the little things
So... I turn 28 in a lil over a month. I spent a good chunk of 27 feeling sorry for myself, and have just recently started climbing out of that slump. Shame on me for wasting that time feeling blue when my problems are infinitesimally minuscule compared to a lot of other people's.
Today started off kinda sucky, and totally paranoid that I was gonna slip back into my doldrums, I decided to note all the lil things that I'm grateful for today. I'm thinking of starting a gratitude journal that I can write in on my train-ride home from work everyday. a la Oprah.
Today I was grateful for:
* the supportive ladies at my yoga class for approving of my lame attempt at a handstand
* the drugstore by the yoga place that sells toilet paper AND stamps
* being able to eavesdrop on a conversation between two ladies about their bridesmaid horror stories while waiting for the train to get moving
* the cute boy sitting next to them
* for the pleasant walk to the next train station when the aforementioned train announced it was suspending uptown service
* for the friendly guy who ran back to point me in the right direction towards 8th avenue after I was sure he forgot that I asked amidst all the confusion
* for the catfight next to me on the 8th ave train that stayed verbal and never got physical
* for the two people standing in front of me who inadvertently reminded me of God with their jewelry. one wearing a Guadalupe pendant and the other a rosary around his neck.
* that I wasn't the girl sitting across from me with the giant coffee stain down the front of her white t-shirt.
* for air-conditioning
* for sugar
* for egg salad on rye and pb&j
* and the ability to scratch that itch. ahhhh...
:)
Today started off kinda sucky, and totally paranoid that I was gonna slip back into my doldrums, I decided to note all the lil things that I'm grateful for today. I'm thinking of starting a gratitude journal that I can write in on my train-ride home from work everyday. a la Oprah.
Today I was grateful for:
* the supportive ladies at my yoga class for approving of my lame attempt at a handstand
* the drugstore by the yoga place that sells toilet paper AND stamps
* being able to eavesdrop on a conversation between two ladies about their bridesmaid horror stories while waiting for the train to get moving
* the cute boy sitting next to them
* for the pleasant walk to the next train station when the aforementioned train announced it was suspending uptown service
* for the friendly guy who ran back to point me in the right direction towards 8th avenue after I was sure he forgot that I asked amidst all the confusion
* for the catfight next to me on the 8th ave train that stayed verbal and never got physical
* for the two people standing in front of me who inadvertently reminded me of God with their jewelry. one wearing a Guadalupe pendant and the other a rosary around his neck.
* that I wasn't the girl sitting across from me with the giant coffee stain down the front of her white t-shirt.
* for air-conditioning
* for sugar
* for egg salad on rye and pb&j
* and the ability to scratch that itch. ahhhh...
:)