I've been writing in my gratitude journal (sometimes more and sometimes less) since I started teaching my Receive classes several years ago. I made writing gratitudes a part of the class curriculum when I realized that whenever we are focused on feeling grateful, that we are are also fully in the present. It's about being receptive to life's givingness.
I want to start this year with the reminder that whenever I make a point to write down five things each day for which I feel grateful, I tend to keep noticing things throughout the day that I also feel grateful for whether a beautiful tree, a phone call from a friend or my morning coffee.
So for today, my five gratitudes:
1. I am grateful I live in beautiful Arizona!
2. I feel so blessed to have such good friends.3. I am lucky to have found work that I love.
4. I am thankful I found a handyman who is a nice guy to fix things in the house.
5. I'm really glad I ate only half of the Doritos in the bag last night!
I like to spend sixty seconds immersed in one of my five gratitudes. Today I am choosing the one about feeling blessed to have such good friends. And for the rest of the day I am going to make a point to notice and say thank you for all of the ways that life gives to me.
Feel free to add your own gratitudes or any other message.
