Thankful Thursday

Well this week Thankful Thursday is very, very easy to do :) I would like to thank ALL of my family and friends who sent birthday wishes for my 39th birthday yesterday!! I am thankful for each and everyone of you. I had a great birthday! One of my dear friends said that she hoped my birthday was the beginning of my best year ever, and that got me to thinking, which can be dangerous as most of you know :) Since this is my last year in my 30's I have decided to do everything I can to make this my best year ever. Of course there will be some challenges with that since Todd will be gone for 7 months of my 39th year. Of course challenges can also make me more determined :) I have been working on getting healthier (also thinner), by exercising more and eating better and trying to find healthy ways to deal with stress and the negativity some people seem to want to throw my way. But I am determined to be healthier and happier and make this my best year!! I think my favorite prayer will be a wonderful guideline to help with that:

The Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change:

The courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that he will make all things right if I surrender to his will.

That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

Amen