To be Grateful

Is to be present. Constantly aware of what blessings you have been awarded.

I have been in one of those weeks where the work is constant... Rising at 4:30am... do a workout..go to work. Try to manage those stresses with grace and professionalism. (Trust me, this is not easy when you manage people. They are crazy.) Come home, eat a little something hoping that it doesn't turn into a lot of something... bad.

Try to finish the work that you could not do at the office. Go to bed..
Just when I think it is safe to complain and scream to the Universe "why me?! why this?!"
I get a reality check. They come from various sources...

Sometimes I get them driving home, passing a man with a cardboard sign, asking for help.

I get it when I overhear a story about a woman at work who was just diagnosed with breast cancer.

I get it when I watch the news...

The good thing, I think is that I am getting it more often. And I realize how tremendously lucky I am even with all of my "problems".

I get it.