a simple 'thanks'

i find that gratefulness doesn't come easily for me. like... at all. so often i just take practically everything i interact with in life for granted. i find myself making me the center of the universe, demanding that everything go the way that i want it to, without even caring about others along the way. it's wrong. it's sooo wrong.

i need to make others my focus, second to the truth of the Gospel. i need to be able to be grateful for everyone in my life, no matter what happens. i think it is this that is making part of my life quite miserable. living in a selfish world isn't going to produce joy.

just start with a simple thanks and then move on from there.

so.. thanks. thanks, God, for being my heavenly father. thank you for dying the death that i deserved. thank you family for loving nurturing me although i don't even deserve the love you show me at times. thank you friends, for putting up with me, for laughing with me - and probably at me as well, and for sharing your lives with me.

thank you, from the bottom of my heart.