My Attitude of Gratitude

I have been wearing some unflattering crankypants for the past few days.  I just can't seem to shake them off.  In an attempt to reverse my present mood into something more pleasant to be around, I thought I'd take President Monson's advice and see if I can't find an attitude of gratitude.

Things I am grateful for today:

• my swim buddy, Lori.  We usually swim on Wednesdays but she was willing to swim this morning because I needed the exercise and the requisite chat in the hot tub afterward.  

• My functioning kidneys.  I picked someone up from their dialysis session this morning and the waiting room was so sad to me.  It was filled with those waiting to be hooked up to a machine to do what mine do automatically and without pain or expense.  

• Albertson's great sales on meat.  Buy one get two free on packages of petite sirloin steaks!  I saved forty dollars on that alone today.   

• My sister, Sarah, who is fabulous and who is celebrating a birthday today.  

• the opportunity to watch conference yesterday.  I loved Henry B. Eyring's talk at the start of Sunday's morning session.  I felt the Spirit strongly and looked over at my boys and we had a moment with real power.  Then the choir sang a sublime arrangement of Dear To The Heart of The Shepherd and I felt whole.  

• a brain to think about things (still thinking...)

• opposition in all things because as cranky as I feel now, how sweet my better mood will feel when it blessedly arrives (hurry!)