Oh, I will come and drink your tea..it sounds just the thing for this lady!!!! Mmmm..

I love my life because my partner just called me to dinner..made by him.

I love my life because it seems as tho I have taken myself over a rather large obstacle in my life..I dared to leave my car at home and become a public commuter. I won´t go into why this has been very tough for me..but it has. And I have done it!!! So far...

I love my life because my son is failing about every subject in "gymnasiet"..but when I sift thru it all..there is hope..because the results are mostly due to his absence in class. It´s his last year. We live in Sweden and it´s very dark and cold when classes start..on the other side of town. SOOO..there is hope!!!! I am very grateful for that.

Glimster..I hear you!!! Lots and lots of very big and warm bear hugs!!!! There´s alot going on in your life these days, isn´t it???

gimster, I recall those visits with mom when I left crying. They don't always go the way we want them to. Hang in there and don't over-do it if you don't have to. Hoping the next visit is a little brighter.

I love my life because all three kids were here this weekend and it was glorious. Now two are back at school and the other is on a business trip. I love my life because now hubby and I are in our empty nest until Friday. Woohoo.

I love my life because it is 3:30am here and nobody is lecturing me about the time!!!!!

I love my life because I have choices. I can wake up every day and decide, right then and there, whether I want to be happy, be depressed, be glad, be sad. Its a choice I have, and I love that.

Hey, its me again, Margaret!

I love my life because when I woke up this morning, I made the choice to tell God how beautiful a day it was, and to thank him for allowing me yet another one.

I love my life because I chose to focus on NOW, not the past, or things I cannot change.

I also thanked him for even giving me THE CHOICE.



What did you choose for today?

Amen! Thank God for the gift of choices - and I'll add my own thanksgiving for His compassion for those times in our lives when we don't choose wisely. I love how He takes our choices and especially our woundedness (so often inflicted on us by other people's bad choices) and turns them into tools to help others. I think of people like Lynnie and Dianne and so many other incredible women here, who have suffered so much, and yet it's by their very suffering that God is able to shine His most powerful healing light into the lives of others who might not be able to make it through without those "wounded healers". What tender love it takes to know just what people most need in the midst of their own struggle to choose life & hope.

His faithfulness makes me glad to be alive, His mercy makes me grateful for everything that has brought me to my here-and-now, and His wisdom helps me to embrace my past knowing that nothing goes to waste when we lay it in His hands.

I'm especially grateful I don't have to go out in the snow today! Big storm here! It's such a gift to be able to cosy up to the warm fire here at BWS. It really IS a good day to be alive, isn't it?

Funny you should ask..because I DID make a conscious choice today to be happy..spread my happiness..and to be tired in a calming sort of way..not one that bogs down others=my colleagues or the children. And it worked..the response I got from the group of children was lots of fun..they "read" story books to me..making up the plot along the way. How wonderful to be "read to" as a teacher!!! It´s a luxury! The meeting we had in the evening..my colleagues and I, went very well, too. Everyone is tired now before Christmas what with all the preperations and festivities both at work and at home..but we had a good meeting..AND I listened to my colleagues..and could feel the warmth spreading in the room. Sooo..yes,

I love my life because I can make a choice..and it can really work for me and those around me.

I also love my life because it´s the first week of advent which means everyone has decorated their homes with Christmas lights..turning our Scandinavian darkness into something very magical and special.

I love my life because I was rewarded with Humlan's post and got a tingled from the tip of my head to my toes.

YOU ROCK!