In the past week I've read about this 52 Blessings challenge on several blogs and I'm TOTALLY going to do it!!! It's exactly what I need this year!! I've had the idea rolling around in my head for a couple of days and I'm excited about it!!
So here's how it works....
52 Blessings
"Once a week post a photo of something you are most grateful for. This gives us a chance to reflect on the good things we have learned from or that have made us better in our everyday lives or things we just enjoy! I think everyone needs to be more grateful for what they have now days instead of always thinking about what we want! This is one of the things we can do to be more gracious people. It will be like a photo gratitude journal."
So on this first Sunday in January I'm thankful for a new year... for a clean slate and for the new possibility that a new year brings.
I'm a goal setter but unfortunately I'm not always good at keeping my goals and I want to work on more this year. My two main goals (besides managing my time, my weight and my piles of paper) is to
1. Become more financially savvy... save better and spend wiser... plan for the future.
2. Become more politically involved. I come from a very patriotic, political minded family and I want to do my part. I want to become more involved and I want to make a difference. I want to stand up and be heard for those things that are good and important... this is going to be somewhat of a challenge for me because (I didn't always pay attention during the family debates) I don't know a ton about politics but its important enough that I want to learn.
I've been thinking a lot about life lately... every day our life gets shorter and shorter... and its up to us to decide what we do what that time that we've been given. Do we stand by idly and live a mediocre life? Doing the very minimum to get by?
Or do we make the absolute most out of our time... Do we celebrate the little moments that make up our life... Do we cherish family, country and God... Do we reflect daily and recognize how incredibly blessed we are? We all have trials and tribulations... we've all been dealt a hard hand here and there... but it's what we do we this challenges and trials that define us... and if we'll let it, it can become an incredible growing experience for us. I can honestly say I wouldn't have picked any of the trials that I've been given but I hope that I've learned something from it... and hopefully I'm a better person because of it.
So this year... this new clean slate that we've all been given I want to cherish life more. I want to do great things. I want to make a difference. I want to do better. I want to be better. And I want to make the absolute most out of every single day.
So for my first picture for my very first blessing of my "52 Blessings" challenge is a picture that I took of my friends clock at 12:02am January 1st 2008... it represents a new year and all the possibilities that go along with it!
