Writing on Thankful Thursday

Everyday of the week should have at least one positive theme, that way if things go wrong during the day the entire day is not lost to unhappiness. Thursday's theme is gratitude. Finding ten things to be thankful for helps me get through the day.

Gratitude is a spiritual attribute, which means one does not have to have material things to give thanks. However, one does have to look for the objects of gratitude, sometimes it is difficult to see anything to be thankful for when financial difficulties arrive. Looking for gratitude items is a good exercise; it helps a person get through the day. It helps me get through the day.

When giving thanks an individual does not have to say a prayer of gratitude. Anyone can be grateful, no matter what belief system a person practices. All an individual needs to do is list the things he or she is happy to have in his or her life. Those things, gratitude items, can be spiritual or material. The idea is to make a written list or a hard copy of the gratitude objects and put them somewhere easy to find.

Today I am thankful for

1. My internet connection holding long enough to get some work done on line
2. Having enough coffee and coffee filters in the house to make several fresh carafes
3. The beautiful blue sky I see outside my living room window
4. The way the morning light reflects off my garage
5. The morning prayers I said upon waking up
6. The dream I had before I woke up this morning
7. That yesterday, Wednesday, was trash pick-up day in my neighborhood
8. That I woke up before 2:30 AM and had two loads of cloths already dried before Mom got up
9. Having an air conditioner that works properly and cools the house
10. The stone pine trees that shade my driveway