"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." --Cicero

Today, I am taking a moment to take back a little bit of the power I've recently lost to silly anger. I am choosing a morning starting with a little writing time, and a great breakfast with eggs, bacon, coffee, eggs, hash browns, and toast. I am reminding myself of little pieces of happiness that spring up around my day, and in that spirit I am setting a goal to practice 365 days of gratitude.

"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings." --William Arthur Ward

I am thinking of trying to make a gratitude jar, and/or share gratitude on my Facebook Wall a little more often. And, I have a lot of things to be grateful for, thankfully. I have seen so many positive changes in my personal life recently, that I simply don't have the time to waste on useless anger, and I sometimes have a hard time controlling my anger.

It's okay. I've kinda struggled with this sorta thing for years-- George Michael said it best; "it's hard to love, there's so much to hate," but really, any excuse to quote George Michael. Anyways, once you start getting angry over little things, it's easy to constantly be annoyed and angry over everything.

Baring in mind, that such extreme negatives can have ill effects on one's health I am nipping this in the butt before it becomes outta control.

So, today, day 1, I am grateful for good, healthy foods in my belly, having control over my actions giving me the ability to choose to change my attitude. I am also grateful for home care, full-body two hour long massages, and homemade Chicken Tikka Masala.