Day Three

One of the things I noticed about having been in "survival mode" for so long is that I missed a lot of details.  My focus has been on getting to the other side and while I was leaping valiantly (and desperately) to the finishing mark, I missed a lot of the juicy things that make this gift of life soooo precious.

It really hit me hard this summer as I watched my oldest son walk across the stage and graduate from high school.  I was holding my three week old newborn daughter in my arms and the perspective was so extreme.

In that one moment my son's life flashed before me, baby grins, a head full of blond baby curls, his first words, his four-year-old swagger ("I know everything..."), when he first started reading and how proud he was of the first movie he made....all that and so much more....and I realized I had missed volumes of his life.  

I mean, my body was there.  But, I was absent.  I was focused on the next thing I needed to survive to make sure that HE survived....

I don't want to miss any more of my life or the lives of the people I am so blessed to share this journey with.  

Yesterday my intention was to focus on appreciation and gratitude for everything in my life.  

As I started my gratitude list, I realized it was too long....more that I could ever complete in one day.....

So I decided to break the process up into smaller bites.  Each day I intend to focus my gratitude on one specific area of my life.  

Today I am focusing on my gratitude for the people in my life. 

I wish I could adequately express the huge swelling of my heart and the overwhelm of deep love and appreciation I am feeling right now as I offer my appreciation for all the people who have graced my life and for those rare, beautiful souls who bring me such joy and love every day of my life...even when our interactions seem mundane...their voices, their words, their love, their support...their smiles and laughs...all seem so sacred to me....                               

I pray that if you choose to complete this process for yourself, you will discover how deeply and truly blessed and loved you are.

Tomorrow I intend to focus on remembering that G-d is the Provider of Everything.

So Very, Very Grateful....

Love,

Karen