Thankful Thursday

(For an explanation of Thankful Thursday, go here).

I have worked 52 hours in the past 4 days.  Now I am sitting in bed with my computer and my gratitude journal is on the other side of the room.  And I'm not getting up.  So I guess I'll just have to write all my tired mind can think of to be thankful for after four days of 12 and 16 hour shifts.

Here is what comes to mind...

I am thankful I have been given:

• sufficient health, allowing me to care for the sick
• sufficient strength, allowing me to care for the weak
• sufficient energy, allowing me to care for the fatigued
• sufficient stability, allowing me to care for those whose lives have been disrupted
• an extremely low-maintenance dog who is perfectly content to spend 20+ hours a day curled up in her kennel
• a weekend off.  especially since it is a weekend with my family.

I guess in summary, I am thankful that HE is sufficient, that I have been blessed with a job that I enjoy (most days), and that I have the greatest family in the world.

And, I like my dog.