What am I grateful for looking back at 2007?

I usually note down what I feel grateful for most weeks. And having more time over the holidays I started to contemplate everything that had happened during the last year. And then suddenly a few days ago when looking back at 2007 I realized that I felt grateful for everything. Yes, EVERYTHING. I felt startled for a moment. Do I really mean it? Look again – and I did. Yes was the answer, I am grateful for everything. For everything that I recognized as a blessing straight away, and for everything that was a challenge, a difficulty and that I recognized to be an important part of my growth, a blessing sometime later. Now if I would want to grade my gratefulness then the outcome would look something like that:

Most grateful for list

• The awareness that all difficulties are opportunities for growth
• Realizing that being in-joy with myself brings joy to whatever situation I am in
• The awareness that being in-joy with myself means to embrace all aspects of myself and not being against anything I feel or think – no judgement
• The love and support of my husband
• Good health and Yoga
• All the inspiring teachers I have worked with including my coach
• Having the courage to follow my intuition and walk my path
• Opportunities to encourage and help others to walk their path too
• Connecting with others in workshops and coaching sessions
• Learning from the world around me
• Old movies, good friends and living close to nature.

I invite you to do the same. Take a look, make a list and share it with others on this blog, just enter your list as a comment. I would love to hear what YOU are grateful for.