{"id":5503,"date":"2013-08-17T00:34:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T04:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=5503"},"modified":"2013-08-17T00:34:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T04:34:49","slug":"a-thank-you-note-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/08\/a-thank-you-note-to-god.html","title":{"rendered":"A Thank You Note To God"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just saw a writing prompt on Facebook (a source for many of them these days). Someone had a beautiful sunset image on their page with the words “A Thank You Note To God”\u00a0under it\u00a0and it reminded me that there are times when I forget all of my blessings in the midst of life stuff happening. At the moment, I am lying down with an ice pack under my left knee. It has been stiff and ouchy for the past week or so, and even though I walk and work out several times a week, it still feels like a rubber band that has been pulled too tight. Earlier today, my computer charge cord shorted out and I was grateful that it waited until I had unplugged it from the laptop \u00a0before it sizzled and sparked. A few times during the day, I experienced frustration that inflow of abundance hasn’t been keeping pace with outflow and yet I know that I am always taken care of and provided for by a generous Universe. I had the satisfaction of meeting with clients at my day job as a recovery counselor in an outpatient drug and alcohol rehab. I enjoyed being interviewed on a Blog Talk radio show tonight. My debut article for the Huffington Post was published today. I am getting together with kindred spirit\/soul friends this weekend. I am still, little by little doing repairs and renovations on\u00a0 and around my house so that it feels like a haven for me and for all who enter.<\/p>\n

Tonight I sat on my back deck and watched the sun set, catching the early evening, late summer breeze, with the serenading cicadas ushering me into a state of slowing down. I lit the twigs and small fallen tree branches in the fire pit and listened to them crackle and the flames leap. I sighed with a need to let go of expectations for how I (in my infinite wisdom) think life should be and instead, accept life on life’s terms, knowing that all is in Divine order.<\/p>\n

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For all of these things and so much more, I say a profound thank you to God\/Goddess\/All That Is~<\/p>\n

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