Darci Lang's Attitude Booster: October 2016

Published: Thu, 10/06/16

Be Thankful
by Darci Lang, Speaker and Author

People think that happy people have no problems. They have problems just like unhappy people however, they work really hard at finding the things to be thankful for, the 90%s in a day, despite the 10%s.

Here is the list I go through every day. I am thankful for:

Being born in Canada. We won the lottery. We didn’t wake up in a refugee camp today.
My husband. After 20 years of marriage and many 90%s ( and a few 10%s), I am so thankful for a man who looks after himself both mentally and physically. There is not a day he does not do something to make himself a better man.
My teenagers. I love waking them in the morning for school. The time is going by so quickly and I cherish every morning. I am so thankful I get to be their mom.
My family and friends. I am so thankful for my circle of love and support.
My health. By the time my mom was my age, she had experienced a motorcycle accident that took her leg, cervical cancer and a mastectomy. The poster in her office read, if you think money is everything you’ve never been sick.
My house. I live in a 40-year-old house with beautiful 40-year-old trees. I started my life with my Dad in a dirt basement house with so many mice we kept some as pets. I love my house and I think of so many women who do not have one to call their own.
My rescue cats, Lilly and Noah. They wake up every morning and greet me like they haven’t seen me for a year.
Our food. We buy beautiful, fresh, healthy food — a luxury for many. A woman at the grocery store said to me, “Can you believe we get to buy this food?”
My job. If you are employed be thankful. Even if your job is not perfect, there is someone who needs the job you have right now.
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In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I encourage you to stop working, stop studying, and stop surfing the net and type up your own thankful list.

Happy Thanksgiving my booster friend,