaawdy laaawdy. Here we go. Another self righteous privileged idiot preaching about gratitude. Let her live in my world and let's see what she can find to be thankful for!
Maybe that's what you thought when you saw this post come up in your feed. But please, if you just bear with me I'm sure you'll see that is the furthest from the truth.
First some context
The picture your seeing in this post is one that I snapped the other day while at dialysis. I go to a center three times a week for four hours at a time to, simply put, get my blood cleaned by a machine.
In the past I had always had gratitude journals, but never anything that was consistent, until about 3 years ago.
I had just started this in-center type of dialysis after doing a different type of dialysis at home on my own for 16 years. Everything that could go wrong seemed to, including almost dying from a pulmomary embolism. I felt scared, sick, tired, and worst of all helpless. After all those years of taking care of myself and having atonomy, my life was literally in other peoples hands, and it seemed at every turn my precious health, that I worked so hard to keep afloat, was sinking rapidly.
How it started
I knew with the fate of my physical health out of my hands for the time being, I needed to take control of what I could and one of those things was my mental health. I decided one day to just focus on one thing that I was grateful for. One thing. At first I even found that hard.
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
-Charles Dickens
The Results
Can I say that after the first few days of struggling to grasp on to something to be thankful for that everything was sunshine and lollipops? Absolutely not. But over time, I was able to find more and more things. And they were genuine things, I wasn't just bullshitting myself. Sometimes it was as small as getting to eat macaroni and cheese for lunch, at other times it was elation because I was discharged from the hospital.
Present day
Now I make it a point to scribble down at least 10 things I am thankful for in a journal. On dialysis days I do this as soon as I am hooked up to the machine.
Once you consciously sit and write and reflect on your blessings, the more you automatically start seeing in your life.
L.
Life is like a mirror; Smile at you if you see her smiling!
When you start looking at the positive aspects of your life, you will attract positive things!
For sure! Thanks for the comment. 😊
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Thank you so much!!!!
Hi, browsing come here, and when reading your post, I understand that you are a fighter and persistent person, I am sad that you are a renal patient, but at the same time very brave, I love the idea of writing a diary, it helps me in my lonely life, and through the network I made new friends, writing. interesting your blog, greetings @ lizzyib
Thank you for the lovely comment. Writing a diary can be very therapeutic and the steemit network is great for support
100% awesome! You have the best attitude. Today I am thankful for reading your words and also for holding a great conversation with my son!
Great conversations often are taken for granted!! I appreciate your support, kind words, and funny posts. 😊
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Yes good idea. I find being grateful helps to establish perspective when I am down!