Gratitude

It is the time of the year again when many of us would sit down and look back at the past 12 months. Personally I get all emotional around now especially since it has been an annual horribilis for me. I would normally write down my thoughts and keep it in my little black box but I am going to do it differently this year.

I received a call from Small M this afternoon, trying to convince me to join him at his family's Christmas lunch but sadly I had to decline (the 4th invitation from different friends) due to the injury on my right hand and bruises on my face. He was a little disappointed but said this to me before hanging up"I am so grateful to have you in my life!", it has to be the sweetest thing I have heard for a very long time!

I decided I should write down a list of what I'm most grateful for and here's the list;

• For having a loving family despite them being thousands of miles away from me.
• For living and sharing my life with the closest person in my life despite not knowing if that is going to end soon.
• For having some of my closest friends that still love me to pieces despite me being half as fabulous as  before.
• For showing compassion and kindness to someone I barely knew despite all the goodwill was being taken for granted.
• For not ended up with a disfigured face despite having the large scar inside my mouth that will forever remind me of that ugly incident.
• For being able to cook something from my childhood when I'm feeling homesick despite that often make me even more homesick.
• For starting this blog despite getting very lukewarm reactions from most people I mentioned the idea to.
• For meeting wonderful new friends and like minded people through this blog despite we might never meet in person.
• For lucky enough to be able to speak a few languages despite not having too many opportunities to do so in Melbourne.
• For being surrounded by beautiful art works and furniture that we bought throughout the years despite there might not be any new addition to that in the very near future.
• For having relatively good health despite how badly I treated my poor body before.
• For having so much beauty around me despite the recent not so beautiful events that happened.
• And finally for understanding the meaning of GRATITUDE!