I pulled the following from my journal from a time when we were struggling financially. Thought I'd share it.
This was the title of the lesson taught to the women in our church today. What a perfect lesson for me right now in my life! We talked about gratitude. Some of the definititions our teacher had found online included thankfulness, appreciation, praise, rejoice, thanksgiving, prayer, worship, grace, gratefulness, joy, to acknowledge, to give thanks, never forget and to fall on one's knees. It reminded me to show more gratitude toward others and especially to my Father in Heaven for all the things I do have instead of just being stressed and discouraged about our income situation right now. I am so grateful for so many things in my life. I've written before about how blessed I feel in my life, but its been awhile so I felt like I should do it again today.
My oldest and I talked the other night about the fact that life isn't fair but we need to focus on the good things in our life, the blessings in our life. So she and I both started gratitude journals that night. I've been trying to write at least 5 things in my journal each night ... often they are the little things that day that make me happy. It helps me re-focus on the important things in life.
I am so grateful for my hard-working husband and his support. I am grateful for my kids and all my extended family. I am grateful for my Savior and his atoning sacrifice for me. I am grateful for a great house, an amazing neighborhood and so many other tangible blessings. And I am grateful for the amazing friends I have been blessed with. I am grateful for the little blessings in my life including the lesson we had today and the things it reminded me of and the faith and hope it gave me. I am grateful for all the comments by the ladies at church and for the friend sitting by me who gave me a hug when I was struggling. I am so blessed despite the challenges in my life. The little blessings help give me strength when I feel the stress of big trials in my life.
So as we start the month of Thanksgiving and then go into the Christmas season, I take the challenge to live in thanksgiving daily and I challenge all of you to live in thanksgiving daily too!
My oldest and I talked the other night about the fact that life isn't fair but we need to focus on the good things in our life, the blessings in our life. So she and I both started gratitude journals that night. I've been trying to write at least 5 things in my journal each night ... often they are the little things that day that make me happy. It helps me re-focus on the important things in life.
I am so grateful for my hard-working husband and his support. I am grateful for my kids and all my extended family. I am grateful for my Savior and his atoning sacrifice for me. I am grateful for a great house, an amazing neighborhood and so many other tangible blessings. And I am grateful for the amazing friends I have been blessed with. I am grateful for the little blessings in my life including the lesson we had today and the things it reminded me of and the faith and hope it gave me. I am grateful for all the comments by the ladies at church and for the friend sitting by me who gave me a hug when I was struggling. I am so blessed despite the challenges in my life. The little blessings help give me strength when I feel the stress of big trials in my life.
So as we start the month of Thanksgiving and then go into the Christmas season, I take the challenge to live in thanksgiving daily and I challenge all of you to live in thanksgiving daily too!
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