it's a matazical life

This is the first post in a weekly blogging endeavor Sara appropriately named, “The Great Blog Project” (GBP). Each week a member of the group selects a topic for everyone to write about; said topic will henceforth become the title of its respective week’s post.

I’m two weeks behind my GBP comrades, but here goes…

So, who or what in my life am I most grateful for? I’m most grateful for open hearts – my own and those of others. Open hearts have shown me kindness and love, opened doors for me and fulfilled many of my basic human needs. And on the flip side, I like to think my own open heart has enabled me to do the same.

I posed the same question to Nana. Without hesitation, she said, “I’m grateful for you, (my sister) Kelly, (my mum) Joann and (my aunt) Julie.” She followed up with her gratitude for the fact that I have a good job and a good partner (and I couldn’t agree more!) She told me she was grateful for all of the people she loves, and reminded me to never “turn down people that are family because they’ll be there in the end.”

I then said, “So, you’re grateful for the people in your life.” And she absolutely agreed.

She also expounded upon my gratitude for open hearts and asked me to never carry grudges, which I do think I’m succeeding at thanks to that open heart.

A humorous, but relevant, closer regarding grudges: Nana said, “I don’t hate anyone – I may get angry and tell someone I hate them, but I don’t mean it.”

It made me laugh, and I’m grateful to be able to do that, too.

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