Do you ever think you’re really lucky?

[AtlasPine]

I do, but I don’t take it for granted and don’t thing I deserve it.

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People love me

Not anything special but life hasn’t beaten me down as such.

I am weirdly lucky. In fact I am known for it. And I’m very happy and able to appreciate small blessings, which is a gift I am very lucky to have.
Life is good. I have a dog on my lap, I am wearing a cosy jumper, I have a hot tea and the paper ready to read. Couldn’t be luckier.

Every single day.

I am a worrier, but trying to learn to be less of one!

So, every day I think about what I am grateful for and there is so much.

Yes. And never more so than since I was diagnosed with a critical illness.

My health is shit and I have no idea how much I have left to live. But I am alive now. I have a great husband and kids. Lots of family support. A safe, comfortable home, with a large, quiet garden. Enough money to provide for all our needs and some luxuries. Access to fantastic healthcare. A great job and a supportive manager. Hobbies I enjoy. So much about my life is good and I am so lucky. I want to enjoy every minute.

I sometimes can't believe the luck I've had in life, especially looking at my childhood and how different things could have been. I've worked hard but I know it's mainly luck that's got me where I am today and I try to always be grateful!

@PicsInRed

Yes, today actually!

I walked through a busy carpark today and was struck by how fortunate I am to live in a country where I can drive, earn my own money, shop by myself, and walk around largely safe and unmolested.

I felt incredibly lucky and free.

🙏

Yes! I'm getting to a point where I feel very lucky indeed. I'll admit it. There were times in the past few years I've moped and been downright spoilt and sulky. I've suffered some bereavements, one of which was my mum who died pretty young, (well, young-ish - in her fifties), and it was totally unexpected. Plus extended family dramas.

Funnily enough, these dramas forced me to re-evaluate and go pretty low contact with anyone other than friends and immediate family (dh, DCs, my siblings, nephew and niece, and my dad). My God, it sounds snarky, on what should be a positive thread, but my life is wonderful now they mainly aren't in it! I am still polite, but I won't get drawn into the drama.

Anyway, yes, I'm not short of money or food (neither are we rich, but we aren't going to starve or not be able to pay bills). We live in a reasonably safe area. We can get to an amazing city (London - I think it's amazing anyway) pretty easily. I have lovely friends even though I can't see them as often as I'd like and my dcs and DH are healthy and stable. Can't argue with any of that! I'm extremely lucky.

No! I've had too my bad stuff happen in my life. I'm always bitter about how some people have charmed lives and others are constantly shat on from a great height but that's my problem !!

Yes I do think I am fortunate and I am very grateful for what I have.

Constantly

The most luckiest people I know with regards to money etc are usually the meanest most horrible ones you've ever met.

With ds yes absolutely

But myself as a person no my childhood left me too damaged to really live a fulfilling life I doubt myself all the time, differ bought fo depression and relationships are too difficult for me

Lucky with great friendships and finally found a job that I absolutely love

I know life could be a lot worse but also well aware how much easier my life could have been

#Feelingblessed

On over £100k annual salary, size 8, handsome husband and 3 adorable children. Oxford educated and have all the right connections. Live in the home counties in a huge 5 bed house.

I feel really lucky.....even though we all go through bad times. I had a serious illness where I was told I had a 50% chance of surviving, and I did survive! I've been through years of infertility to be told there is nothing more to be done to help, but I'm so lucky to have one happy and healthy son. I'll never be able to own a property but I have a roof over my head, I'm able to pay bills and have food on the table. I'm a critical care nurse and it's so easy to become bogged down in the 'what ifs' of life. I try and show gratitude everyday and it really does change your outlook.

On over £100k annual salary, size 8, handsome husband and 3 adorable children. Oxford educated and have all the right connections. Live in the home counties in a huge 5 bed house.

Wow !! Bragging much are you for real ??

@Notradespeopleareavailable

#Feelingblessed

On over £100k annual salary, size 8, handsome husband and 3 adorable children. Oxford educated and have all the right connections. Live in the home counties in a huge 5 bed house.

This thread hasn't been like this at all though tbf

Your joke post does sound like classic Mumsnet antics though, especially shoe horning in your size 8 dress size when it isn't relevant 😂

Lucky to have children.

I didn't realise I was so damaged (from my childhood ) until I met so many normal people. I think they are lucky!

@YvesEveEave no there's been some nice posts about people being grateful about what they have and then some people purely bragging !!

[quote lollipoprainbow]@YvesEveEave no there's been some nice posts about people being grateful about what they have and then some people purely bragging !! [/quote]
Oh fair enough. I only saw the nice ones and then the jokey one, which I thought was a pretty accurate general comment about some posters on Mumsnet!

I do. I’m really grateful for my life. I feel very blessed.

For most of my life I have felt unlucky, but in the last year or so there has been some sort of miraculous switch and now I'm pinching myself every day about how things have turned out. I couldn't have children but I now have a great home, a great job, the kindest DH and the soppiest dog, and I feel incredibly lucky.

Yes, me. I escaped an abusive childhood, left two awful husbands. I now have amazing children, a few great friends I can always count on, not wealthy but enough to live on, roof over my head, food in the fridge and full freezer.
I can do as I like, wear what I please, have my health.

Yes I do all the time.
Whilst all this horror in Afghanistan has been going on recently, I snuggled up to my little boy in the evening on my soft double bed. He was warm, clean and fuzzy in his PJ’s. I smoothed his hair from his face and he was smiling back at me. I just thought I am so so lucky my children are warm, safe and loved.

Yes, every day I feel grateful for something, even through life's usual challenges. Can be something minor or something massive but there is always something.

This thread has really helped me as I am trying to come to terms with a new chronic health issue and potentially facing many months/years of pain & operations. I am lucky though that I live in a country where there is healthcare and treatment, that I can recover with a roof over my head and that I will have food and running water. There are so many societies where there would be no help, the cost would be prohibitive and recovery much more difficult.

I feel like the luckiest woman every single day (and thank the powers that be every day too) Determined to grab every opportunity that comes my way and enjoy my good fortune while it lasts as you never know what is round the corner.