KEEPING TRACK BUILDS GRATITUDE.

Friday, May 02, 2008

For years I have kept a daily organizer. I even do it now that I am retired. It not only keeps me organized it serves as a kind of diary. I write down what is going on in my life—a new purchase, something breaks, I receive a gift—just simple life events.

I haven’t been doing it but I could and should write down things that I am grateful for. Things like eating a great lunch with my wife, stopping by for an ice cream cone in the middle of the afternoon, laying by the pool, running into an old friend at the mall, getting a call from someone I haven’t seen or heard from in awhile—just simple things but things that mean a lot to me.

Every good gift comes from God. He is good! I need to keep track of these things and tell him how grateful I am. I also need to express my gratitude to others who are blessing my life.