Grateful

I am grateful!
    As I sit down to write I take stock in all of the things that I am grateful for...
    I think that sometimes I am too focused on all the things that are "not quite right." and forget
to take a moment to appreciate all that is so very wonderful. I have the freedom and opportunity to
make my life as bountiful and pleasurable as I choose. There are always obstacles to overcome,and hurdles
to jump over, but the ultimate power is in my control. I am in the driver's seat of my my life.
I have become trapped by the things that money can buy and I realize that debt is not happiness.
 50+ years have come upon me so quickly. I am taking the time to appreciate the smaller things in life.
Every day is a new beginning, a blank canvas on which to paint, a page on which to write, and a picture waiting to be taken. This is the only time of my life. I am determined to live it. Where to begin?