Yvonne Crazy Adventure November 7, 2025 · Women's Empowerment Community

Yvonne Crazy Adventure November 7, 2025

Morning thoughts: Gratitude

Yesterday my morning thoughts about the ego - mine in particular. Today I woke up in pure gratitude.

With everything going on, you would think I would have less to be grateful for, but the opposite is true. The appreciation and gratitude I have for the little things has expanded beyond what I ever could have imagined.

In my old gratitude journals, I found it hard to think of things other than the basics – I was grateful for my home, my cat, my kids, our food…

But I always struggled to come up with stuff that wasn’t repetitive. I know I was in survival mode then, and now realize sometimes we forget the things to be most grateful for are the tiny things.

It’s the opposite of death by 1000 cuts. The big things are there, but they don’t have as much impact as all the little things combined.

Today whenI woke up, I had such gratitude for the little things.

It wasn’t about being grateful for clothes, it was about being grateful for wool socks to keep my feet warm. And being so snug in my sleeping bag that I had to take those same socks off because of how toasty I was.

It was about having a car, a safe place to park, $20 for gas, a nice chicken Caesar salad, safe drinking water, access to power at the rec centre, a library card that includes printing, clean clothes, a down jacket, a friend’s place to shower at.

I’m grateful for being warm and cozy in my car, every item I sell even if it’s for $20. I’m definitely grateful for things like my iPad and my phone that allow me to do business online. I appreciate my map picture I use for my virtual background on my zooms so I can work from anywhere and bring my favorite map with me virtually.

I’m grateful there’s free parking at the rec center, for plumbing and running water, flushable toilets. For toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, paper towels, regular towels. All the things we use everyday and don’t give it a second thought.

I was super grateful for my dolly idea in the storage unit. I’m grateful I thought to make a video so I can share it with other people who struggle when they need something in the back of a storage unit.

I am grateful that I decided to follow my “why” - my passion, my North Star. I knew it was not going to be an easy journey and I’m grateful for every step along the way, whether it’s moving me forward or backwards.

I am beyond grateful for not having to get up to pee in the middle of the night, and that I’m healthy,

I’m grateful for my soul family, my friends, the people supporting me.

I’m also grateful for things that I didn’t do. I’m grateful I didn’t use substances as an escape from the struggle in my brain. I don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs. I am not jealous, angry or resentful.

I am grateful that I have been able to remain kind through all of this. I feel no bitterness towards life, or some of the people in it. I’m grateful for my healing process, and that I understand and accept everybody is just living in their own trauma, doing the best that they can. I’m grateful I understand that not everybody is going to do the healing or wants to. I’m grateful I realize that people are put in our lives for different reasons, and sometimes that reason is simply to teach us a lesson.

I’m grateful for my ex because it was with him that I had our two daughters. I’m grateful I have a better understanding of how when people lose their job, through whatever reason, how it can be very hard to go back to work for another company. It’s about self-worth a lot of times. I’m grateful I can now look at a situation with compassion instead of judgement because I’ve been on both sides.

When we appreciate, and I mean truly appreciate, what we have, something shifts in our mind. It’s a duality thing that I’ve talked about before on a Let’s Talk About… Zoom. There is no good or bad, it just is. For example, we need sadness to experience and understand joy.

I’m grateful for there being emotions because I know one day I am going to expand and feel emotions that I have never allowed myself to feel.

When Brené Brown said joy is highest form of vulnerability, it allowed me to realize why joy has eluded me. My whole life I had walls built up, and for good reason. These walls both protected and paralyzed me. They didn’t allow any emotion in or out. I would love to feel a range of emotions. So be grateful when you feel anger, joy, sadness, happiness… Feel grateful for every emotion because one of the biggest secrets of healing is being able to feel and process those emotions. I’m grateful that I understand this now.

Morning thoughts complete…

Nothing crazy happened today. Just a normal day. However, I have decided to bring up the condo money tomorrow (Saturday) with the appropriate party, get an answer, and move on from there. I realized just how much stress is in my body regarding this. Time for my ego to suck it up and deal with it.

Oh, and it snowed just a bit today.

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