No exercise today ( other than dog walks ) . Heading out for a little retail therapy. Lol Thinking today that I am blessed. I have a beautiful condo. I am in good health and fit. I have amazing adult children and a SD that I am close too. I have a little dog that loves me 24/7. It is sunny and spring like temps here. I know who I am and what my values are. I am a wife that only a fool would leave. I'm on my own now and that's ok.
I really love this^^^attitude. It is key to living well, for anyone.
In my 2nd pregnancy I was hospitalized with pneumonia and a herniated disc. I felt pretty sorry for myself and felt miserable.
There was a full moon I could see thru the window. I found myself thinking of all the pregnant women in the world seeing that same moon....and then it occurred to me that for many of them, they'd be out in the open looking at that moon, not in a shelter or hospital .
I realized that many of them were not going to give birth in a hospital at all, and that many of them probably wondered if their husbands (if they had one) were coming home that night, or were alive, or fleeing or hiding from soldiers, or warlords or rival tribes. (The number of people in that situation was in the millions).
I thought about how many women, world wide, had a refrigerator at home, or one with food in it at home, or a home at all. And or electricity and or running water.
I was not worried that our son was being kidnapped or recruited for a rival warlord, or that I could not worship as I want, or vote, or drive, or wander free. None of those things have ever been withheld from me.
Our son is healthy, as was I (well, I was improving!) as was my h.
In that moment, I was reminded that just by being a westernized woman with an income, my situation put me in the top 5% of women's, globally.
Karma, aside from material wealth and safety, (which are big things), you have your health (huge "asset") AND you have healthy children and a wonderful stepdaughter who loves & needs you. Yes, you are indeed blessed.
In a sweet irony, the woman who knows this^^, is even more richly deserving.
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M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
