Happy Birthday to my amazing, loving, supportive, and talented other half, Dewy!!! I am grateful for him every day and I hope to make his birthday the best yet!
On the “special days”, we often express our gratitude, love, and admiration for people in our lives, but we should be doing that every day! I would like to invite everyone to take a year long journey with me and create your very own Gratitude Journal! It can be a physical journal, or it can be a blog, or even a word document. The key point is to express your gratitude EVERY day, not just when the calendar reminder pops up and tells you to call, text, message, or post your well wishes.
I was blessed from birth with extra Dopamine and that has led me to have a very positive outlook on life, resilience in the face of major catastrophic events in my life, and always finding the silver lining in difficult situations.
I often joke about this, but I truly believe it is the reason I am as upbeat and (hopefully) happily contagious to everyone I meet. I have been through the ringer on numerous occasions, of course my own making through my choices, but I still consider myself fortunate, lucky and blessed all at once.
You see, being knocked down, walked all over, and made to feel less than I am, riddled my childhood and trailed into my 20s and early 30s. I am not saying I am totally free of those thoughts crossing my mind, but I am working to master them – and release them – every day.
I doubt my own ability – even when I have proven my success before. If don’t feel good enough to deserve certain praises so I shy away from the spotlight. I have stopped myself from creating even more success because I was afraid that whatever I built would be taken away and I would have to start over, again, for the 5th time.
All these fears and negative self talk have been limiting my impact on a world that I know needs more light, love, and happiness.
I am challenging myself, and anyone that wants to join me, to find at least one thing early in my day to be thankful for and celebrate. This small ritual can change your attitude which will impact your life by creating large ripples of love across the many lives you are connected to.
Please know you are unique, amazing and talented in ways that no other person is. You provide joy to others that you may not notice. You bring love through your actions, not just your words. You allow me to be part of your life and I honor that by taking your love and light, multiplying it, and sending it out to those that need it most.
I hope you will take on the challenge and start your gratitude journal today!