One suggestion I take to heart for I am blessed. The reader said one should keep a "gratitude journal." What a great idea. It surely should trump the grumbling about the little annoyances that creep into day-to-day living.
Just for this moment and in this place, I am grateful for the October sunshine and the eighty degree temperature accompanying same. On a subnote, I am grateful for the colors that are presented me outside my window by way of the turning of the leaves.
As I am each day, I am grateful for the health and well-being I possess in sufficient measure to be able to arise from bed and dress for the day. Any day one can stand upright is a good day. Do I have aches and pains? That's not the subject of this document, yet even those remind me that I have lived a long life, and I am still alive!
I have a truly deep gratitude for the wife that lives with me, prepares my meals, yea, even fusses at me on occasion. Well, because I know she cares.
This list would be virtually endless were I to attempt to list all the blessings for which I am grateful. But this, in the spirit of "journal" is for the blessings of this day, right here, right now.
I am in awe, and gratefully thankful ever to my Redeemer, Jesus Christ, who lives today and cares for me most of all.
*I shall keep a copy of this list in my TTK folder for frequent reference.
7 comments:
Beautiful picture of the fall colors there and a nice reminder about gratefulness.
Great stuff- and of course, that's exactly how My Quality Day started (have you read that explanation?)
You didn't give a link to the other blog.
Vee, the colors are quite stunning this year! Being thankful is a whole lot better than grumbling, and it is no harder!
Shark, the link is on the article title "55 ways..."
I've been working on just finding humor in the day. I lost it when I started working more hours with a co-worker out on maternity leave. I found my posts lacking of humor and the silly-side of life. I'm grateful that I can laugh....still. :)
Lin, not to worry. Your adventures as you report them are amusing. Good call, too, to be grateful for laughter!
We all have our share of aches and pains, yet I am thankful for waking up and finding I am still alive and finding my faithful wife beside me. Thanking GOD for all my blessings.
Bob
Bob, that is an attitude of gratitude! I know some of your trials, but you are faithful.
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