Attitude of Gratitude

Attitude of Gratitude: It was one minute after midnight. The house was perfectly quiet, the only sound that could really be heard, was the howl of a coyote off in the distance. But inside the mind of Vicki, the noise was deafening. A thousand thoughts were racing through her head, robbing her again of any opportunity to fall asleep. The perpetual anguish and stresses that so often plagued her when she needed her sleep the most, were out-and- out flagrant. Her wretched thoughts as she described them, were monstrous in their ability to cause feelings of lack, insecurity, and self worth.

Although Vicki knew that she wasn’t the only one in the world to have these sabotaging feelings while she was trying to go to sleep; but to her way of thinking, they were literally sucking the happiness out of her. Making it harder and harder for her to enjoy her sunlit days. A solid year of having these restless nights, were taking their toll. She tried to remember when these negative and destructive feelings all began, because she generally had been a very optimistic person. To the best of her recollections it started in October of last year sometime on or near Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving was quickly approaching again, and she wondered if this year she could make it a turning point, and get back to the positive self she so dearly loved. Throughout her life many good things had happened for her, and…