Graditude is Attitude

I am starting to come around. I was at the hospital yesterday doing a CT scan for the hematoma in my brain, and it was at that moment that it occured to me just by talking with her how lucky I am to be here alive and breathing. It doesn't seem like it was really that serious when I think about my accident each day, but i really think it is so surreal just because of all the really dangerous things I did on a daily basis during my drug abuse before I found recovery for my addictions. Thats where it all gets confusing, what is my purpose in this life, what is it that I am still around for? It has to be something special and meaningful, because I have lived through all this for some reason. I learned something special about me a long time ago, I have this optimistic spirit, it got me through negative hurtful times that most people would look at in different ways. I learned to look at the best out of the worst situation, and through that I changed my whole life. I am grateful to have that trait. In my heart I know Attitude is the key to life and it is everything. How do I teach that to my stubborn teenage daughter? That is my next task. It feel like a mission impossible, but I know she has that part of me in her somewhere. We just have to find where, and quick!!