Thankful Thursday: Now that the Spring is in the air..

Pretty girls are everywhere...think of me, and i'll be there...

That foray into Westlife aside, Spring is in the air, and it is GLORIOUS!

I love Spring. I mean, everyone looks forward to Summer, me included because..well..it's the End, it's the reward..you know..but Spring is just...the smells, the freshness, the greenery..it's the most romantic season as far as i'm concerned..just glorious!

I am thankful for simple things, simple joys..they are the ones you embrace when you realize you're contented. You don't need more than you need. That's greed..The weather is beautiful, work is agreeable, and well...i'm just happy, okay? ;)

God is ever faithful, even when i'm stuck in the waiting room, not understanding how to proceed, i know He is there, and the signs of His love surround me. He cares, and He keeps His promises..Half the time i catch on when He's well into fulfilling the promise...but it's a fact..He does.

I have the worst all over body ache so this is a short one..

I am thankful for life

I am thankful for God

I am thankful for relationships

I am thankful for blessings

I am thankful for my family

I am thankful Yes (Prime) Minister- the most brilliant script i've come across in the longest time!

I am thankful for simple joys

I am thankful for genuine feelings

I am thankful for faithfulness

I am thankful for Prayer

I am thankful for His perfect plan

I am thankful for sleep, for rest in any form

I am thankful for the motley crew at the gym

I am thankful for Spring

I am thankful for His guidance

I am thankful for His love

I am thankful for love

I am thankful for new experiences

I am thankful!

Thankful Thursday: etc etc

I am thankful for just about everything in my life. Genuinely, thoroughly thankful.

Also, i am cranky and tired and need.sleep.now.

I will say this..beauty is from within, it is made up of those things that physical beauty can't even attempt. Chaka Demus said it perfectly with "Girl you pretty, but your character dirty"...and even the beauty doesn't matter any more. Today i learned of the ugliness of clean, well dressed, otherwise presentable looking people, and was blessed with the kindness of a scruffy looking person that on most occasions, i would be prejudiced against and avoid. God uses contrast like no one else. Lesson noted.

I am thankful for everything...

etc, etc.

Thankful Thursday: In retrospect...

I could really use a foot massage right now. And an all over massage while they're at it. Deep tissue, leave-you-half-conscious type massage...But that's neither here nor there.

Over the past few weeks i've been having a bit of a lull in my relationship with God, because i got confused over certain things, and when that confusion comes, the way i deal with it is to just pause, freeze like The Mask, until clarity is granted. I am thankful that it hasn't pushed me away, but  i cannot do things that do not come from my heart. I refuse to "perform" Christianity and say the right things with the right intonation when my spirit is not in harmony with it.

As God is forever faithful, whenever i've gotten to that moment of frustration, the one right before one is tempted to question everything, God's involvement in our lives included, He gently prompts me to see all the "coincidences" and confusing times even that have led me to where i am, that have led me through storms and brought me to this sunny place. Then i realize that while i may not understand a lot right now, some day i will look back and it will make sense and i will be Thankful.

I am thankful for God

I am thankful for life

I am thankful for my family

I am thankful for Love

I am thankful for encouragement

I am thankful for testimony

I am thankful for honesty

I am thankful for kindness

I am thankful for His plans

I am thankful for wisdom

I am thankful for peace

I am thankful for resilience

I am thankful for literature

I am thankful for my job

I am thankful that days when everything feels horrid don't last forever

I am thankful for numbness

I am thankful for distraction

I am thankful for forgiveness

I am thankful for friends

I am thankful for good atmospere

I am thankful for responsibility

I am thankful for favour

I am thankful for who i am

I am thankful for no fear

I am thankful for tears

I am thankful for food

I am thankful for this gorgeous weather

I am thankful for inspiration

I am thankful for the unknown yet to be made known

I am thankful for the present

I am thankful for the future, and all the possibilities it holds, all the ways in which it could unravel

I am thankful for communication

I am thankful for feelings

I am thankful.

Thankful Thursday: Without a name...

I cannot for the life of me title this post.

I cannot even seem to choose what to write. I say choose, because i don't think it's a shortage of topics that is the matter. Only two days ago i had one of those thoroughly refreshing, epiphany filled, productive, mind opening days. I filled pages and pages of notebook. I understood things in whole new ways, my soul sang. That expression that often sounds cheesy was the only one i could use to describe the way i felt. And it's amazing, and i am thankful for that. The things i've learned will not be taken from me. They are oh-so-valuable and are building blocks and stepping stones for things yet to be revealed to be built on. I am thankful for days like that, i am thankful for the very gift of it all.

What i'm saying is...that even if i learned a lot of new things, today, now, doesn't seem like the right time to share them. There is nothing wrong with them, or any other topic that lays in wait somewhere in the archives of my mind...today is just one of those days...it's neither good nor bad..it just is...and the best way to go is the way your soul guides you to. The spirit within you bears witness, to what you, knowing in your heart, heed, or ignore. So..that's kinda how it is.

I am happy, my soul is at peace...somewhat i guess, compared to how it has been...there have been ups and downs and struggles and questions and reviewing and all those things that come with life...but that IS life...so no complaints..we only move forward, noting lessons as we go.

I am thankful for life, for laughter, for love and for family.

I am thankful for God, and communication, revelation and understanding.

I am thankful for inspiration.

I am thankful for love...and signs..and..whatever this is..i am thoroughly captivated, watching the picture unfold

I am thankful for His plans and His timing

I am thankful for health

I am thankful for the most delightful way the rain is drumming on the roof

I am thankful for communication..like..conversation..

I am thankful for work

I am thankful for salary...kai i never knew that thing can make somebody happy...i mean..i sit at work..and then i get money..amazing.

I am thankful for wisdom

I am thankful for favour

I am thankful for kindness

I am thankful for...I am just really, REALLY thankful.