What It's About:
Life brings many blessings, big and small. Too often, however, we're so focused on work, busy family schedules, and the problems that arise every day that we fail to take notice of them. My goal for 2009 was to change that and grow an awareness of the good things in my life. When I announced my intentions, I found a number of others willing to take this journey with me. This page is a collection of links and information to document my effort.
How It All Started:
The motivation and reasons behind adopting this year-long project can be found in this post:
The Gratitude Project
Formats to Record Your Blessings:
While I've chosen to do this as on a weekly scrapbook basis through the entire year, it doesn't have to be weekly and it doesn't have to be in a scrapbook This post suggests some of the many other ways to go about documenting the good things in your life.
Recording Life's Blessings
The Gratitude Community:
Thanks to my friend, Lisa Wilkins, those of us participating in this gratitude adventure have a beautiful home on the Internet where we can share our work, find inspiration, and encourage one another as the year progresses. New members are always welcome.
The Gratitude Project Website
My Blessings, My Album:
I have devoted Friday's blog post to my blessing for the week. In addition to thoughts on what I found good during the week, I'll include the latest page in my gratitude album as well as a tip or explanation of a scrapbooking technique I've used in creating it. Here's a consolidated list of these Be Grateful On Friday (B.G.O.F.) posts:
Jan 01 A Grateful Beginning
Jan 09 B.G.O.F.
Jan 16 A Fresh Blessing
Jan 23 B.G.O.F. #3
Jan 30 The Blessing of Lessons
Feb 06 Small Victories
Feb 13 A Heartfelt Blessing
Feb 20 A Successful Blessing
Feb 27 The Blessing of Warmth
Mar 06 Gratitude Gifts
Mar 13 One Person's Chore is Another's Blessing
Mar 20 Golf. Life. Blessings.
Mar 27 The Blessing of Home
Apr 02 Some Blessings Are Obvious
Apr 09 The Blessing Of A True Friend
Apr 16 A Good, Clean Blessing
Apr 23 Visiting Blessings
Apr 30 An Inspired Blessing
May 07 A Motherly Blessing
May 14 It May Be Frivolous But It's Still A Blessing To Me
May 21 This Blessing Has Taste
May 28 A Rewarding Blessing
Jun 04 The Goal Is Gratitude
Jun 11 Gratitude is Cool
Jun 18 Reconnecting With Gratitude
Jun 25 This Blessing Rocks
Jul 03 Long May This Blessing Wave
July 10 Some Blessings Shrink
July 17 Going With Gratitude
July 24 A Clear Blessing
July 30 I Love A Rainy Night
Aug 07 Some Blessings Take Time
Aug 14 Bargain Blessing
Aug 21 Sunshine and Sweetness
Aug 28 Focusing On A Familiar Blessing
Sep 04 Down And Dirty With Gratitude
Sep 11 Grateful for Guidance
Sep 18 A Simple Blessing
Sep 27 A Natural Blessing
Oct 2 Learning Gratitude
Oct 9 A Refreshing Blessing
Oct 16 Timeless Treasures
Oct 23 A Colorful Blessing
Oct 30 The Third Time's A Charm
Nov 6 Giving Back
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