I am accepting Clarkie Clarks invitation to do The Gratitude Challenge! Ive seen a lot of people on FB accepting the challenge and posting his/her gratitude but never really thought much of it and couldnt scroll fast enough past it. But lately Ive been feeling kinda stuck - literally and figuratively. Im stuck in Texas without Mike (hes working in Denver now) and in my mind I cant get past feeling like Im waiting for something to happen. For a while I was mad, then just frustrated, and then I was tired of feeling that way and tried to find my way back to being happy and grateful. So slowly I started reading peoples posts about why they were grateful and of course I thought Eh, they dont mean it, its not heartfelt.#Blessed. WhatEVER! But then I started thinking, Wow. Im cranky because they said theyre grateful/blessed/happy? Or, I dont believe someone who says something theyre thankful for? Whats wrong with me? Before I accepted the challenge, I wanted to find out more about it like, is it a real thing, who started it, and why should I do it. It is a real thing -- started in 2009 by Tiny Prints with the simple premise of encouraging people look at the brighter side of life; to take note and give thanks. My first thought was, of course, Oh puhleese! (you gotta roll your eyes when you say it too). But then I thought, Hey, maybe I should do this (maybe I NEED to do this) - so instead of deleting or ignoring Clarkies invitation, I took a deep breath and said to myself What the hell - I can do this. Youre probably thinking, Bitter - Party of 1, your table is ready. Big deal. Just be thankful - duh!. But for me its hard to consciously be thankful for something every day. Its not that Im NOT thankful for all of the good things in life or I walk around thinking about all the things that went wrong - but its easy to take the good things - no matter how big or how small they may seem - for granted and focus on the negative. Usually the good things are quietly waiting in the corner for you to notice them. So here it goes, Im committing to the 21-day Gratitude Challenge - a negativity detox of sorts. So with this challenge I will commit to live through the gratitude -- not just jotting it down and saying the negative stuff under my breath (which I do frequently). But to truly believe in my gratitude. Im probably getting waaay to deep for FB... Instead of saying here goes nothing! Im changing it to Here goes SOMETHING! Week 1: Be grateful for what you have. Day 1: Sign the contract & express why you accepted the challenge.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:54:10 +0000
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