#being grateful

[sotiriabellou]

i🖤smoking cigarettes.i iwsh it was weed but still

[meandhisjohn]

Hi sweet neighbours.

How are you all doing?

I'm so terribly sorry for my absence.

But the last two days had been so crazy.

My Mum actually offered to let me move into the bigger room six months earlier than we agreed on the first place.

A Christmas gift after a rotten year where I almost lost the boys and most of all myself.

Our friends Grazia and Pino helped and despite a bad back and plenty of painkillers I managed to move two rooms, redecorated them and now got my Sherlock study!

A bigger room, two windows, a reading corner and a desk.

I will save some money to renovate the place next year...still dreaming of the Baker Street wallpaper.

Right now I'm feeling exhausted, full of pain and strangely out of place and got total content.

I will make a video over Christmas to show you the place.

I promise!

Please have a wonderful Christmas and take great care of yourself and your loved ones ❤️

Thank you for your cards, gifts and most of all your love.

This fandom and the people in it showed me such incredible support and love and I can't even start to describe what it means to me.

Sabrina

@totallysilvergirl @inevitably-johnlocked @a-victorian-girl @lisbeth-kk @jobooksncoffee @bagofthumbs @johnlockyouknowphan @helloliriels @discordantwords @naefelldaurk @consult-sherlockholmes @consultjohnwatson @whatnext2020 @safedistancefrombeingsmart @rey-jake-therapist @peanitbear @babaybo @lorelei-lee @silentauroriamthereal

[convoswcourt]

Being Grateful

I don't know about you, but this year was an absolute nightmare for me. Nothing was going my way no matter how meticulously I planned and prepared. I tried again and again and again and again and again. I gave it my all. I tried my best.

I was at war with myself... but how do you win a war you waged against - yourself?

When you are at war with yourself, every hard fought victory recoils and hurts you. You don't win when you abuse and betray yourself to win. Read that again.

The sickest thing is there is no ceasefire when you are battling against yourself. The war will wage on until you decide to surrender and admit defeat - that you're out of ammo, that you've finally grown tired of your own shit.

The truth is, we suffer in our lives because of ourselves. We suffer because we don't know ourselves as well as we think we do and commit to choices that don't create authentic joy and peace. We seek chaos in our relationships and careers because that's all we have ever known. We create our own misery by chaining ourselves to people, places and things that don't truly resonate with us out of fear. Then we grow cynical, blame everyone and everything and complain that we're just unlucky.

This type of toxic mentality is called the "victim mentality". It doesn't serve a purpose other than to keep you stuck and living in fear. It kills you slowly and hollows you out until you're left with nothing, but anger and rage. That ain't cute.

The good news is, there is a cure for "victim mentality". It's completely free with no side effects and it will improve your life immediately. No, it's not fucking Ozempic or cocaine - it's called gratitude.

Count your blessings. Life gets hard for everyone, but you can't let the light inside of you die. Every morning when you wake up, close your eyes for 30 seconds and think about 5 things you are grateful for and feel the peace in that moment. You are blessed - now keep it moving!

[your-heart-is-a-treasure]

The plants covering earth are a cure, a medicine, a strength, a treasure from Gods favors.

[jennyrails]

🔷 Happy Thanksgiving! 🔷

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving! 🦃 🥧🌽

[whateversawesome]

2022 greatest hits!

It's always good to be grateful 😌

Thank you for the tag @nightofnyx8

I'll do a top 5 😎

5. My job. Yes, sometimes it drives me crazy, but l do love what I do. I feel like I make a difference in my community and learn so much every day. Plus, my team is amazing!! It's a privilege to work with people who are so smart, committed and hardworking. And it helps to laugh so much. Good humor in the workplace is so important.

4. Laughing. I've laughed so much this year. Having struggled with mental health issues in the past this means so much. I don't want to take it for granted.

3. That AMAZING screenplay writing class l took at the beginning of the year. I learned so much about story telling and about tv screenplay writing of course. I've never taken a writing class before other than in high school and college, and this one was incredible. I'm especially grateful to my very talented teacher. I've always been very lucky with my teachers and everything l have accomplished in my career, l owe it to them 💖

2. My family. My husband, okay things weren't perfect, but l appreciate we were there for each other and that after all these years together we can still laugh. Aaaand, to that little person who brings so much joy to my life. Thank you for all the games and all the fun. Light of my life.

1.Writing. This one is very personal. I fell in love again. I've written before and I've been fortunate doing so, but at some point, because of many things that happened in my life, l stopped...for a very long time. Someone who loves me deeply promised me l would write with joy again and this year that promise was fulfilled. I fell in love with writing again and I wrote a bunch with so much joy! I feel so grateful 💖

Wonderful exercise! Happy New Year 🎉!!

Tagging:

@thecagedsong

@giuzarpa

@itsmaferart

@crucipuzzled

@shinybluebirdwizard

@pokianne

@pseudo-nallhir

[cosmicrew]

I am eternally grateful for all of the blessings I have in my life.

Dream for the future while living in the present.