It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to write a post about gratitude!
Feel free to click here (or below) to learn more about our Gratitude Project.
Okay – now for today’s post:
At craft shows last year, Dan and I would have our I Am Grateful For… journal out on the table for everyone to fill in as they passed by. It was fun to see what they wrote, and we noticed that no matter what their backgrounds were (age, race, economic status, etc.) they all were grateful for the same things: family, love, friends, health, happiness, etc.
And I absolutely love this because it shows
how truly similar and connected we all are.
We all want to be happy.
We all want to be loved.
We all want to be known.
We all want to learn.
We all want to give.
We all want to be appreciated.
We all want to find peace within ourselves.
All of these things are universal, and we are all on this journey of life together.
It doesn’t matter what our externals are.
It doesn’t matter whether our cultures are different, whether our ages are far apart, or whether our life experiences are completely opposite.
We are all human, and we all experience joy, pain, happiness, and sorrow.
We are all doing our best to live up to our full potential.
We are all doing our best to love ourselves and others in the best way we know how.
We are all doing our best to make each day better than the one before.
And I am so grateful for this connection.
As you go about your day today, take some time to look around at the people you come across. Really feel your connection to them.
Know that while your external experiences might be very different, your inner experiences are very similar.
We are all unique, and yet we are all the same.
And realizing this helps to bring us closer together.
And for that I am grateful.
P.S. – Thank you to everyone who has filled out our Self Care survey! There are still a couple of days left to respond, if you haven’t yet. (It’s in the top right corner.) It’s so interesting to see where we all fit in on the spectrum.
