A grateful list.
I need a grateful list today. It’s raining, and I don’t feel great, and I’m nervous about Samuel’s doctor visit, and I’m feeling overwhelmed with how underplanned my homeschool is for the fall right now, and there is laundry to be done, and the house needs a bit of work. I need, well, I need perspective.
I really need gratitude.
And sometimes I forget gratitude when I am in the midst of feeling like I am treading water. So instead of treading and thinking about everything that I can’t seem to get done or have yet to do or don’t know how to do I decided to sit down, set my timer for two minutes, and be grateful for all that is good. Simple things, really. Like this:
my friends who stayed with me in NYC
So now, I challenge you. Â Right now where-ever you are. Write a grateful list.
It’s about the little simple everyday finding joy things.
If you’d like a 2 Minute Grateful list printable feel free to grab either of these grateful printables {they’re hosted on google docs}. The thankful one works fabulous with kids – start teaching them about looking for awesome and wonderful things now and you’ll be blessed by what they share {mine like yogurt, and a mom that gives hugs, and tomatoes from the garden}. Just take the time, those two minutes, as a family, or individually, to write down and remember the blessings that are all around you. Be blessed!
What are you grateful for today?
What did you remember to be thankful for during your two minutes of gratitude?
For those of you who follow the finding joy facebook page – feel free to take a pic of your 2Minute Grateful list and share it on my page – I’d love to see them!
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perspective…yes, it changes everything. i think i need to do this pronto!
What a great idea!
Awesome post, especially for a Monday morning. Going to do this NOW!
Thank you!
So glad I stumbled upon your site today. Cute printables…even better way to change a Monday attitude. 🙂
Thank you for the inspirtion to take 2 minutes to be grateful. Made it my Monday post.
cute lists, rach! so glad and thankful to know samuel has grown so much since the last visit. rejoicing with you!
This is a really cool list. You know what else is cool? That’s a lot of “thankful” moments that you listed in just two minutes. Imagine if we all did that? That would be fantastic 😉 🙂 Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 🙂
I probably need to do this every Monday! 🙂 Thanks for sharing. Hugs to you, my friend!
So true! When we focus on the good things that we are grateful for, all the bad things don’t seem so overwhelming ;).
I saw an eagle while I was out walking today so had to share this passage. Praying!
Isaiah 40:28-31 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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My list at 2am.. when I read your post, up w/ a fussy baby.
Finding the brightness adjust on my computer at 2am.
Breastfeeding
Healthy Baby
LilyAnne going back to sleep
Big Kids who painted Trav’s room
Grace
Teaching Textbooks
Amazing Friends
Coffee
Chocolate
Heritage of Faith
Awesome! Thank you 🙂
So wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing your cute printables. I’m downloading them right now to use for our family activity tonight! 🙂
blessings!
jennifer
Though it’s 2 days later, I am feeling today almost exactly like you did on Monday! I printed the lists and am off to grab a pencil…
First on my list will be…this blogpost. Whenever I am discouraged or beat down with the role(s) I have, my eye catches a new post on ‘finding joy’…thank you for sharing your beautiful wisdom.
This is wonderful! Thank you!!!
Thank you ! I plan on writing my list and including it into my Project Life album.
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