"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.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

" Made in Hawaii"

8.21.10. I am grateful for great food, music, local made products, good friends and lots of memories at the annual Made in Hawai!!!

Saturday was another cleaning day. Project! We were supposed to clean out the storage and Sonny's room, but just cleaning the storage and looking through containers, boxes, re-boxing and taking dump took all day. The storage looks great and organized and labeled, but Sonny's room and the office look like a tornado hit it, for now. Priesthood session was at 3pm and after that, Fosi, Sonny and I went to the annual Made in Hawaii festival. It was great to see the vendors, including lots of people we've made friends with over the years-Deb and Mary, Roy and Stacy, bought a painting from cousin Brook, saw Alan of Scrapper's Friend and gave him our condolences on the passing of his daughter. I did wax a little nostalgic, thinking of all the years Bella and I and Creative Native Crafts/Paper Island, had a booth at that festival. We always did well and worked really hard and had a following (especially with our hut and the year we did the "Keep Kamehameha Hawaiian" shirts). How grateful we are for all the support from our families, friends, fellow vendors and the public. I must say I was glad to just be there and enjoy, but I'll always have great memories of our time there as vendors. We ate, sampled and watched Mailani and Dr. Tre perform in the Pikake Room. It was a nice time-spent the rest of the evening at home relaxing and watching movies.
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