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Defining Gratitude

Gratitude – the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful –dictionary.com

If it had not been for the thousands of Facebook posts from friends and family I swear I would have forgotten that today was Thanksgiving. I am in a country outside of the US so it is obvious that no one here celebrates this holiday.

This time last year I was a few weeks in to my much needed therapy sessions and I was a huge ball filled to the rim with every emotion you could think of…..with the exception of anger. Although I felt as thought the weight of the world was on my shoulder I didn’t want to sulk and complain. So instead of wallowing in own mess on my couch with a sad chick flick and two bags of hot fries and an entire ice cream cake from Dairy Queen Continue reading

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35 Days of Gratitude

It has been exactly 35 days since I left home to embark on this journey of the unknown. While a great deal of my posts are filled with rants about my daily occurrences I am by no means spending each and every second of my time wandering aimlessly. Instead of picking up random souvenirs that I don’t need I am gathering trinkets of knowledge and wisdom along the way and listening to my life more. Continue reading

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