Grateful, After Some Thought

These were my thoughts as I sat down to reflect on the day:

"Oh gosh, this has been such an off day for me! 'This' problem seemed worse than I thought; 'that' didn't go well; I didn't get 'this' done and now I've got to cram tomorrow morning; I should've done 'that' but I didn't because I kept thinking 'this'..."

...and on and on.

I kept thinking of problems that seem very real and yet they bother the mind of any young college student. I then realized that all the times I was thinking about, when I felt embarrassed or shy or inadequate or wasteful of my time, that was really a relatively small portion of my day. There were many other things that went right, and I took them for granted just now. I had many small successes at work and in school today. I received an insight during a religion class that struck me and motivated me to be better. The weather was very nice today. Someone complimented my classy outfit.

...and on and on.

So today, even among what seemed like small failures (and some of those problems may not be anything at all), I am grateful to find many more small successes. I am grateful to find something to be grateful for today! I know I find something to say every day in this blog of gratitude, but today I am especially glad that I've found something.

I hope your day was as good as mine, if not better! :)