My Negatives = Positives…Somehow

I have always kind of snickered at the people who do the “Daily Gratitude” posts, because I (wrongfully) always associate them with religious people (not that there is anything wrong with religious people…or atheists…just sayin’).

Turns out I will need to start snickering at myself now, because I am finding that lately things have been going kind of negatively for me – on my commute, during my workday, and my commute home.

I want to start my days out better, so it will be easier to let the crap roll off my back during the day, and thus be a better parent to my daughter and a happier partner to my spouse.

So snicker away, Me, because here is my daily list of things to be happy about this morning!

1. My roof – because I have one. I work in a very large bustling city, and I see lots of people, every day, who don’t have one. There are people all over the world who live in shacks, or whose homes have been torn away in natural disasters. I woke up this morning, and there it was – my roof.

2. My car insurance payments – because I have one. I argue monthly with this company over my exorbitant rates, but I pay them without default. Because I am lucky enough to own a car, and grateful enough for that to want to cover my own ass if I ever hurt someone, or someone hurts me or my family while we are in my car.

3. My job (and my pain-in-the-ass boss – yep, even her!) – because I have one. And a very good one, at that, that I worked hard to achieve. One that affords my little family a little more than we had before – that alone should make the days easier, if I can manage to keep it in mind while doing the work of 3 people!!

4. My terrible two-nager – guess what! Because I have one. For a long time I never thought I would, and so many people don’t or can’t. She is pushing boundaries and testing me at the speed of light, and I am having difficulty keeping one step ahead. But she is here, and I am learning more from her about myself every day than I can possibly hope to teach her in a lifetime.

5. My terrible, horrible, no-good, awful commute. Because although it can be all of those things, sometimes all at once, it is the only time during the day that I have *just for me*. From 6:00 in the morning to 9:30 at night when I go to bed, the commute and the walk to it is the only time I am alone. I need to learn to be grateful for this time, and not let the asshole co-commuters ruin it for me.

So there. 5 negatives I am turning into positives. How about you, what are yours??