gratitude entry

Going through another transition, and I feel the need to write down all the things I’m grateful for. Things like good friends, probably the most valuable asset in my life right now. I’m the sort of person who’s spent a great part of my life training myself not to need others. It comes with the zeitgeist of the times, I guess, living societies that stress the value of independence.

But life is so much richer when you’re interdependent with other people, when you can stand on your own feet but allow yourselves to need others because it makes them feel like they count.  It’s like saying, here, I’ve made some space for you in my heart, you can come and stay. I was going through a tough time this year when one of my friends told me, “Need me, please need me.” People who care about you want you to give them the chance to be there for you. Likewise.

What would I do without my friends? They’re gold.

I’m also thankful for a positive workplace. How is it that I work with such thoughtful, and amazing people? Their positivity is just amazing. Work is a healing place. I can’t stress how my workmates have played such a huge role in keeping me emotionally healthy and balanced this year. They help me to be a better person every day.

I’m thankful that I’ve really honed my drawing skills this year, and that it was product of my own self-imposed discipline. I feel sharper than I’ve ever been, and I feel as if I’ve finally begun to find my own voice. As an artist, I feel more confident and sure of my identity, and I’m now ready to take that leap and convey true honesty in my work.

I’m grateful I know how to sing. Because singing is always an honest voice, and it’s a beautiful thing to do.

I’m grateful for the influx of creative and like-minded people in my life this year. It’s been a year of chance meetings and forming connections with others on the same path, and when you live a creative lifestyle, you can never get enough of those. Like attracts like. I never want to stop meeting people I can learn from. I hope to flood my life with them.

I’m grateful for the all the unexpected travel I got. I’ve never traveled so much and so far, inwardly and outwardly.

I’m grateful for good skin.

Lastly, I’m grateful for my family. We’re pretty much all on different paths, but always they will be there for me.

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