Focus on the Good Things...

We have been faced with some stressful times, lately, and are in the midst of some pretty overwhelming challenges. I don't want to dwell on all of that here, because it's just plain depressing (and not very entertaining). Also, I'm realizing that while challenges need to be faced in order to be overcome, I also know that whatever we dwell on grows. So, today, (in this moment, at least) I'm choosing to focus on the good things and share a few things I'm grateful for today:

• coffee...hot, good coffee this morning and the Starbucks a caring colleague treated me to this afternoon knowing I needed a pick me up...
• 10 minutes of peace and quiet this morning, before anyone else woke up, in which I was able to enjoy that first cup of hot, good coffee...
  
• the words of someone who has no idea the impact her words had on me today. The words were not directed toward me at all, I was merely part of a larger group she was talking to. She spoke briefly of a challenge she is facing right now, but said that "after every challenge, comes great things". I've decided I want to tattoo those words to the back of my hand...(OK, maybe I'll just make a keychain with those words on it)
  
• the people who believe in me when I have doubts in myself...
• John's sense of humor and reassuring words
  
• Taylor...her smile, her giggles, her cuddles, the fact the she forces me to put one foot in front of the other and keep on moving...
• Good friends and all of you...