Count Your Blessings

I am currently reading Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou. There is a chapter where she discusses how she thought she was going crazy. She went to her vocal coach and he told her to write down all of her blessings. At first she was upset with him because she was going crazy and he was talking about writing down blessing but he told her the first couple to write and she finished it and she felt better. I was really moved by this because although I’m not going crazy, on rare occasions I find myself having mini pity parties. So I decided to give the exercise a try and I wanted to share a couple.

I am blessed with a loving family – I have never really taken my family for granted because I know everyone does not have the support that I have. And just in case I so happen to forget my profession reminds me constantly of the blessing I have.  And not just immediate family, I have a very strong extended family. I am very grateful for the family God blessed me with.

I am blessed with wonderful friends – I have the best friends anyone could ask for. This one is really big for me because it took me a while to really understand the importance of great friends. Thankfully I am able to experience the true meaning of friendship. The best thing about this blessing is it continues to grow.  I know people always say you only have a few good friends. But I think I have been blessed with a little more than most.

I am blessed with a job that a love – At first I was just going to put a job because in our country's current condition there are a lot of people out of work.  So yes, I am blessed with a job. But even more so I am blessed with a job that I absolutely love. Now, I’ll admit I would love not having to work but since I have to do it… I can’t see myself doing any else. Even on mornings when I don’t feel like going in, one of the kids will say or do something to remind me that my job is so much bigger than me. Knowing that I am making a difference is someone’s life daily is more than enough to keep me going!

I am blessed with decent finances – I say descent because that’s just what they are, decent.  A lot of people are having financial crisis and fortunately I’m not on that list and that is a blessing. I am able to pay my rent, bills, insurance, get groceries, pay my tithes, and get my hair done so all my needs are met (Yes, I included hair in my list of need). On occasions I am able to enjoy some of my wants as well. This indeed is a blessing.

I am blessed with a high sense of self worth – I’m not sure if I said that right but I really like me.  And that is a blessing because there are a lot of people who don’t like themselves. I just think my life would be miserable if I didn’t like who I was. And not in the “ooh I think I’m all that” kind of way. But I mean I just like the person I am. I think I have good personality, I’m pretty intelligent, I can hold a descent conversation,  I’m fun to be around, and my humor is getting better daily (I really used to struggle with being funny).  So yes I am blessed to love me!

As you can imagine my list could go on and on because I am truly a blessed individual. I am very thankful for this. This was a very pleasurable activity for me. It’s something I think everyone should try.