Think of all the things you've accomplished

I was listening today to an a woman on the radio who is an advocate for disability rights as well as an actress and she talked about how she'd been disabled by a serious injury (which she subsequently recovered from) and she also had difficulties with weight and eating disorders. Although this seems like a gloomy story, it does end happily as she is happy now and has a great career as an actress. She was saying though that in her troubles she realized how it's really important to think about the things that people accomplish rather than what they lack. She said she was happiest when she was able to love herself for who she was. This got me thinking about how people can accomplish so many great things and it is nice to think about them all sometimes, especially when one is in need of encouragement. Accomplishments don't necessarily have to be huge, they can be things like getting out of bed and facing each day no matter what comes or simply being alive in general. To me, everyone's lives have so many possibilities and that's something to celebrate!