TT - The art of gratitude

I totally wasn’t going to post today.  It’s been one of those days.  My emotions are on a roller coaster, and I’m feeling just like my feet are made of lead - heck, my whole body is lead.  I was reading on another lady’s blog, and I saw this category: thankful thursday.  Oh yes!  There’s something to write about on Thursdays.  But it is so much more than that.  i know that an attitude of gratitude works.  It changes our focus, and where our mind goes, our heart soon follows.  That is just how it works.  A law of physics or something.  Law of God?  Nah.  We don’t admit that, do we?  Ok, off my soapbox, gratitude gets me out of me.  Ya know what I mean?  If I don’t get out of my own head, and start thinking or helping someone else, I feel absolutely useless.  And it isn’t very fun.  At one point I was writing 5 thankfuls every day in my journal - and no, it wasn’t with Oprah. And it worked wonders for my mind & heart.  So here’s my thankful list for today:

1. I’m grateful for the sunshine.
2. I’m grateful for our safe yard to play in.
3. I’m grateful for hubby’s job.
4. I’m grateful for hubby.
5. I’m grateful for my table & chairs, and the roses that sit upon them.