living gratefully :: perspective

What I have counted as gratitude through the years has been fairly typical.

Health...
     Family...
          Food...
               Home...
                    Friends...

I've always desired growth.

And it's sometimes too often been my preoccupation.

Thinking I'm not good enough the way I am, I would immerse myself in ways to be better and make each day count toward learning and growing.

Learning about {Grace} has changed my living. Immensely.

My perspective of living has widened.

*Today*, my list of gratitude is a hard-thanks.

Only in Seeing and trusting in purpose, am I able to count these... 

• *White Spaces* in my calendar that give way to rest.
• *Community* that calls me to receive love.
• *Understanding* and how it gives Freedom to live.
• *Remembering* my story that shows me {Grace}.
• *Imperfect* as a parent and how it leads me to Trust.
• *Character* and uniqueness for Purpose. 
• *Tugs* that remind me of my heart's desire. 
• *Courage* to live responsibly unique. 
• *Honesty* that living authentically is a hard choice. 
• *Unexpected* {Grace}. 
• *Truth* in our inabilities to control. 
• *Rest* and surrendering. 
• *Quiet* and how it is a place of rest. 
• *Bruising* from fear. 
• *Growth* for purpose. 
• *Acceptance* in friendships and things. 
• *Color* and how it represents possibilities. 
• *Work* and how I grow. 

It's Perspective that I count as gratitude. And this is my worship.

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