The Happy Experiment - Days 2 & 3

Continuing the 7 Days of Positivity experiment, I didn't post anything yesterday. The usual culprits: didn't feel like, no mood...also, there were a couple of incidents where I was anything but positive and I really started doubting whether there's any meaning in my doing this. But I guess it's too early to give up, and I really want to think positive. So anyway, I've decided that since I did not post my list of five things to be grateful about yesterday, I'll write about 10 things that I'm grateful for today.

1. I'm grateful to have great parents. Loving, caring, supportive even during the times when I've acted like a total jerk. They've always been there for me and they've always believed in my capabilities and my strengths even more than I have.
2. There are times when I feel like tearing my hair out when hubby and I argue, but all said and done, he's a wonderful guy! He's kind, considerate, helpful, hardworking and an amazing father. I really don't tell him often enough how lucky I am to have him.
3. I'm glad to be here, in India. Even though I had a great time living in the US for six years, it's great to be back. Of course, part of the reason it's been smooth sailing since we came back is where we live, which forms the next point.
4. We live in this beautiful apartment complex with great amenities and nice people. It's a large apartment with lovely views from my balcony and my son has lots of friends to play with. There are no power cuts, no water issues, no cleanliness/hygiene problems. What more could I ask for?
5. I can't even begin to count the friends that I can't do without. I have a lot of them and yet, each one is special. I honestly would feel lost without my friends.
6. I'm thankful to God for blessing me with a voice that can hold a melody. I don't sing much these days, but there are times, especially when I'm cooking, when I dredge up some old favourites from my memory and have a blast singing them at the top of my voice. And I love it when my son says, "Mama, keep singing" when I stop. (And all the while I didn't even think he was listening!)
7. I'm grateful for my laptop and a good Internet connection which keeps me connected to the world and my friends scattered all over the globe!
8. I'm so grateful for the rains that are here! I love rains, have always loved them; as a young girl I used to love getting drenched in the rain (we especially made a big deal about getting drenched in the first showers of the season!). To keep the mood, I've even kept my blog template 'rainy'!
9. I'm so lucky that I love to read and that I have the time to read. Really, I feel that if one doesn't like to read, he/she is missing out on a wonderful lifelong experience. And lately I've heard so many people tell me that thought they'd love to read, they just don't have the time to do so. I feel sad for them.
10. It's probably the most obvious thing to say but I'm grateful that I'm a mother. There are women I know who'd make terrific mothers but somehow motherhood's eluded them so far. I feel it is terribly unfair to them and whenever I think about it I stop taking my son for granted (at least for a little while!)

So there it is, my long list of 'why I should be happy and stay positive'.