Thankful Thursday: Gratitude Experiment Part 2

A couple of weeks ago I told you that I was embarking on an experiment with the family regarding gratitude, while on vacation.  The plan was to have everyone state one thing that made them happy that day, 3 things they were grateful for and try to do random acts of kindness.  Well, we weren’t…

Thankful Thursday: 100 Days of Happy

On June 1, we began again our 100 Days of Happiness adventure. This is an informal practice for 100 days  of writing down, taking a photo or both of something that makes you happy. It doesn’t need to be big and amazing (although it can) it is instead an exercise in finding beauty in the…

Happiness Jars: Why I Keep It Going

(G) Write it down or you’ll forget. Write it down and savor it! These are just two of the reasons that happiness jars are vital if you want to grow gratitude and you are not by nature a warm fuzzy. You might be, like me, more of a who-the-hell-has-been-drinking-from-my-once-full-glass-type person. At least that’s why I…

How Boundless and Awesome Am I?

A Course in Miracles refers to a fearless self inventory and evaluating where you are with your yearly goals seems much like that.You gotta be a little fearless and you also need to take a good look at yourself to see what you’ve got and what you don’t. Taking an inventory of what you said…

Take the Journey of 100 Days

Today, we begin our second 100 day journey of finding happiness. It isn’t about digging through our lives and filtering out the bad and the ugly, but finding joy in the midst of everyday. Some days are easy and joy is just sitting on our doorstep waiting to be discovered. Other days we haven’t slept,…