Thankful Thursday – Post 2

It’s Thankful Thursday again.

I couldn’t see anything to be thankful for during my depression two to three years post-accident. It took me awhile to go down into that dark, bottomless pit (my stubbornness managed to ward it off for a time) but when I went down, it was ugly/overwhelming/lonely — how many miserable adverbs do you need?

Nothing was right with me or with the world.

I had lost the me I knew before and I didn’t like the new me.

So what was there to be grateful for?!

With help from counselors, mentors and books I learned how to let go of expectations and find joy living in the moment. Slowly I crawled out of that pit. One thing I did that helped was write a list of things I still had to be thankful for.

I never want to go back into that pit, so I will continue to write list of thanks. Every Thursday. Here. Just for you.

This week I am thankful for:

A weekend of laughs, sun, friends and fun at a Hot Air Balloon, Wine & Music Festival.

For a neighbor that texted me to come taste-test pumpkin bread she was making. It was a tough job, but someone had to do it …

Enjoying a movie I watched with my high school senior. A movie that I thought would bore me still has me thinking.

Books. I have (at least) four going right now — Snow Day by Billy Coffey and Bittersweet by Shauna Niequist and Razing Hell by Sharon L. Baker and The Necklace by by Cheryl Jarvis.

Seth Godin, who writes a great blog post everyday. (how does he do it?)

Your turn – what are you thankful for?