Heart of Glass

You know what Cinderella said . . . . "One shoe can change your life."
Some days, I wish I could just have the dang glass slipper. Would have been so much easier. Instead I've got me and my [Blondie] "heart of glass".

I've been told before I am "sensitive". By some I've been told I am "overly-sensitive". I was even told by another at the ripe age of 19 that they felt like they had to "walk on rice paper around me". I'm guessing that's not a good thing. I know I've come a long [loooooooooooooooooong] way in the last 10,11,12-er something years.


I had a chance to really think yesterday [I try not to do that {think} much because it usually leaves me with a headache]. About life. About me. me. me. me. me. me. Yep, and I don't feel guilty one bit.

First, I am so grateful I have love in my life. This thought reminded me of a sign[?] I saw in a book store in Port Angeles, WA.

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao-Tzu

Nuff said.

I am thankful my personal spiritual relationship with God provides me with eternal optimism. I know there are times when I feel depressed, defeated or disappointed, but I am blessed this wave of hope is strong enough to crush even the strongest sentiments of pessimism and despair in my life.

I am so blessed to have a wonderful family that strives to be together. To be there. To just be. Sure we can struggle with conflicting personalities like we're still kids, but I wouldn't trade even one of them [not even their spouses] for anything in the world. My family made me who I am, and I am thankful for all the beauty and challenge in that.

I cannot begin to express my thanks for such a wonderful group of friends. When I want to be accepted, loved and appreciated, my friends are there in full force. My friends have become a second family for me, a family where I can seek unconditional support, acceptance and the absence of judgment.

I am so grateful to have a career that allows me to explore my talents while maintaining the "mom/wife" role I set for myself. I love the what it has done for me & my confidence in myself.

My health deserves my appreciation. I am so thankful to be pain free [given what I do to it each week] and without any significant ailments threatening my being. I am grateful for the Pita's job & the great health insurance and a financial stability that ensures we can take care of any sickness with the best available health care.
Finally, I am grateful to the beauty I experience daily. If I don't it's because I've been too lame to look for it. Whether it is in kind words from my friends/bloggers, a text from my mom, a humorous email, a kiss on the top of my head from the Pita or in the extra 3 seconds of my "goodnight hug" to Peanut, I am so blessed to have been given the gift of sensitivity and appreciation for all my surroundings.


Cinderella can keep her shoe.

This heart thing works for me.