30 Days with a Grateful Heart (2012) - Wanna Play?
In each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011, I have spent the last 30 days of that year taking stock of all of the incredible blessings in our lives. My Papa always said that it takes 30 days to break a habit, or 30 days of meditation to really begin to effect a change within your deepest self. Focusing on daily gratitudes has helped me to recommit myself to the things that move and inspire me during a very hectic and stressful time of year. Some of these gratitudes are small and silly, some of them bind me to my community and are woven in the deeper strands of my heart. It's the moment that you take a pause and find the glimmer...that's where the good stuff is...in that moment, in that pause, in that gratitude...no matter how simple, right?
So, this is where I ask you if you'd like to join me. There's no pressure, no rules, no expectations...but if you'd like to bumble along this path with me, I'd love to have you along. Once again, my goal is to finish on New Year's Eve. It seems like a fitting way to welcome 2013, no? I'll put the first post up this evening...I know that December has 31 days, but this way I have a 'gimme' somewhere along the way in case I need it. Some days it’s just hard to get it to all come together. If you want to shout out your gratitude, feel free to put it in the comments, link to your blog, your Flickr, your Instagram, Facebook it up...whatever works for you. Last year we had a dozen or so blog authors share their gratitudes. I've cleared out last year's participants from the blog-roll over there on the right hand side. If you'd like to be re-added or wanna give it a fresh go, I'd love to add you, just let me know. Want to hold your gratitude in silence? Equally as groovy. Not feeling it this year? Understood.
This last year has been full of life-changing, soul-shaking experiences for me, for which I’ve been dipping into for inspiration on a daily basis, because it has also been overwhelming pressure cooker of frustration, confusion and feeling stuck. I know I say this every year, but I am feeling a desperate need for a perspective ‘shake-up’. I find that once again I’m thinking that I don’t have time to create a daily gratitude practice. So obviously it’s when I need it the most, right? So here I am, once again committing myself to something that feels a little daunting but a little exciting as well. See you along the way maybe?