Open Book

***Disclaimer...my blog posts may not be frequent, life is too important and too busy for me to use my time for blogging when I could be doing something important. I will, however, try to catch up with life when I have some rare free time! In 2013 I do not resolve to be a better blogger...because I'd like to be a better mother, wife, daughter, worker, etc. Sorry blog world!****

So, in my younger years I've been called unemotional, unfeeling, even cold hearted. And that was by my friends! Maybe ironically enough, these characterizations never hurt my feelings. I never cried at movies, never got as giddy as other teens, never had the outward signs of emotions that is stereotypical of a lot of girls. I chalk it up to my 'unfeeling' British heritage. The reason I mention this is that in November I took a HUGE step outside my comfort zone and participated in the 'Thirty Days of Thankfulness' . Well, at the time I didn't realize that is what it was called and I just participated until Thanksgiving Day. Anyways. The point is, I put myself out there which is unusual for me since I am not a mushy person. When I decided to participate I had several things I was thankful for that I knew I would include. Then I figured I would run out of things to list so I had some funny/sarcastic things to be thankful for. Much to my surprise, I never ran out of actual things to be thankful for! I mean, I really am thankful for so much in my life but I thought thinking of a new thing every day would eventually become hard. It wasn't. God used that time to show me just how much he has give me...given all of us! I write this to encourage anyone reading (all 3 of you) to pick a month (don't wait until November, pick February, it's short! ;-)) and either publicly on FB or privately come up with one thing each day to be thankful for. I found my attitude changing during this time. Instead of coming up with snarky posts about Muscogee County drivers traffic I was excited to share about something positive. It also put that person/place/situation on my heart for that day as well. If you choose not to share your thoughts publicly then I encourage you to write them down. Being able to go back and reflect on what I was thankful for is so encouraging. It was important to me to acknowledge mine publicly since I tend to be an emotionally private person. But either way- try it! I bet you'll discover a world of blessings to be thankful for!