My 3 Grateful and Positive Thoughts of the Day: 08-11-14

WooHoo!!!  Third day in a row with a posting!!  Easy to do when all I’m really doing is counting my blessings and the people and/or things I’m grateful for or the positive feelings and/or thoughts I’ve had during the day!! 

My 3 Grateful and Positive Thoughts of the Day.

1.      I’m grateful that I’ve finally learned to truly stand up for myself and stick to my guns when it comes to my ex.  Let’s just say I made two significant steps forward today in two big “projects” going on in my life where he is involved in one way or another.  I feel like I should “High 5” myself!!  LOL

That's how I felt today!!!

2.      I am grateful that people are viewing and reading my blog.  I can completely understand my friends, be they “real life” friends or “cyber life” FB/Twitter friends/followers reading this.   However, I couldn’t believe that I’ve gotten hits on my blog from the United States (that's pretty much a given as that is where I'm from), the Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Poland, Venezuela, Sweden, and Italy.  How cool is that?!?!!!  By the way, if you are reading this and would like to “Share” it with your Facebook friends or Twitter followers, by all means, go right ahead!!  I believe there’s a link up top underneath the header that you can click.  Also, you can become a “Member,” not that I know exactly what that means other than I think you get notifications when I post something new.  The more the merrier!!!

Well, it's true!!!  LOL

3.      I am grateful for the countless laughs I’ve had over the years due to the comedic genius and awesome acting chops of Robin Williams.  It was such a shock to read the news earlier today about his apparent suicide.  I’ve dealt with depression in the past, and I am so thankful for my friends, doctors, and family members for the support they showed me.  Reach out to your loved ones or even strangers who you see are sad, depressed, suffering, just not acting like themselves, or who may just need a shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen to them.  Heck, smile at a stranger as that smile could completely change his or her day or thoughts.  It genuinely can.

Self explanatory!! :-)

There you have it, my grateful and positive thoughts of the day.  Why not take a minute to reflect on your own.

Wishing you peace, love, happiness, and a lifetime of blessings!!

Kristyn

PS – Please feel free to leave any comments on here or on my Facebook page.  I’d love to get your input!!

My 3 Grateful and Positive Thoughts of the Day: 08-09-14

A lot in my life has happened since my last blog post in January.  I have to admit, it’s been a rough year so far.  I’m inherently one of those optimistic, “every cloud has a silver lining” individuals; but the past 8+ months have really tested me in all aspects of my life:  emotionally, physically, and spiritually.  There are many times I’ve thought about this blog, getting out in writing what’s been going on, but it didn’t happen for whatever reason or excuse.  Maybe I just didn’t want to re-live the bad/sad/disappointing stuff all over again.  As Elsa would sing “the past is in the past.”  However, as much as I try to bury it all and/or deal with it and move forward, it can get hard at times.  But despite it all, I still smile and look for the positive and beauty all around me.  It’s just who I am.

What’s prompted me to blog today is that I’m in a bit of a funk at this exact moment, despite the insanely gorgeous and perfect summer day we’re having here in my part of NY.  I realized I really needed to get my head out of this mindset and thought of a great way to do it.  Over the past month or two I’ve seen many friends partake in a “challenge” of sorts going around Facebook where they’ll list 3 or 5 positive things they are either grateful for or are positives in their lives on that particular day.  So I figured that’d be a great way to break the blahs.  Also, it really is something I should do every day.  You need to have positive thoughts and be grateful every single day you wake up.  Those happy, thankful thoughts will then continue to multiply over and over again, day after day.

So, without further ado, here are My 3 Grateful and Positive Thoughts of the Day.

1.     No surprise on this one. I am grateful for my son!!  He is my ray of loving, huggable, kissable sunshine every single day.  There are no words I could write that would ever do him and his love justice.  The mother/son bond we share is undeniable.

2.     Although she is no longer with us (one of the incredibly heartbreaking events back in January/February this year), I am so very grateful for the nearly 44 years I had with my grandmother.  Again, no words I could say would ever do her unconditional love and support for me justice.  I miss her so incredibly much.  Love you grandma.  You are forever in my heart and spirit.

A really old and rather "risky" photo back in the day of my grandma (L) and great grandma (R)!!!  

3.     I am grateful for the new medication (Tecfidera) I’m on for Multiple Sclerosis (MS).  My "official" 13-year MS diagnosis anniversary was this past July.  Although the Tecfidera does not cure the illness, it’s what they call a "disease modifying drug."  For me, it has had a significant and noticeable improvement in at least one area of my illness.  This is the first time in at least 5 years, if not longer, that I haven’t needed a cane for stability assistance while walking in the heat and humidity of the summer months.  Haven’t needed a cane in the slightest and that makes me feel amazingly grateful and positive!!

Meet Pepe', my original cane and now one of many fashionable canes in my collection!!  LOL

So there you have it, my positivity and optimism of the day!!!

Wishing you peace, love, happiness, and a lifetime of blessings!!

Kristyn

PS – For my previous blog readers, notice the change in my sign off?!?!!  Yeah, that’s another positive thing that’s happened to me in the past month or so, but I’ll save that for another day!!