The essentials that surround us.
Sick and Cold and Alone and Wondering
That's how I woke up this morning. I hadn't turned on my space heater and my bedroom isn't heated otherwise. My blankets were not cutting it once that low of 21 degrees hit. And to make matters worse I was sick to my stomach. I had already gone to bed feeling sad, feeling down, questioning.
Sick cold alone and wondering brought me in to the morning. And as I shivered in bed my thoughts drifted to people who don't have as much as me. People who don't have a mattress, pillows and soft blankets to lay their head upon. People that don't have a space heater or a heater of any sort. People that don't have shelter outside in that 21 degree weather.
Damn.
I am so fucking grateful to have a place to lay my head. To have comfort when I am not feeling well. To have warm clothes and blankets.
I am so privileged in this world.
I am grateful. I am grateful. I am grateful.
So I rose to face the day with gratitude and an open heart.
And to find gratitude through all of the emotions of my open heart.
And to be generous with those that have less than I.
Take full account of the excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
~Marcus Aurelius
What are you grateful for about where you laid your head last night?
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