Gratitude

From wiki:

"According to Cicero, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues but the parent of all others.” Multiple studies have shown the correlation between gratitude and increased wellbeing not only for the individual but for all people involved. The positive psychology movement has embraced these studies and in an effort to increase overall wellbeing, has begun to make an effort to incorporate exercises to increase gratitude into the movement. Although in the past gratitude has been neglected by psychology, in recent years much progress has been made in studying gratitude and its positive effects."

I am going to try to be grateful this month. Am I usually? No. Not purposefully mindful of my blessings in idle moments, I am always thinking of what I should be doing... being angry, or some other emotion, or in the middle of a huge project. Seriously, never practicing random moments of Gratitude. If I am praying, I can be thankful to God from whom all blessings flow but then it is gone in the wind.

Now my husband, on the other hand, he tells me at least 10 times a day on the weekends when we are with the grandkids, "we're so lucky". I have to stop and smell the roses then, because we really are just so lucky. I admit it, I am a lucky girl.

So I will share my thoughts this month on gratitude, and I really am going to try to practice that attitude without the gentle prodding from my dear husband, we really do have so much to be thankful for.

November blessings sent your way!

apre Halloween....

Wow how fast did the month of October just seem to evaporate in the mist... and here we are almost to the end of the first week in November. I have a bad feeling about the holidays this year...it will be February before I know what hit me!

We had plenty of trick-or-treaters this year including those of the over 50 age group! haha. Family was here for the revelry and we really had a lot of laughs and a lot of creativity running amok along with just some general run amokness.

I had way to much candy, the baby only likes the mandm's and skittles.

And there was a lot of candy in that bag that walked back in the door as the grownup chaperones were having way too much fun as they were 'leafing' each house.

It was a great year for kids to knock. Lots of little sweeties!