The ABC's of Gratitude

The ABC’s of Gratitude!
Many years ago, at a luncheon for women, I spoke on the topic The Power of Gratitude. I shared my testimony about my first experience with depression and how I overcome it by starting a gratitude journal.
I sometimes still have to remind myself how important it is that our focus stays on what we have and not what we don’t. Life becomes a pretty beautiful place when we realize just how much we have been given.
There used to be a Christian radio station that played the ABC game every Monday as people where on there way to work to overcome the Monday blues. The rules were that someone had to call in with something that they were thankful for from every letter of the alphabet. It was great listening to it and I always looked forward to my Monday drive to work.
That was years ago but I can still distinctly remember one woman calling in and saying the letter G for grass. Thankful for grass? She said that every time she smelt freshly cut grass it reminded her of all the times she and her family spent together in her backyard, playing games, grilling out or just being outdoors together. That made me smile.
What a wonderful perspective on life. Sometimes thankfulness and gratefulness is something we have to work at and make sure it is a strong character quality in our life.