Gratitude

Every Thanksgiving we go to my in-laws for Thanksgiving. Before we eat my father in law has this tradition of going around the table and having each person say what they are thankful for. We all say the same thing every year or we struggle with coming up with something at all so bare with me while I put myself out on a limb here. There is so much crap going on around us right now with the election,economy,the list could go on and on.Sometimes it becomes very overwhelming to me.Everyone has there ideas about what is going to happen in the next few years and some of it is pretty scary(if you choose to believe it) With Thanksgiving coming up,I've decided to keep a gratitude journal. Oprah promoted the idea a couple years ago.Its basically a journal you write in everyday highlighting the parts and people of your life that you are grateful for. People forget the good things in their lives when they are only worrying about the bad. Life is full of the good and bad...that's life.I think it would be a great idea to take a minute to remember the good and be thankful for what we have. It could be just one word,or a few words. Wont take long. I know you all want to jump on the bandwagon with me. I'll post it to my blog everyday and I hope to see some of you doing it too! In fact,I triple dog dare all of you to do it. How bout'that. Some of you may think its dumb,and that's OK! I just think by the time Thanksgiving comes we will really understand what its all about and we will all have a better understanding about our lives in general.