Daily Gratitude

"And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea, more." (Doctrine and Covenants 78:19)

Thank you for waking up early and having the energy and determination to get up and get going (more like this, please--thank you!). Thank you for the flexibility of my husband's job that allows him to go in when he wants. Thank you for a husband that is so amazingly supportive in everything I do (more like this, please--thank you!). Thank you for our car--for the technology that brought it into existence, for the money we have to purchase it and keep it running (more like this, please--thank you!), for the freedom it allows us to travel distances much farther than we could walk. Thank you for the gym--for the money that we have to pay for my membership (more like this, please--thank you!) and for the technology that allows indoor swimming pools to exist. Thank you for my parents, who had the money to join the club and pay for swimming lessons. Thank you for all my swimming instructors--including the ones that have written the books and recorded the videos that help me still today. Thank you for my Beyond Freedom, which challenged me to think of all that I wanted to achieve and to start achieving it! Thank you for Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz, who wrote the book that changed my life (The Power of Full Engagement) and gave me the courage to step up and become physically active for the first time ever. Thank you to Tim Kanaley for setting the example and showing me that real people can do triathlons. Thank you for my beautiful children, who are so sweet and loving and supportive (more like this, please--thank you!). Thank you for the inspiration and realization that achieving my own dreams sets the example for my children to achieve theirs. Thank you for the technology that brought the Internet, for all the people that created blogging, for the money to buy this laptop (more like this, please--thank you), for the ability I have to type (including my mind, my vision, and my fingers), and for the inspiration to write in the form of "thank you" rather than "I am grateful." Thank you for Habiba Miller and Carol Look.

Thank you for my amazing, wonderful, powerful, fantastic, joyful life (more like this, please--thank you!).