On Being Thankful Everyday

Today, I am thankful.

Every day is a new gift, a new beginning.

Work on weekdays. Workload and exam; no wonder I had woke up this morning with a pounding head. Instead of complaining, I had just grabbed a coffee, rest for a while…then I am feeling alright. This week had busy but I had many things to be thankful for. I had just had to maintain a sense of positive attitude about everything. That’s me, always in good vibes.

Instead of thinking on the things I have to do to finish all school projects, the amount of work awaits for me by the start of the week, instead I am thinking of the many things I am thankful for: finishing the first semester, meeting an old friend after a long time, enjoying a good movie, food trip from special some, chocolates, pasalubongs, a trip to Palawan! I really had a good time, travelling always gives me a new perspective on life and on people. I could see the world with fresh new eyes. More than that, I am blessed because the people around me never fail to make me feel special. I think it is the best gift I could receive.

 It’s Sunday once again; a new start of the week. It’s time to take a moment to be thankful for everything I already have and not what I want. Contentment starts if I could be thankful for simple things—the simple joys of living. I think the most grateful people are the ones who have little but still think ways to give out to other people.

 I love what Oprah had said about being thankful, on happiness and contentment, “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”People are insatiable. People will always make and look for more ways to get what we wanted. But if I were to concentrate on the things I am lacking, on the things I wanted, but I don’t need, contentment is far off, the tendency is, I will become bitter. Discontentment and bitterness is a lonely place; I have to avoid that if I have to.

Today is a new beginning.

Share a smile take a chances of being good and happy always. Today had been a chance to make someone happy and to be a blessing to other people. 

Today, I am thankful.

With that, I remember one of my older poems:

Lush flourishing in glee,

Time is so cruel to pass into such humility,

Let life pass us by

Feel the rush of the moment;

Swirl the sky for free

Listen to the wind,

Feign distant whispers

Relish the journey

Before the competition

Of undying solemnity.