Almost a month into the new year, I'm finally feeling at peace with the direction I want to take with the blog. So here it goes! Working through the Simple Abundance journal last year forced me to work through specific ways to stretch and grow. This year, I feel the need to to see where this will take me. The most significant lesson to me was the need to live my life in the spirit of gratitude. Maybe this resonated because it was often the hardest lesson. Yes, even harder than being forced to shop for clothes or spend money on things for myself! With the loss of my sweet nephew Ronan, so quickly after the loss of my niece Phoebe, left me too often wanting to raise my voice to the Universe at the unfairness of it all. And sometimes I did. But.....gratitude does not imply that nothing is wrong. That we have no reason to be angry or frightened. Gratitude, to me, really became the life line of hope. If I could find nothing to be grateful for, I could not be used to complete the tasks or fulfill the purpose for which I was born. Gratitude does not take away the pain, the sorrow, the loss, the disappointment. It allows me to survive those things, to ride the wave and to truly process the effect.
I am different today. And it is a good different. I try to laugh more and judge less. I'm focusing on what has been accomplished in my house instead of how long it is taking to get it done. I marvel at my son's accomplishments instead of focusing on the times he has stumble or fallen short of my expectations. And in all of these things I often fall short. Feel free to remind me when I do! So my questions for today is: How do you define gratitude? That's what I'm reflecting upon today-creating a working definition of gratitude. Hoping your definition can inspire mine. Please share.
