Got the Holiday Blues? You're not alone! Truth be told, the holidays are a tossed salad of emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, frustration, hunger, loneliness, joy, love, gratitude and loss - oh and the dressing is stress! True enough!
Now that we have acknowledged this fact - yes, the holidays can be overwhelming, stress-filled and nerve-wracking, the opposite side of the coin still holds true.
Thanksgiving is a time to remember what we are thankful for. It is a time to exercise our gratitude muscle. To reflect and hold dear what is meaningful.
1. second chances
2. puppy love
3. passion
4. flowers
5. photography
6. Central Park's Harlem Meer
7. trees
8. cell phones
9. life in general, YAY I'm alive
10. opportunities
11. answered prayers
12. desire
13. love
14. creativity
15. possibility
16. new friends
17. old friends
18. family, near and far
19. heat
20. electricity (Go! Ben Franklin)
21. pineapples
22. dried apricots
23. Our Lady of Weight Loss
24. Beliefnet
25. soft fuzzy blankets
26. taste buds
27. the busy sounds of the streets
28. emotions
29. sushi and sake
30. full moons
31. the stars
32. glitter glue
33. memories
34. computers
35. Internet
36. individuality
37. the Constitution
38. laughter
39. pears
40. forgiveness
41. crazy glue
42. gratitude
43. the mysteries of the Universe
44. the telephone
45. thunderstorms
46. snow
47. health
48. time to laze about
49. cousins
50. tears
51. coffee
52. take out menus and home deliveries
53. birthdays
54. oceans
55. New York bagels
56. bubble baths
57. squirrels
58. hiking trails
59. park benches
60. birds singing
61. lavender plants
62. movies, good or bad
63. weeping willow trees
64. sister bloggers
65. sales! 1/2 off sales!
66. that I live in the good ole USA
67. the way God works
68. comedians, in particular, Chris Rock
69. good yummy books to get lost in
70. soft sofas to curl up on
71. comfy shoes
72. fun scissors
73. my fluffy cat
74. toe socks
75. cow pj's
76. frequent flyer miles
77. unplanned weekend
78. blind faith
79. scrapbooking
80. magazines
81. clementines
82. small kindnesses of others
83. day dreams
84. a clean house
85. perspective
86. moments of grace
87. paint
88. deep breaths
89. the courage to move on
90. midday naps
91. spray butter
92. lip gloss
93. wifi
94. soft breezes
95. bread
96. Metropolitan Museum of Art's admission price is 'suggested'
97. I have a hairdresser that 'gets' me
98. buttons
99. pretty vintage paper
100. silly anything
101. Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the hills - Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip -
He who watches over you will not slumber;
Indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD watches over you
The LORD is your shade at your right hand;
The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from all harm -
He will watch over your life;
The LORD will watch over your coming and going
Both now and forevermore.
What are you grateful for?
Please leave a comment, so I can add it to my list!
Spread the word ... NOT the icing,
Janice
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Janice Taylor is a Life & Wellness Coach, Cert. Hypnotist, author,columnist, seminar leader and 50 pound big-time-loser.
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Thanks so much for the great reminders. When I read scripture verse like the one you listed, I substitute my name in everywhere it lists 'you'. Therefore, I am very thankful that the Lord, who watches over 'Kathleen' will not slumber. I am also planning on being thanksful Thanksgiving night that the only thing stuffed was the bird.
I'm thankful that the holidays are but once a year.
Dear Lady of Weight Loss,
Im too am grateful for all that you mentioned and for my growing awareness of myself and the life around me. Thankfully. I believe in that in my old age some enlightenment is growing. albeith ever so slowly.
I am grateful that at the age of 50 years old, I am healthy and wise. I thank God for my husband and children. God's will is for me to prosper and be in health as my soul prosper.
To my husband, he makes sure I am safe when I have a seizure!! He basically sticks to me like glue! Dedicated the rest of his life watching over me!!
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