There are many feelings I have, but they all seem to stem from being grateful. I never really fully understood the meaning of grateful until I learned how to just be. Do you take time to just be??

During this day and age, there doesn’t seem to be enough time to just be. Can you relate?? About a 1 1/2 years ago, I learned how to just be. I never knew it was okay to do this. I thought you were to go and go and go some more. Through this time of learning how to just be, I was able to quite my thoughts, talk to God more, listen to what God had to say, and I even learned through just being that I was enough. Yep! Taking a step back to slow down helped me in so many areas of my world. “Grateful for small things, big things and everything in between.” -Anonymous

Do I feel guilty for stopping my world and taking care of myself? YES! I do tend to feel a tad bit selfish, but I have to take care of me in order to take care of others. (One of my friends reminded me of this just yesterday.) So, today I am quite grateful of being able to just be. I am grateful I have a husband and children that understand this. I am grateful that I “let myself off the hook” to just be. This is very hard with everything that I have on my plate, but I am grateful for the opportunity I have to just be.

There are many ways that I just be…. running, having a cup of mulled cider or coffee on my patio, yoga, reading a book, typing to you guys and girls, etc. How do you just be?? However that might be…. ENJOY with a grateful heart!!

“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” -Anthony Robbins