Gratitude Attitude

Sometimes the world seems so full of hate and chaos, 

and we can often feel helpless and fearful. 

But we have to focus.........

Focus on the beauty, the love, the wonder of life. 

We don't have to take on the problems of the world. 

It is too overwhelming. 

But we can take responsibility for ourselves. 

We can cultivate love, faith and forgiveness in our own lives.

We are all on the same path........

some have taken detours and some are on the straight and narrow, 

but we are all going in the same direction. 

Most of us, anyway :)

I am so grateful for every hardship and every obstacle
because it taught me to persevere and overcome.

I was very unloved as a child.
My Mother wanted to put me in a foster home,
but my Father wouldn't allow it.

When he was gone, I was neglected and abused.

I became emancipated at the age of 16 to escape
my unhappy home.

Ramblin' Man came from a similar situation
with his own Father.
Even though we were very young when we started
our own life, we were very, very old. 

But I learned to overcome my childhood through forgiveness and love.
My Mother finally overcame her alcoholism and became
loving and kind, late in life.

I learned a valuable lesson of how I wanted my own life to be,
 seeing how I didn't want to live it, through my childhood.

xoxo

Life can be a wonderful journey if we stay focused on what is
most important.

Love, faith and forgiveness.

Even when others are not so kind.

Oprah Winfrey has a wonderful quote:
"Forgiveness is giving up the hope
that the past could've been any different"

Every difficult lesson in life is another 

wonderful opportunity to rise above it. 

I am grateful for every lesson that I have learned, 

even the hard ones. 

I believe we can change the world if we change our own hearts. 

Life is a mirror - we must be careful what we reflect. 

Hate, anger, and chaos, or love, kindness and peace. 

We all get to choose. 

xoxo

Today I am linking with:
Thankful Thursday

Won't you join in?

xoxo