Every day she would post three things she was grateful for. This was an opportunity for her to focus on the positive things in her life as she recovered from a heart-breaking loss.
I don't think she knew the impact this would have on the people in her world - or the people in our worlds.
Within a week, I started doing the same. I did it for three consecutive months. And I never repeated a thing on my list of what I was grateful for.
You've got it - one month = ninety things I was grateful for...three months = two-hundred and seventy. Wow! That's a whole lot of gratitude.
Along my journey with the gratitude posts, friends of mine would start up their own, I'd get messages asking how to do it, and I had the pleasure of seeing the people around me take on the task of finding the things they're grateful for.
I had taken on the gratitude posts three times since my initial ninety days, when a friend reached out - on facebook, of course - and suggested that I do it again, because I "always seemed so happy and positive" when I was doing this.
That was two days after my husband asked for a divorce.
So, immediately after "hearing" my friend's words, I started another 30 Days of Gratitude.
It started with...
30 Days of Grateful, Day #1: 1. Amazing, nurturing, supportive parents 2. The best friends on the planet 3. Adorable, funny, charming, delightful little cousins who loved the hummus, cleaned the inside of my car, and most importantly, reminded me of how much love and happiness is overflowing in my life. To all of you, THANK YOU!!! ♥
30 Days of Gratitude, Day #30: 1. A friend who knows when to show up. 2. Not just having to turn off the air - but having to close all the windows 3 hours later and put an extra quilt on the bed. 3. A good book to read - and another waiting. when I'm done.
And in between this, so many other great things happened in my life.
I had found a new place to call home, packed up my apartment, moved into a beautiful new flat - this was all within a week!, unpacked, settled in, continued through the beginning of a new school year, celebrated the birthday of one of the delightful little cousins, had friends and family for dinner, attended festivals, moved on, LIVED - and somewhere in there, started a new journey of getting back to the things that make me ME. And great things are continuing to happen in my life, everyday.
We all have so much to be grateful for.
What would your 30 Days of Gratitude look like?
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