Hello friends! Welcome to Gratitude in the Middle! I can just hear you now saying “Mary what on earth is Gratitude in the Middle?”
Have no fear I’m going to explain it right here (sorry I was reverting to my inner poet.)
Gratitude in the middle is what this years Thankful Thursday is going to look like. I know it took me til March to get this out there but sometimes other things need to happen first and that is exactly what needed to happen for me. I needed to work through some stuff (more on that next week when I talk what RESTORE looks like for the first three months of this year.
Gratitude in the Middle
This year’s weekly thankfulness post is going to look a little different than other years. Usually I spent Thursday’s post listing out what I am thankful for…and this is a great practice for a number of reasons and we will get into that in future blog posts, but specifically on Thursdays we are going to chat about what Gratitude in the Middle of various seasons of life looks like…Say for instance grief, change, or illness. Don’t worry there will be lots of positive scenarios too.
I want to have this discussion because Gratitude when directed and focused on the right person (PSSST the short answer is God) has the capability to really affect our perspective on life in General and it affects how we view future circumstances as well.
Gratitude in the Middle is….
…….On Thursdays which in in the Middle of the week (kind of).
So instead of a lengthy list in the middle of the week let’s meet to discuss how we can best be grateful in whatever season we are currently in. Now sometimes seasons don’t change week by week (I mean this winter has been going on for at least a decade now right ??? Just kidding!).
So I will be pulling from past seasons in life to share what worked and what didn’t in those seasons pertaining to gratitude.
We will also discuss what keeps us from being grateful….we will call them gratitude gators.
And I might even have some fun stuff along the way. I have some really neat ideas in the future about like printable resources or graphics.
I hope you Join me on this journey as we explore GRATITUDE IN THE MIDDLE!
You can check out my previous posts (2021 Joy Dare) and (Thankful Thursday) here.
And you can check out one of my favorite book on the subject of Gratitude One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp (Not an affiliate link)
So how about you, what season are you in right now? Are you finding it hard to have gratitude? We have all struggled with this…it comes and it goes.
Blessings
Mary
