Sitting on a shelf above my computer is this jar. It began life as a pickle jar and now it holds slips of paper.
Each day I write something that I am grateful for and slip it into the jar. Mostly my gratitude for the day is something small, something that I normally don't think about but just accept as if it was mine.
Pausing to be grateful is a gift in itself and I shall happily tamp down these small gratitudes as each day passes.
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings." - William Arthur Ward
Do you think as we get older we are more focused on considering what we are grateful for? Sometimes I have to think FURTHER outside my closest circle, for the same things always come to mind first. Even the smallest things are worthy of our gratitude. Even a flowering weed that draws a bee or butterfly can bring the bigger picture to mind and gratitude rises from somewhere deep inside. I never thought about this stuff when I was young.
ReplyDeletexx, Carol
Wonderful idea, Penny! A kind of prayer...
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely thought. At the moment, I am grateful for sunshine...
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea.
ReplyDeleteWhat an appropriate quote for your post! I love the idea of turning ordinary days into thanksgivings in a much more awesome way than turkey day.
ReplyDeletePracticing gratitude is transformational. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteThis is so simple, yet very profound. If everyone did this-we'd have a better world.
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