Last week at internship I had a client, a middle schooler, who was doing poorly in school. When prompted on what was going on, she said she is stressed at school about the physical abuse her two baby sisters endure daily from her mother's boyfriend. I talked with this girl more and the other intern on the case made a report.
The next day I found myself on the way to the gym and not wanting to go with every ounce in me. My mind flashed to her and I started thinking about the concept of choosing to be grateful. This happened again when I started dreading going to my class that same day. I am fortunate to be able to go to a gym and college and enjoy all the other things I am blessed with, and if my biggest stress is that I have a paper to write or I think my teacher is boring while this little girl is busy stressing about if her sisters will come for the weekend with bruises all over, wow I have a lot to be thankful for.
I have been working on choosing to be grateful and more so act grateful. My class is no less boring, that paper still has to be written, and that workout is going to be hard but my outlook has changed. I feel blessed to struggle through a workout, that I am physically able to do so while so many cannot. I feel blessed to be in college so that I can help people like this girl. I am working on acting on these feeling, acting grateful.
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What a great reminder to be grateful for so many things that one might overlook on a daily basis. I'm grateful that physical abuse has never been something I have had to deal with in my family. What a large load of stress and anguish this little girl is carrying on a daily basis. So sad!
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