"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, November 28, 2010

"Animal Kingdom and Epcot"

11.21.10. I am grateful for spending our last day in Florida with the wildlife at the Animal Kingdom and the evening at Epcot. Soarin, the Epcot countries, dinner in Japan and the fireworks were simply breathtaking. Disney World is absolutely amazing and we were so blessed to spend time here as a family!

Our last full day at Disney World and we spent it at the Animal Kingdom and Epcot. We did the safari and saw the animals and watched 'The Lion King' and 'Finding Nemo' shows and saw the tree of life and ate at the 'Rainforest Cafe'. It was lovely and we wish we had more time there. We rested and went to Epcot at night and waited 70 minutes for 'Soarin', a virtual ride over California. Epcot was lovely at night and the replica of the countries (Norway, China, Japan, etc.) was breathtaking. We ate at Japan, real Japanese food with people from Japan. Walking through the countries at night, with food and music from the countries was astounding and Fosi and I really want to spend more time there in the future. We loved it! Packed and ready to go home tomorrow. Its been a dream come true and we had a wonderful time as a family (learned that I need more patience with Sonny and taught him about gratitude, but was hard with him and the time change) and we were so blessed to be there. We are ready to go home, though, we miss Hawaii and the dogs. We're exhausted and happy. God Bless Arlynna and Michael for their gift. Aloha a mahalo ia Orlando. . .aloha no Hawaii!!!
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