Grateful For

I read an article that states that a person who is grateful for what he has is a happier person with less illness created by stress. To help yourself become a more grateful person you need to realize what you are grateful for and a good way to do that is to list at least 10 things on a regular basis that you are grateful for. Here are a few things I am grateful for:

1. I am grateful for each day that I wake up.
2. I am grateful for having a loving husband.
3. I am grateful for having my children.
4. I am grateful for living in the USA
5. I am grateful for the freedoms I enjoy.
6. I am grateful I can worship my GOD.
7. I am grateful for the sun, the wind, the clouds, the rain and all the elements that make this world what it is.
8. I am grateful for my sister-in-law who is as sweet as can be.
9. I am grateful for the friends I have.
10. I am grateful to have a house to live in.

There are many other things I am grateful for. Without listing them in order I can say I am grateful for all the work my mother put into searching her family lines and my dads family lines. I am grateful to have all her photo albums, and her journals and all the genealogy she acquired and the books she bought or subscribed to. I am grateful that I have the Internet to research these family lines and that I have the knowledge how to do so. I am grateful that I have the opportunity to go to school and learn as much as I can about genealogy research and history. I am grateful for great online friends who help others by giving great genealogy websites and information on how to do things and where to find things . I have been blessed with so much that I take for granted and sometimes I just need to stop and look around to see what it is I have and to imagine what it would be like to not have it all. I am grateful that I do have it all. I am grateful for the work it takes to keep it and use it to the best of my ability. I am grateful for peace in my soul and for stress and strife to keep me humble. It is not always a good thing to have everything so easy and peaceful. You forget what it takes to make it this way and it is not good to forget that it can all be taken away so easily; so enjoy it while you have it and take care of it to have it a long time and remember what it took to get it this way. Remember also who is beside you keeping you safe and encouraging you to succeed and helping you along the way. Be grateful!