Peter and I spent yesterday together. We ate breakfast and visited with friends at our favourite diner. We took our books to a café and settled down at a corner table, drinks in hand, for a companionable session of quiet reading punctuated by the occasional chat. We ventured into a brand new (to us) European market and had fun exploring the aisles and purchasing meat, cheese, fresh rustic bread, and other delicacies for dinner. Then we headed home for a nap with the cats.
Momentous? Hardly. In fact, to anyone else it might seem like a terribly dull and uneventful day, barely worth a mention.
But to me, days like that – the ones marked by simple pleasures, exploration, moments of connection – are the stuff of which memories are made. To me, days like that fill my heart with joy, contentment, and gratitude. To me, days like that are treasures.
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In no particular order, here is my own gratitude list for this moment in time. I hope that after reading it you’ll go on to write and share your own!
- That a potentially dangerous incident that closed the tunnel between Windsor and Detroit (an international border crossing) was resolved with no one hurt and no damage done.
- Discovering and falling in love with a great classic, Jane Eyre.
- Holiday generosity that lingers into the new year in the form of gift cards for me to spend.
- That I was able to get around this week’s major systems glitches at work and accomplish everything that needed to be done.
- Online connections that evolve into real friendships.
- Creativity… and even creativity slumps, which make the productive times that much more valuable.
- The people who devote their time and effort to organizing photo and blog challenges so that others can be inspired to create, learn, grow.
- The growing self-confidence and assertiveness that comes with age.
Now it’s your turn!
How to get involved in the Gratitude Linkup
Note: This linkup will be open for the entire month, so feel free to add as many gratitude posts as you choose to write in January!
- Write and post a gratitude list in your own blog.
- Click the “add your link” button below and share your gratitude post.
- Click “get the InLinkz code” below and add the linkup code to your post.
- Visit and comment on some of the posts listed in the Gratitude Linkup.
P.S. – Here’s some background on why I started the Gratitude Linkup.
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