GRATEFUL FOR LIFE

So today is my birthday and I am grateful for my life and everything I have. I know I am not supposed to wait till my birthday to be grateful for all the things I have, I should be grateful every day. I have decided to write a post on my birthday and on my blog every year to discuss one thing I am grateful for. Today I have grateful for life.

I have been through so much in my life in the last 25years and they are the things that have shaped me into who I am today.

The only message I have today for anyone reading is, LIVE! Live because life is short and you leave behind memories, both good and bad.

I have seen loss in every shape and size. I know how it feels like to lose family, wealth, opportunities, relationships and hope.

I used to mourn every day of my life until a few months ago I realised that, after everything I have been through, I am still alive. I survived. I have witnessed people close to me die but I have not. So I decided to stop mourning and celebrate each day that I live. I am alive! I have the opportunity to live. To live life to the fullest. It is not about how long I live but rather how much I lived. The quality of my life and not the quantity of my life.

I am grateful for life. I am so thankful that I can create more memories and spend more time in this world and all it has to offer.

If you are reading this and you are mourning or sad about anything, just know this, you are ALIVE. You survived. You are a survival. Live and stop mourning. Go out there and give your best.

Life is never how we expect or plan it to be, there are surprises along the way. Loss is part of life and almost everything will eventually die. It is good to mourn but do not spend the rest of your life doing that. Move on with your life. Fill your life with so much JOY.

Be contagious with good things. Spread the joy around!

LIVE… LOVE… LAUGH.

Happy birthday to everyone!

God bless!