"A Year of Gratitude"

I was inspired, several years ago, by Sarah Ban Breathnach, author of the book, 'Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy." In the book, she talks about the transformative power of gratitude and encourages every person to keep a daily 'gratitude journal' by writing down at least 5 things that they are grateful for every day. I have kept a journal since I was a little girl (though sporadic, at times) and when I kept a gratitude journal in addition to my regular journal, I was amazed at the results.

This year, in an effort to combine my interests in photography, journaling and scrapbooking with my expression of daily gratitude, I've decided to embark upon a project I've entitled, "A Year of Gratitude". This is my novice attempt at photo journalism!

Everyday, I will post at least one photo and one blog (Blogspot) and status (Facebook) about at least one thing I am grateful for in that day. I will date it and only use photos taken on that day (with minor exceptions).

After 12/31/10, I will comprise all the daily photos and blogs into a book which I will then have printed for myself. I'm a little slow to respond to the Universe sometimes, and being that I just received the inspiration to do this on 1/10/10, I will post up images I have from the first of the year and be consistent daily from 1/10/10 forward.

In the process, it is my hope to honor the people, places, situations and blessings in my life. It is also my hope to discover beauty in the everyday stuff of life, to seek the miraculous in the mundane and to celebrate the extraordinary in the ordinary. I am humbled and excited to embark upon this journey. Mahalo for sharing it with me. . .may you find joy and gratitude each and every day of your life. God Bless.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

"Dinner with Friends"


2.26.10. I am grateful to Jyron and Mai for making us a wonderful dinner at their place tonight!
So Jyron invited us over for dinner. He's a long time friend of Fosi's and I finally got to meet his girlfriend of 3 years, Mai. She is really nice and it's good to see him settled now, they live together and he made awesome fajitas for us. Then, I went to pick up Kalani and met Sina and we went to the "T Spot" in Kapolei to watch Derek's band, Au Uso Moni. They were rockin' the place and it was cool to hang with the girls, play pool and listen music and dance, then late eats at Zippy's. Met some interesting people. Bad news is there was a bad earthquake in Chile and Hawaii has a tsunami warning, looks like it will hit tomorrow morning. Gotta prepare, I swear the end of the world is near. Our prophets have warned us! God Bless Us and all the people affected by disasters everywhere!
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