Gratitude

Today was Fast Sunday, and I'd been struggling the past couple days because I don't have a "big" controllable goal to work towards - i.e., graduation, raising a family, etc. And so I keep trying to do the 'right' things, and it can be discouraging because I don't feel like I'm going anywhere. So, I was fasting along those lines today - and for most of the meetings today, I was incredibly bitter. I was surprised at myself, but I kept thinking about grumpy things, how my situation wasn't horrible but I was still 'neglected' and 'hurting.'

Well, eventually I was rehearsing all the good that I keep doing - and one of those things is that I write in a  gratitude journal each day. This habit started around Thanksgiving, after an amazing coaching/consulting session. I realized that where I was doing that I wasn't expressing it in my prayers. I wasn't focusing on being grateful, though I was finding little things to be grateful. So, today I am redetermined to be more grateful.

Also, listen to good music. Listen to songs that lift your soul and remind you to come back to Christ.