Things To Be Grateful For.....

It just seems like such an appropriate title for me right now. I didn't really have anything inspire me enough last week to want to write about. It actually would have come off as more of a rant, and that is so not my style. There have been some challenges, delays, disappointments occuring as of late, and they have put an overcast on my usually sunny days. I have been learning a lot though; been trying to keep things in perspective. So in honor of all these "challenges" that have not-so-delicately attempted to throw off my inner balance, I have decided to dedicate this week's blog to all the things that I am grateful for in my life. In other words, I am fighting for my right to happiness!!!
I am grateful that:

~I have my health!
~I have the bravest, most wonderful and supportive mother in the whole world!
~I have an incredible family that consists of the most loving people I have ever known!
~I have amazing childhood friends that I still remain in close contact with till this day!
~I have great friends I met through high school/college and thereafter that have been my backbone through most of my challenges (and less is always more in this case)!
~I am SO grateful for those that do not belong in my life, for they make me love and appreciate the ones that do all that much more!
~I have a nice, little place in Los Angeles that I get to call home!
~I have a lovely car that has taken me all around Florida and even made it across countless state lines to get me safely to my destination!
~I have a fish that is my second in command - oh yes, he guards my apartment when I'm not home!
~I have two fat piggies that bring me tons of joy and laughter every day!
~I have the baddest and most loving little pooch that keeps my mom company!
~I have the best memories of a life I have no regrets about living!
~I have a fabulous survival job that allows me to do what I love and has introduced me to some of the loveliest people I have met in LA!
~I have been so fortunate to come across only good-intentioned and sweet people/actors in LA!
~I live in one of the most beautiful places in the United States!

And though I am sure there are plenty other things to be grateful for, I'll end this with:

~I am grateful that every day I find the strength to push myself to keep working towards my dreams!


And here's a little food for thought for all my quote fanatics:

“...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires." -Malcom Gladwell

Now can we all take a moment to talk about those Hunger Games tickets? Hahaha. Who's got tickets to opening night/midnight showing? Who wants tickets to the opening night/midnight showing? May the odds be ever in your favor ;-D