GRATITUDE TODAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

#1. JUST BEING GRATEFUL, FOR THE SAKE OF BEING GRATEFUL.
#2. FAMILY, GOOD FRIENDS
#3. ALLOWED TO AWAKEN TO THE TWO MOST BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES, OF MY LITTLE BRANDILYNN DOG, AND KNOWING THAT SHE LOVES AND TRUSTS ME, AS I DO HER 100%
#4. HAVING COURAGE TODAY TO STEP UP, FACE MY FEARS, MAKE AMENDS WHEN I AM WRONG, AND KNOWING THAT WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND WE DO MAKE MISTAKES.
#5. BEING BLESSED WITH THE TWO GREATEST PARENTS WHO EVER LIVED, WHO TAUGHT ME, KINDNESS, HONESTY, HARD WORK, COMPASSION AND SO MUCH MORE
#6. BEING OPEN -MINDED AND WILLING TODAY TO SHARE MY STORY AND POST MY BLOG
#7. LOVING THE SIMPLEST OF THINGS TODAY, AND APPRECIATING THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY ARE
#8. THE FREEDOM I HAVE TODAY FROM ACTIVE ADDICTION, AND THE RESTRAINTS THAT IT PUTS ON MY LIFE
#9. TRUSTING IN THE PROCESS TODAY, THAT THINGS WILL WORK OUT, IF I DO MY BEST AND HAVE FAITH.
#10.LIKING THE WOMAN THAT I AM BECOMING TODAY, DESPITE HER MISTAKES, PAST CHOICES, AND KNOWING THAT I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

GOOD DAY ,FELLOW BLOGGERS. THANK HEAVEN, OR THE STARS , FOR ANOTHER DAY! WE CAN ALL START ANEW IF WE SO CHOOSE TO DO SO TODAY. NEW ATTITUDE, THOUGHT PROCESS, AND THE CHOICES THAT WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR LIVES. IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME! THE MOMENTS OF OUR LIVES ARE NOW, SO STAND UP, FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AND DESIRES. BE COURAGEOUS, GO FOR IT! THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE A TREND LATELY. IT IS THE EXTREME RUDENESS THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO DISPLAY, FOR SOME REASON ON A MUCH MORE OPEN BASIS. I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T LIKE IN THE WORLD OR ANOTHER PERSON, PERHAPS, I SHOULD LOOK INWARD. IT MIGHT JUST BE SOMETHING THAT I SEE IN MYSELF THAT I FIND DISTASTEFUL. IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN ON THE OPRAH WINPHREY SHOW, THEY DID A SEGMENT ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON RUDENESS. I GENUINELY LOVE OPRAH, AND I USUALLY FIND HER PROGRAMS AND THE WORDS SHE SAYS TO BE QUITE PROFOUND. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM THEY HAD THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND THE HOME VIEWING AUDIENCE TAKE A LITTLE RUDENESS QUIZ. IT WAS VERY PRIVATE AND ONE IN WHICH A PERSON COULD BE TOTALLY HONEST WITH THEMSELVES. THE GOAL OF THIS TEST WAS TO SEE OUR EFFECT OF RUDENESS IN THE WORLD, PRIVATELY. I TOOK THE TEST, AND QUITE FRANKLY I DID QUITE WELL, IT SHOWED THAT I WASN'T A VERY RUDE PERSON. (I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT) I DO REALIZE THOUGH THAT AS PEOPLE WE CAN SOMETIMES BE RUDE WITHOUT REALIZING IT, DUE TO STRESS AND OTHER OUTSIDE FACTORS. I BRING THIS SUBJECT UP TODAY BECAUSE YESTERDAY WHILE AT WAL-MART I HAD A VERY RUDE INCIDENT HAPPEN TO ME. NOW, I'VE GONE OVER THIS INCIDENT IN MY HEAD TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WONDERING WHAT, IF ANYTHING, I DID TO PROVOKE SUCH HORRIFIC BEHAVIOR. AS I HAVE SEARCHED MY SOUL, AND RACKED MY BRAIN I CAN NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIGURE IT OUT, OR COME UP WITH ANY KIND OF EXCUSE FOR SUCH DISRESPECTFUL CONDUCT. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT I TRULY DO WISH THAT I COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT, IF ANY PROVOCATION I DID DO , JUST SO AS TO NEVER DO IT AGAIN. FIRST THINGS FIRST. YOU MUST KNOW THAT I DRIVE A 1991 SILVER VOLVO. I LOVE MY CAR AND I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR IT, HOWEVER, IT IS ON THE OLDER SIDE OF LIFE AND HAS ALOT OF CHARACTER. IT RUNS SUPERIOR, AND SOMEDAY I WILL POST A SPECIAL BLOG TO ACQUIRING HER. NOW, CONTINUING ON WITH THE DRAMA OF THE WAL-MART STORY, I FOUND A PARKING SPACE WAY OUT, AND NEAR THE GARDEN SECTION. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER SPACES NEAR THE ONE I FOUND. SO WITH SEVERAL BETWEEN ME AND THE STORE, I PULLED INTO A EMPTY SPACE, NOONE WAS WAITING FOR THAT SPACE, I MIGHT ADD. IN THE FRONT OF THE SPACE THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS PUTTING HER PURCHASES INTO HER TRUCK, A SILVER, BRAND NEW TRUCK WITH HER HUSBAND. MY VEHICLE DID NOT PULL IN TOO FAR AS TO BLOCK THEIR WAY OR MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO LOAD THEIR PURCHASES. AS I PULLED IN I HAD ORKNEY OF SPACE AND DID NOT HONK OR GIVE THEM ANY SORT OF DISGRUNTLED LOOK, JUST GOT MY KEYS, MY PURSE AND PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE CAR. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT SHE TURNED AND GAVE ME A VERY HATEFUL LOOK, AND JERKED UP HER BASKET. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING AS I THOUGHT ALL WAS ALRIGHT. I DID HOWEVER, FIND HER BEHAVIOR A LITTLE TROUBLESOME, BUT CONTINUED TO MIND MY OWN BUSINESS JUST THE SAME. AS I GOT MYSELF A CART AND BEGAN TO WALK AWAY IT WAS HER HUSBAND OR BOYFRIEND THAT TOOK THEIR CART, TURNED AROUND AND PUSHED IT INTO MY CAR, EXTREMELY FORCEFUL. THEN I DID SPEAK UP ," WHAT WAS THAT FOR? " TO WHICH HE ONLY REPLIED BY GIVING ME THE FINGER. THEY GOT INTO THEIR SHINY NEW TRUCK AND BACKED AWAY. I WAS DUMBSTRUCK, TO PUT IT MILDLY. OPRAH'S SHOW WAS RIGHT! CIVILITY IT SEEMS HAS GONE TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET. I ON THE OTHER HAND DO NOT CHOOSE TO BE A PART OF A RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL SOCIETY. INSTEAD I AM GOING TO COMMIT MYSELF TO CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO BE A POLITE AND COURTEOUS PERSON TO ALL THOSE I COME INTO CONTACT WITH. I SURE HOPE THAT THE GUY IN THAT SILVER NEW TRUCK HAS A WONDERFUL DAY!