Kansas Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 I was just replying to a thread and realized how easy it is for me get caught up in all of the negative and let it overwhelm the good. 1 - I'm grateful that I am not going through this alone ... that I have great friends to lean on and have found LS and everyone on it to be so supportive and encouraging on this journey of healing. 2 - I'm grateful that I have the strength and courage to cry, feel my pain and work through this hurt and anger in a healthy way 3 - I'm grateful that I am going through this now, and not 20 years from now, so that I can take these lessons and use them to create a healthy and happy relationship for myself down the road. 4 - I'm grateful that I feel better today, than I did 4 days ago. Feel free to add what you're grateful for today.
0hpenelope Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 I'm grateful that I feel a lot better today than I did a few days ago as well. LS has been the forum that I will never completely abandon or leave. Also? I'm grateful for people that share their stories. I'm grateful for people that come back to share the mistakes they made.
Stilicho Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 im grateful for the many perspectives and opinons on Ls for not just the realization that its her loss, not mine, but knowing it. to know that i will succeed. for the motivation this has given me to get back in great shape, and to strive harder to achieve all my hopes i had prior to this all.
D78 Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 I'm grateful for LS. Without you folks I would be in soooooooooooo much trouble. I'm grateful for my family who helped me heal my broken wrist while I was working on my broken heart. I'm grateful that I got to spend 11 years with someone I loved, even though it ended badly. I'm grateful for new opportunities.
I am healed Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 I am grateful that for the first time in two days I'm feeling better. I am grateful that I have learned some very powerful lessons from my past relationships. I am grateful to tell you guys that there is a light at the end of the road after a break up. I am grateful to be alive, to love, to have friends, I am grateful to finallly be looking into myself to discover who I am apart from what other people have taught me to be. I am grateful to know I am on the path to something great. I send you my love Namaste.
vtbrokenhearted Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 I am grateful for finding the LS community- it has been a fabulous outlet- here whenever I need it. I am grateful for my good friend who lives all the way across the states and talks with me for 3, 4, 5 hours at a time! I am grateful that my mom calls everyday to remind me that she loves me and to make sure I've gotten home after my long commute through the snow. I am grateful for my dog who loves me unconditionally. I am grateful for having the opportunity to sit with myself and recognize my heart, especially how beautiful it really is. I am grateful for compassion. I am grateful for the warmth, and the food I've recently begun eating more of, and the energy I've found inside to clear out the snow and still go for a nice long snowshoe. I am grateful for the books which have brought smiles to my face lately. Gosh, there are so many things...I'm grateful to be who I am and to still be here...
Rose T Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 I am grateful for my job. I thought I would hate going into the office under the circumstances, but in the end, it's an oasis of sanity. Also, only one friend there knows about my break-up. Everyone else treats me with the usual, cheerful rudeness - just what I need! I am grateful for my home. It may only be a rented flat, but I sorted things out this weekend and it feels much less like the home we shared. It's my little den again and I'm sitting here now, watching the football, typing away, just loving it. I'm grateful for my friends, and the snowball of new friends. One friend in particular, was there for me from the first, horrible day - and has since listened tirelessly to my complaints and taken me out to meet new friends. Friends of those friends now call me for a coffee, invite me to stuff, and I've realised that I'm likeable! That's a pretty nice feeling! I'm grateful for my church. I wasn't sure about going after so many years of absence but it's opened my eyes to a community of kind, intelligent people with very strong, moral compasses. It feels like a universe away from my toxic relationship and I'm so grateful for that. I'm grateful for my Mum, my Dad and my sister. For my nephews, who remind me that I have to move forward. And for the sun in the morning, a symbol of hope, of renewal, a constant friend, helping me move on.
cerridwen Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 I'm grateful to my friend who taught me the power of positive talk and positive thinking. All those negatives were really taking hold. I now refuse to say these things (even in the privacy of my head): This is hard I am hurting I won't get over this for a long time I won't find anyone like him ever again We had something special that's irreplaceable For pointing out this self-defeating practice, Friend, I'm grateful.
Author Kansas Posted January 20, 2011 Author Posted January 20, 2011 I now refuse to say these things (even in the privacy of my head): This is hard I am hurting I won't get over this for a long time I won't find anyone like him ever again We had something special that's irreplaceable I love this! Today I am grateful for: - a job that keeps me engaged and distracted - the opportunity to enjoy some little things that make me happy - music, a glass of wine and quiet moments.
Fern Posted January 20, 2011 Posted January 20, 2011 I'm grateful that he's no longer the first thing I think of in the mornings when I wake up. For that first minute or two I'm back to normal and it's a wonderful feeling to forget about him existing. I'm grateful that even when hurtful things happen now, I don't get as upset as I used to - my anger is never debilitating and I'm never hurt enough that I cry. I'm grateful that time really is working. I'm grateful that this happened now and not when I was older or more deeply tied to him - with children or a mortgage. I'm glad I'm still relatively young and footloose. I'm glad I now know what he's like. I'm grateful I'm me and not him. I don't carry around any guilt over the way I treated him - he obviously feels guilty about the way he treated me. I have a career and future prospects - he doesn't. I have supportive friends who know I'm a good person - he's shown himself for what he really is throughout all this and almost everyone has sided with me - even if they haven't fallen out with him.
vtbrokenhearted Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 I am grateful that the anger that develops inside of me doesn't grip me like it had been, and I'm grateful that I have people who will drop everything to listen to me vent so I can find my center again and remind of of how well I've been doing. I am grateful that people love me for who I am and don't look at his actions as a reflection of me. I am grateful that I have clarity, despite a few bumps, and that I do not depend financially on others. I am grateful for my independence and interdependence.
screwball Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 I'm grateful that I have hope again. While my future might not look sunny and blissful yet, at least it's dawn!
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