"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, October 24, 2010

"Back at Kapalama"

10.19.10. I am grateful for a visit to beautiful Kamehameha schools, a great training, a great youth rehearsal and a great piece of ice cream cake waiting for me at home at the end of the day!

I started the day at a Youth Circle for a young lady on the Kamehameha campus, Smith Hall. It was a good circle, I wish her well, and it was nice to be on campus again. The view was spectacular and the campus lovely, the students in uniform now, but it brought back a lot of great memories. I headed back to the two-day training I'd been attending since yesterday on race disproportionality in the juvenile detention system. It was conducted by the Burns Institute and JDAI (Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative-a Casey Family Programs Initiative) and it was very enlightening, I saw a lot of parallels with the foster care work being done here. That night was youth dance rehearsal and we assigned the front row and other rows. They look good, although there's a lot of tweaking to do.
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