"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, September 5, 2010

"Now THAT'S how we start off a week!!!"

8.30.10. I am grateful for two pieces of great news today, a new 'mission' and a FHE activity of major purging and cleaning my son's room. Good Monday!

It was a great Monday! What a blessing that Arlynna offered to pay for Fosi and Sonny to come to Florida and agree for us to pay her back over time. We're going to Disneyworld and Universal Studios, baby!!! It's almost surreal but we're going and we've decided not to tell Sonny until his birthday on October 3. I found out from Alan that he adjusted our taxes and we'll get a $11,000 credit to help reduce our outstanding balance with the IRS! I actually have 2 new missions; 1) is to go forward with the Sobriety Support Hawaii and the ATR program and assigned tasks for the week, 2) to prepare for Disneyworld by walking and eating good to lose weight so I can enjoy the vacation with the boys. And we spent the evening cleaning out Sonny's room-purging, throwing away and putting away and his room looks great! What a way to start off a week!
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