Nothing important...

I don't really have anything specific or important to write about today, so I will just put a few thoughts down or whatever comes to me so maybe I can read this on a bad day to remind me that life is really good!

This week has been good thus far, and I anticipate it will stay as such! Let me begin with this previous Sunday... roughly 8-9 people came with me to Crossroads, most of which have never been there before, and the ones whom had were only there for their second week. What's even more amazing, a couple of them do or did not even believe in God walking in the door. No, they didn't necessarily walk out professing to believe, but they did clearly let me know that they really liked it, it was not what they expected, and they want to come back this week. That's exciting to me.. more exciting than anything.

I attended a fantastic meeting on Tuesday evening and gratitude was the topic of discussion. I know that I posted a gratitude list recently, but I still feel compelled to post some of the things that I shared and what my ideas are on gratitude at this point in time.

In no particular order..

and yes, it's ok to laugh a little bit!

Ok I'm extremely grateful that my hair is thinning out more and more each year.. this means that I don't have to spend so much money on those expensive fusion razor blades I buy... any time I have the opportunity to save some loot I'm a happy camper!

I'm grateful for sushi.. yep. Love it..

I'm grateful for CROCS.. yes, I discovered them recently, and I have a hard time wearing anything else anymore. Most comfortable shoes in the world, yup... totally grateful for them.

I'm grateful that I'm 32 years old and I still feel like and am in the shape of a 18 year old. I don't feel like I'm going backwards now that I'm in my thirties, I feel like I'm actually still getting myself even more fit each year.

I'm grateful I don't have back problems when I squat anymore... for years, my back was seizing up on me when I did squats which was a real bummer since that's my favorite exercise. Thank God for taking care of that one. :-)

I'm grateful I can sleep without meds or drugs now. Weather it be a beer, a joint, an ambien, a valium, nyquill, ghb, xanax, something.. I always needed something to sleep, for years.. about 16 years to be exact. I sleep like a baby, every single night now... very grateful for that.

I'm grateful for the coffee at Crossroads.. let me rephrase that.. I"m grateful for the FREE coffee at Crossroads.. lol. Good stuff.

While I'm talking about coffee, I'm grateful for the Starbucks Doubleshot Venti that I drink at Starbucks.. most awesome drink ever. Love it.

I'm grateful for good friends. I truly am. I've made some of the best friends in the past year, and they're like family to me. I don't know where I would be without them and it is through them and their love for me that I get a little glimpse of God.

I'm grateful that I'm alive! Oh gosh, I could go on and on about this one.. all the times I used crazy amounts of drugs.. amounts which would kill a horse.. and lived. All the times that I was held at gunpoint (obviously doing things I shouldnt have been doing) and I was never shot. The 140mph police chase... well we won't go into that one, but I made it away, and didn't wreck. I made so many bad choices during my active addiction that should have led me to my grave, but God surely had his hand on me and I'm still here today! I'm so grateful for my life.

I'm grateful for the ability God has given me to retain His word... I've never been able to retain much of anything, but that's not the case when it comes to scripture... that's definitely a miracle for me.



No, MOST of these things seem like no big deal, but they are... it wasn't long ago that I couldn't appreciate the little things in life, but now I am able to.. or at least I'm getting there. I remember writing my first gratitude list quite some time back and I now see that I limited it to what I thought were really big things..

take time to enjoy the little things in life.. hopefully they can make you smile like they do me.

peace out.