GRATEFUL FOR MY DAUGHTERS

I am grateful to the Almighty for my daughters.

They are watching out for my welfare.

Thank you.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for a new day.

Let's make it a good one.

I finally understand that I no longer have to create strategies for survival.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MY CHILDREN

 I am grateful to the Almighty because He gave me children who will help me when I need it.

I am grateful that He gave me friends who will help me when I need it.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR KNOWING THAT I CAN CHOOSE HAPPINESS

I am grateful to the Almighty because I can choose replace sadness with happiness.

I am trying but it's so hard.  Why did my life have to be so hard?

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR HAVING THE ALMIGHTY IN MY LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty because He is in my life.

This complicated bereavement is the hardest thing that I have ever had to do in my life.  I am so grateful to the Almighty for sending friends, neighbors, family, clergy and helpers to get me through this.

It is hard but with the help of the Almighty I will move forward.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR KNOWING THAT HABITS TAKE TIME TO CHANGE

 I am grateful to the Almighty because He has helped me to understand that it takes time to change habits and behaviors.

I really have no patience BUT I am trying to change.

I know that the Almighty will be there with me every step of the way.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR CHOOSING HAPPINESS

I am grateful to the Almighty because I practiced yoga today and Leslie spoke of the fact that we have choices in life.

We can choose happiness.  There are habits we will have to change.  In the book that I read every morning called SIMPLE HAPPINESS the author speaks of STIMULUS and RESPONSE.   He says that in the moment between STIMULUS and RESPONSE one must choose what to do.

I choose happiness.   There will be habits and behaviors that I will change in order to do this BUT I choose happiness.

I am grateful to the Almighty for allowing me to practice yoga this morning because choosing happiness is my new mantra.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR COUNTING MY BLESSINGS

I am grateful to the Almighty because instead of dwelling in the PAST or worrying about the FUTURE,  I am going to count my BLESSINGS and realize what I am GRATEFUL for each day.

I will take nothing for granted.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR CHANGING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS INTO POSITIVE ONES

I am grateful to the Almighty because I have begun to let go of a negative thought and change it into a positive one.  If it's a thought in the past or future, I try to replace it with something that was pleasant.

I am trying with your help to live in each moment.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MOVING FORWARD

I am grateful to the Almighty because I finally understand what I need to do in order to overcome PTSD.

I need to move forward.

No matter the stomach aches or headaches I need not to go back to the past BUT I need to move forward and make new memories.

I need not to fight fate.

I need to appreciate my new life.

I need to let go of that which doesn't serve me so that I can heal.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MY NEW MANTRA

I am grateful to the almighty for the new mantra in my life which is made up of the things that I learned in my life.

I must accept my FATE and not fight it.

I must LET GO OF THAT WHICH DOES NOT SERVE ME SO THAT I CAN HEAL.

I must begin to APPRECIATE my new life.

I believe that the Almighty gave me my new life as a gift.  He knew what I had been through.  I cannot continue to mourn someone who wasn't real....who was the creation of a distorted mind. It's time to move on and appreciate the goodness and successes in my life.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MY MISSION IN LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty for allowing me to read a book entitled SIMPLE HAPPINESS.

It is in that book that they define one's happiness as completing ones mission in life.

I did complete my mission.

I taught.

I supervised.

I helped children.

I have two daughters that I taught.

I have a grandson.

NOT ANYWHERE IS THE PSYCHOPATH PART OF MY MISSION.

I am reframing my life.

I am grateful to the Almighty for sending me to therapy to learn how to do this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR OOPS THERE I GO AGAIN!!!

I am grateful to the Almighty because He sent me to this phrase in my Simple Happiness book and it struck a chord with me.

Oops Here I Go Again!!!!!!

Its a very clear way to remind yourself that when you are having a negative thought you need to STOP and say......OOPS!!!  HERE I GO AGAIN and replace it with a positive thought.

Thank you Almighty for this wonderful idea.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR LEARNING TO BE IN THE MOMENT

I am grateful to the Almighty that in this my time of change and transition, I am learning to be in the moment.

I have restructured my days to understand that I am safe and secure.

I can do things slowly.

My abuser is dead.

I can live in the moment and enjoy life.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MEDITATION

I am grateful to the Almighty because in his infinite wisdom, He led me to meditation and  I read something that I thought was profound.

EVERY LIVING THING HEALS.

I will also.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

  

GRATEFUL FOR THERAPY

I am grateful to the Almighty for sending me to therapy.

It has been really helpful.  But it's so hard.  It brings back such difficult memories and I cry a lot at the abuse that I suffered.  My stomach hurts and it's hard to get moving.

In the end I realize that therapy with the help of the Almighty will help me to forge forward as a new person or at least the person that I always was that my abusers tried so hard to break.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR BEING GIVEN A SECOND CHANGE

I am grateful to the Almighty because I have been given a second chance to embrace, enjoy and love life.

He has given me a grandson.

He has given me good health.

He has given me money.

He has given me a wonderful therapist.

I am grateful to the Almighty for all that He has given me.  

I promise to be patient with my PTSD to overcome all my past sorrows.

I am grateful.

ENJOY THE MOMENT

I am grateful to the Almighty because I finally am beginning to understand what living in the moment is about.

I have always been busy as my main strategy to keep myself safe from my abusers.

Now I can be.

Now I can breathe.

Now I can enjoy.

I slept later and even though my stomach is in knots from the stored anxiety, I'm going to walk on this beautiful day and just be.......

I will be interviewed at the Central Island Nursing Home today.  I enjoyed Plainview Cares yesterday and I'm going back on Thursday.

I am finally retired the same way other people are.

I am enjoying the moment.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.

LIVING IN REALITY

I am grateful to the Almighty because I am slowly learning to accept the reality of life with my abusive parents and husband.

I am crying when I need to and want to.

I am a strong and capable woman and the Almighty will help me to survive this.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for a new day.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR ITS TIME TO GO

I am grateful to theAlmighty because He helped me attend a workshop at my yoga studio where I learned about ANGEL ORACLE CARDS.

The card that I chose today said, "IT'S TIME TO GO!"

It meant that it's time to let go of a relationship, even the relationship that I had in my head with the psycho.

I will take my therapists advice and have patience. I know that the torment of remembering this relationship will end.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR THE NEW ME

I am grateful to the Almighty for helping me become the new me and for helping me to be mindful that I must live in reality.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT CELLS DIE

I am grateful to the Almighty for His helping me to understand that our cells die every day as new ones form in our bodies.

The old me is dying and the new me is forming.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this awakening.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR THE BREATHE

I am grateful to the Almighty for every breathe that I take.

When I inhale and exhale deeply my anxiety subsides.

It is for this that I am grateful.

Thank you Almighty.

GRATEFUL FOR MY PASSIONS

I am grateful to the Almighty for the passions that I have had in my life.

One of my passions is being involved with Judiasm and the Almighty.

Another passion was working.  I chose to the an educator so that I could instruct children.  I chose to teach Social Studies and majored in History and minored in Education.  Later on I studied and received a Masters Degree in Special Education and the degree of Supervision and Administration.  My first Masters was in History/ Secondary Education Social Studies.

I worked at Marie Curie Junior High School, Lincoln Hall, DayTop and Boces.

Another passion is reading.  Yet another is walking.

In the generation that I was born in one got married in their early twenties and had children.  People really wanted to do this.

It wasn't me.  I did it anyway.

This morning I had a realization.   I DID NOT GET DIVORCED BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE INTERFERED WITH THE CAREER THAT I WAS BUILDING.  THOSE CHILDREN WERE HORRIBLE AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.

I WAS ABLE TO SEPARATE MY LIFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL CAREER AND LIFE WHILE HE WAS STILL THERE AND THEY WERE IN MY LIFE.

I was almost seventy when I retired. 


Thank you Almighty for the passions in my life and for the revelations that I have had.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR LIVING IN REALITY

I am grateful to the Almighty because He is helping me to live in reality.

I am no longer creating false dreams and illusions.

I am beginning to breathe.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR LEARNING HOW TO RESPOND TO CIRCUMSTANCES IN MY LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty because He allowed me to read a book called SIMPLE HAPPINESS and it was from that book that I learned how to respond to circumstances in my life.

It's all made up anyway.  Therefore I'm going to respond in a positive way.  I know that the people in my life tried to make my life horrible but I took each experience and made something good of it.

....Like the mini-units I created.
....Like the career that I had.
....Like the condo that I purchased.
....Like the walks that I took.


It's time to move forward again and not to go back to the beginning of time and mourn that which I didn't have.

I am grateful for the life that the Almighty helped me to create.

I am grateful that I am moving forward again.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR LIVING IN REALITY

I am grateful to the Almighty because as of today and with His help, I will begin to live in reality.

I have spent my life looking for love because I had emotionally disturbed and abusive parents. I have extended this pitiful need for love to children and my brother.

It is now time to face reality.  It's time to leave all this behind and love myself.

I have been a success according to the standards of the world.

However I have done nothing to enjoy my life and just be.....

This is what I intend to do now with the Almighty's help.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MY NEIGHBORS

I am grateful to the Almighty for giving me wonderful neighbors.

I was locked out of the house this morning and Keith and Renee were really helpful.

Thank you Almighty for sending them to me.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR BEING A STRONG AND CAPABLE WOMAN

I am grateful to the Almighty because I am a strong and capable woman....

The Almighty is by my side in whatever I do.

I need not worry.

I need to have faith that He is there for me.

I do.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR THE FRIENDS THAT THE ALMIGHTY HAS SENT ME

I am grateful to the Almighty for all the friends that the Almighty has sent to me to help me and care about me in this difficult time in my life.

I am grateful that my children care about me too.

I wish that I had more patience to be able to take one day at a time.

I imagine that this will come in time.

I am grateful to the Almighty for standing by my side always.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.