Have you ever felt so stupidly happy that you want to jump up and down or hug someone who is just walking bye? Have you ever felt so stupidly happy that people think you are crazy? Have you ever felt so stupidly happy that you think you must be crazy? Have you ever felt so stupidly happy that you begin to look back on what you ate that day to see if someone may have slipped a happy pill into your food?
I feel that way today and I've been feeling that way because of gratitude. I am so Thankful for everyone in my life who is gracious and kind. Most people in my shoes would not be happy they might be grateful, but not happy. Sometimes you feel like you have to force yourself to be grateful when times are rough simply to remind yourself that things could be worse. You look at your life and compare it to someone else's and say, I guess I do have it pretty good. This is not what I'm talking about. I am talking about digging deep, deep down inside and pulling out some happy! It's in there I know it! The more grateful you are the more happy you get and so on and so on and so on.
See I have been practicing gratitude for a long time, writing down little things that I am grateful for like that frog in my backyard or a nice leaf in the driveway or my ability to be happy in not so happy circumstances and for a while it was really hard to find the gratitude. I felt like I was making it up, but I pushed on and low and behold I found happy!
I created this blog so that I could share my happy and sometimes sad statements of gratitude. I hope you will share yours too!
