Gratitude

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Today wasn’t my day. So, I choose to focus on gratitude rather than negatives.
I am grateful for the pain medication that let me finally sleep last night. I avoid it as much as possible for many reasons, but I know when to stop refusing it. I reached that point at 3am and got some much-needed rest.
I am grateful for my teammates, who reminded me not to let sleeping through my alarm this morning ruin my day. Missing my water class this morning because of the medicine-induced sleep was very discouraging but these ladies are always there to remind me to stay focused and give myself grace.
I am grateful for the E2M coaches who helped me identify why my pain has been so severe. This knowledge will help me tremendously going forward.
I am grateful for my husband who stays flexible, cheering me on to be independent but can switch to providing me physical and emotional support when I need it.
I am grateful for those of you making this a safe space to share and speak, because I can have a day like this and not feel like I cannot share it with you.
I am grateful that even when my body cannot keep up, my mind and determination are strong enough to hold my head high.
I am grateful I can take what I learned today and apply it to the rest of my week and stop myself from feeling as much pain next week. And less pain will be even greater success.
PS- got my fitness watch today, a day early, and it helped lift my spirits. I’m excited to have an on-the-glance tracker for my progress each day.



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