Gift lists. Most everyone has one or more on hand this time of the year. Either it's a list of gifts to give or a list of gifts you'd like to receive, or both. I've decided to join Ann and start writing a list, not of gifts that I want or that I am going to give, but a list of gifts that I have in the everyday happenings of life. The idea goes right along with the Make a List suggestion that I wrote about in yesterday`s post.
For some time now I've been toying with the idea of joining Ann's Gratitude Community. The clincher for me was the post on her blog today - Notes of an Avid Grace-Collector: Lessons From 1000 Gifts. I love the list of lessons at the end of the post.
Ann explains The Thousand Gifts challenge - to start listing the gifts in the everyday and watch as your list grows...first to 1000...and then beyond...until it becomes an Endless Gifts Lists. Ann says that she tries to "add to the endless list of gifts every Monday... to begin the week with a heart spilling with gratitude!"
I am going to try to follow her example, and so I begin with my first post for the
1. playing games with youngest daughter
2. healing bones in oldest daughter's hand
3. listening to oldest daughter play her guitar and sing
4. safe travels to the doctor in another town
5. bumping in to friends while shopping
6. unexpectedly seeing and having the chance to hug my "brother by heart"
7. the time and funds to buy little gifts
8. seeing youngest son's smile as a friend from the past shows up
9. seeing his friend from the past
10. being able, through the wonders of the internet, to watch oldest son perform in his church's Christmas program
11. knowing oldest son is settled into a church, a job, and a community
12. being able to connect with like minded people that encourage me in my walk
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