Thankful Jar

with the hustle and bustle of our every day lives, it becomes easy to forget to be thankful for the things that keep us going. when i think back on this year alone, i am blown away by all the blessings that i have received. i will take a moment here to say that i reference God and my belief is in Him but i do not push my religion onto anybody. i am 100% open to anybody's beliefs that work for them. that being said, back to my rant. 

last year i began to keep a thankful jar in which i would place a note about something that i was grateful for. it didn't have to be this grand event, but just something that brought a smile to my face. when i would have a bad day, i would open my jar and read through these notes and that smile would slowly start to creep back. even though at a specific moment i could feel the world come crashing down around me, those little notes would remind me that i had so much to be thankful for.

i slowly began to incorporate other little things in my jar such as tickets to that awesome show or a little cute trinket i found along the way. on New Year's Eve, i took out my jar and read through all the blessings that i had been fortunate to have experienced that year. trust me when i say it puts things into perspective. it is also amazing to me that i have in a short period of time forgotten that certain things actually happened. so this is a fun and almost spiritual way for me to give thanks for a year ending and a year to come.

don't wait until the end of the year to give thanks for all that you have received. simply take a moment to close your eyes and reflect on the beauty that is around you.