Grateful for Our Good Things List

Aug 17, 2011

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to write a post about gratitude!
You can read my previous posts by clicking here.

Okay – now for today’s post:

I am a lover of lists. I am surrounded by them. I have a grocery list, countless to-do lists, lists for books that I want to write, lists for posts I want to get to, lists for websites that I can’t wait to read, lists for books to check out, etc. You get the picture – I am a list person.

Lately it seems as though the lists are piling More

Grateful for Mistakes

Aug 10, 2011

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to write a post about gratitude!

You can read my previous posts by clicking here.

Okay – now for today’s post:

When things are going well and life is easy breezy, we are able to think of tons of things that we are grateful for. Everything we look at seems to have a positive glow to it – we are looking at life through a lens of gratitude all of the time.

But what happens when things don’t go according to plan? What happens when life becomes More

Learning To Be Grateful For It All

Aug 3, 2011

Sometimes sad and horrible things happen in life. Things that we don’t understand. Things that don’t make any sense at all. Things that make you question the divine order of everything and wonder how these horrific events can occur.

The world can be a violent, scary place filled with hatred and anger.
And I am the first to admit that I have a hard time embracing this part of our world.
I struggle to make peace with events that bring me to my knees from sorrow.

I have fantasies of waking More

Grateful for My Special Place

Jul 27, 2011

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to write a post about gratitude! 
Feel free to click here (or below) to learn more about our Gratitude Project.  Okay – now for today’s post:

Throughout my life I have always had a special place where I went to recharge.
When life started to feel a bit overwhelming – which it often did – I could always go to this special place and somehow everything always seemed better afterwards.

This place is my bed.

I remember when I was really young continually asking my mom if I could go lie down. I loved my bed, and I couldn’t wait to get back to the warmth and comfort of it. She would frequently ask me to play just a bit longer, More

Grateful for that One Special Someone

Jul 20, 2011

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to write a post about gratitude! 
Feel free to click here (or below) to learn more about our Gratitude Project.  Okay – now for today’s post:    We have all had days that we wish we didn’t have to go through. We have all had experiences that we wish we could fast forward and not have to feel the sadness or pain or anger or any other strong emotion that came along with it. We have all had hard times in our lives where we just weren’t sure how we were going to make it through.

And just when we were at the brink of complete despair, that special someone stepped up and offered support and love and encouragement and understanding. That’s when we knew that we would be okay. We knew that we could lean just a little bit on this person – we could let them take some of the weight for just a little while.

Each of us has this special someone in our lives. It could be a spouse, family member, or best friend. Someone that we know we can go to when life gets overwhelming More

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