I love hate to brag but, I’m pretty lucky. Wherever I go, I’m surrounded by people who have a natural ability to make me laugh and smile. I enjoy this life and the people that I am smart enough to include in it.

They are allowed in because they make me laugh, and they let me be completely rediculous.

(She’s laughing at lord knows what on my phone)

I love having the ability to laugh on a pretty consistent basis. It cleanses me. Laughing so hard that I can’t breathe is one of my favorite things to do. I only hope that anyone reading is as lucky as I am.

Who brings laughter to your world?

It was Tuesday morning. I was sitting at gate A3 in New York’s La Guardia airport when I first read about Kim’s Gratitude project. I had just been thinking, for 5 days straight, how lucky and blessed I was and how my life had taken such a turn in ways I forgot existed. I couldn’t help but think that I had every reason in the world to follow in Kim’s footsteps and take on this project as well.

So here is Day 1.

There is no shame in being happy, no fault in embracing love and being thankful for it. There will always be bitter people out there, those who feel like victims, or don’t want to accept love for what it is, even those who don’t think they CAN love. I’ve chose to not live my life like that. I feel that love, and happiness, and joy can help shape who we can be if we just let it. Of course there are bad moments. Of course it’s easy to be cynical (this is me we are talking about) and sometimes cynicism can be fun (see, told you it was me here). Am I gloating because I’ve been lucky enough to find all of this again? You bet your sweet ass I am. Does it feel easy? Does it feel right? How can I know for sure?

I don’t. But it feels perfect. I feel happy. I know I’m loved and the best part is, none of it so far has really been work. It felt like every moment of my visit in New York that would hit me at the most random times just felt right. The constant phrase running a loop through my head? “Oh. This is how it should be.”

I’d forgotten. Then again, maybe I never really knew it.

I’m so grateful. I’m not doubtful. And you can guarantee that I’m not taking a minute of this for granted.

My daily Gratitude posts wont be here everyday.
I’ll space them out between tumblr and dailybooth too. Hopefully you’ll join me.