I am a very grateful today! But I wasn’t always grateful; in fact I was more hateful than grateful. I hated my life, I hated taking the train to work, I hated my clothes, I just hated everything.

I lived a woe is me life. I felt sorry for what life had handed me, an abusive husband and a gambler at that. No prince charming. Most of you know I finally left him after many years of marriage.

I remember talking to my therapist once about what life had handed me. And being the very pragmatic, thoughtful person she is she said “Nancy, the world is your oyster. You left him and now you can create the life you want.” And she was right. I spent so much time in "woe is me" that I could not get out of that decrepit state of mind.

It took years of therapy but I managed to create the life I wanted and now I am grateful for each new day….

You know, I have found it much easier to be grateful than it was to be hateful. I have less stress, more energy and most important, I am peaceful.