{Thankful Thursday...}

Be Thankful

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don't know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you're tired and weary
Because it means you've made a difference.
It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.
GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.
~ Author Unknown ~

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Seriously I love Thankful Thursday's every week cause it makes me appreciate all I have and all that I am so deeply thankful for.
I want to share some links this week so we can remember how trivial our lives are sometimes in comparison to what other are going through and how much our prayers are needed for those who are suffering and things we hope we never have too.

Though that being said I find myself waking up feeling so deju vu every morning especially over the past week a hum drum kind of feel. January is kind of like that I guess I'm just so tired lately and its so cold again. Though as crazy as the days are when I feel like I'm totally in a mom hole where that's all I'm doing all day long. Anybody else feel like this lately??

It just kind of makes me think of the people that would give anything to be doing what I do all day long too, or people who are in far dire circumstances then we have ever been in.

Then I count my blessing.

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So first link is for baby Harper she is so so cute and Kelly has the cutest blog I've been following her blog since before she got pregnant you just never know sometimes what is going to happen. Keep them in your prayers. --------------------------
Then nie nie has started posting again. Sad makes me thankful for my health and my trivial mundane daily life once again.

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...also makes the laser work done on my feet this week to get rid of a few unmentionables feel and look like nothing compared to what she is going through each day.

Even though it hurt so bad. I felt like a five year old jerking my feet away in pain.

I'm starting to be able to walk normal today. I tried to go on the treadmill last night, which I still did for 45 min at a slower then normal pace and resulted in sausage sized swollen toes that I thought were going to pop and got so itchy!!! But thankfully they feel much better today! Not a fun couple of days though. But nothing to complain about either that's for sure.

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I'm also thankful that for the first time since we've been married so almost 12 years we had a antenna installed last night and guess what we can actually see the tv without any fuzzy vision! Its amazing seriously how did we go twelve years of peasant fuzzy vision.

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......and have you put your name in for this awesome giveaway

What a sweet ride eh! Thanks for sharing DJ!

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also have to share what I'm loving right now Forever 21 why because they ship in Canada! Yeah thank you!! So I tried it out and I can't wait to wear it it even looks better in real life its not as long as it looks in the pic either its the perfect length anyway cheered up my day anyway!!

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and I love list like this:

25 Tips for a Better Life
There's a little something in here for everyone

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to __________ today.

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.

6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

7. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

9. Life isn't fair, but it’ s still good.

10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

11. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

12. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

13. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

14. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'

17. Forgive everyone for everything.

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. GOD heals almost everything. . . and He can heal everything if its in His plan. We just need to trust His bigger picture.

20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

21. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch!!!

22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

23. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.

24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

25. Please share this with everyone you care about

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So be happy be thankful and count your blessings! Life ain't so bad for most of us!!

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{this has nothing to do with anything but I have an i tunes gift card I need to use but I really want it for good workout songs - clean ones so help -I need some good exercise songs ideas! got any??}