What does 2 years of gratitude look like?

Here is a photo of my gratitude journals for the past two years. I am a believer in the power of gratitude. I have also become a practitioner of gratitude by making it my conscious daily practice. There are two things that I do as a matter of habit, which have become as ingrained at […]

Gratitude is a discipline

Since erecting a fence a few months ago, my mailman has been in a conundrum about how to deliver my mail.  Should he fasten it to the fence?  Throw it over?  Open the gate and bring it in?  He has tried all of those.  I had no idea how inconvenient my fence had been for […]

What to do when you can’t find 10 things to be thankful for …

Every morning for the past 6 months or so I have written 10 things I am grateful for in my journal.  It used to be 5, and one day I decided to double it. I have, and continue to recommend this highly to everyone – it is so powerful and important to the quality of […]

Happy Thanksgiving Day Canada!

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.  As I celebrated and gave thanks with friends last evening, I wondered out loud “Where did the tradition of Canadian Thanksgiving come from”?  Most present proferred that it is an adoption of the American custom. Not satisfied with this explanation, I googled “History of Thanksgiving in Canada” and learned […]