It has been a while I did one of these, life happened I guess, but recently I have come back to a place where mental health has come front and centre in the circles I roll in again. I suspect if you asked S, she would say I have been a terrible old git for most of the past year, which is where actively cultivating an attitude of gratitude comes in. The idea would be to document one thing per day that I am grateful for, and share on here on a Thursday. So here goes:
- Thankful for friends who are available for a meet up at short notice. It helps if they are in the same industry and one can swap war stories with them
- Thankful for good neighbours: Over the weekend I was down South, the timing being driven by the need to be part of a small birthday celebration for P, one of the very friendly neighbours we’ve had since we moved into the area we are now. Watching them and the talented amateur operatic society they are part of was a big bonus to everything, and something to be grateful for.
- Thankful for suitably timed words of admonishment: Listen to Chuck Swindoll, a week out of sync and his current series is about this very topic and how pride is often at the root of ingratitude