Comments on: Living a Life of Gratitude

By: bloominglater

bloominglater — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:47:27 +0000

Dara – I'm so glad that you stopped by to comment on this post. I find it so enlightening that the 8th deadly sin was sadness. Wow. That really resonates with me. I think that you are one of those people with a naturally cheerful disposition. I wish that I were. But I think what you are saying is that whether you have a cheerful disposition or not, we have to look beyond our circumstances to the grace we have been given in every situation. Glad you got preachy! That was powerful! How differently we'd look at sadness if we knew God saw it as sin, huh?

By: darafederal

darafederal — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:15:52 +0000

Great Post! It reminded me of a Daily Bread entry I read last month. I just looked it up. The original "seven deadly sins" list was actually 8, with the 8th being the sin of sadness. I never thought of it like this before but some people are just blessed with a cheerful disposition and others seem to be chronically sad and continually complain about life and its burdens. John 16:22 says "Your joy no one will take from you." That joy is the fruit of the indwelling Holly Spirit (Gal. 5:22) We need to look beyond our sorrowful circumstances and encourage our hears by the vision of joy that awaits us (Heb.12:2)
(Taken from Jan 25 Daily Bread devotional)
Didn't mean to get all 'preachy' but this made an impact on my life and thought I'd share.

By: bloominglater

bloominglater — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:13:39 +0000

YAYY! I'm thinking of changing it again…just a lil bit! =)

By: bloominglater

bloominglater — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:13:23 +0000

It DOES. I have to admit, though, I am struggling with it this week. I got into a couple of skirmishes and I'm just feeling a little bit low. Just blah. But you've cheered me up! I'll press on!

By: Anilia

Anilia — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:17:58 +0000

I like the blog redesign btw.

By: Anilia

Anilia — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:17:17 +0000

oh yeah, that'll happen! And you'll go months where you're totally grateful, then BAM something with happen that'll make you curse the skies. But you can always just start again =) We're rooting for ya! And doesn't gratitude feel SO good!

By: bloominglater

bloominglater — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:58:05 +0000

Anilia: I was so excited to read your comment, to know that a life of
gratitude is truly possible. I'll tell you what though-as soon as I
set about this task today, the forces of evil came at me. I
completely lost my focus. But reading this comment has encouraged me
once again!

By: Anilia

Anilia — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:20:04 +0000

Tiffany, I couldn've written this myself! Well…except from the "I used to be a complainer and now I'm not" POV… Gratitude was something I added slowly and over time it has taken over my outlook. I still have days where I'm not so good at it, but overall I make the guiding aim of my reactions to be as happy as possible. That way, the burnt edges of those cheddar biscuits or fishy tea don't matter that much. B/c they're small in comparison to all the great things that the Universe has provided in that moment – like the laughter of my nieces and nephews, time to enjoy my mom's presence, and the next basket of cheddar biscuits that will be oh so yummy =) I hope you get alot out of this week's challenge and I'm grateful that you wrote about it.

By: bloominglater

bloominglater — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:36:42 +0000

LOL! Thanks, Rachel! I haven't done such a good job thus far, but I am grateful that I read this post – it reminds me to be grateful! I'm going to post everyday on the "help yourself" facebook group page one thing that I am grateful for. Feel free to do the same – that may help you keep the rhythm! Thanks a lot! T

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:08:18 +0000

I am a worrier too and it often makes me negative to my family (the ones closest to me). I can totally relate. Let's think of all we are grateful for this week!!!!! Who else is up for the challenge? I'm still working on the sleep from last week