Gratitude

I spent the day looking for things to be grateful for. It started out slowly. I found myself having to seek out the little things. However, once the initial resistance wore off then it became easier and easier to find things to be grateful for. The resulting evening was one of the most peaceful evenings I've had in years. The kids were up in their rooms reading and writing stories and I was sitting in the living room reading a book. At one point the kids and I spent a half hour looking through old baby photos and wedding photos. It was a lot of fun. There was a lot of giggling and closeness. It was a great night and seemed to be made possible by the choices that I made earlier in the day.