For the month of November I’m participating in a daily gratitude challenge posted by the journaling app that I use, Day One, and here’s today’s prompt:
What am i grateful for in this moment?
- I’ve already referred to this one, but this morning I woke up at a little after 7 A.M., opened my bedroom window to a bright sunny morning, thought about it for a moment, closed the window and went back to sleep. I love that I have the freedom to do that. I’m grateful that I can claim my eight-hours of sleep.
- Once I got up, I had the time to make a full breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage and tortillas. Previously, in the before, I’d be rushing out the door with a toasted English Muffin with peanut butter. I need to make sure that I don’t over-do-it with my breakfasts, but it’s nice to be able to listen to podcasts, make breakfast, and sit down and eat while strolling through my social media feeds.
- Years after my folks retired I was visiting them in Prescott, Arizona, and I teased them because it seemed like after they had their long leisurely breakfast they’d get ready for their one outing for the day, to go to Costco or the doctor or In-n-Out Burger… They did one thing a day, then spent the rest of the time either they read the newspaper or sat on the couch watching TV. One thing a day, that’s all they did. So here I am, all these years later, thinking about what I have to do today and what do I want to do with my time… I’m thankful that I now find myself doing the one-thing-a-day (but more often two-things-a-day)… plus making sure to write and post to my website every day!
