Now I know that there are about a billion and a half blog posts about not forgetting to be thankful for the rest of the year. People agree with them thinking they really should be more grateful and appreciative of the things in their life. There will always (or at least hopefully) be the people that actually do consistently and actively remember the things they are thankful for. On the other hand there will always be the people that consistently be grateful for everything for about a week.
No judging, I happen to be one of the people who generally decides to do better and forgets in a few days. I appreciate the little things in life I think, the sunsets and the birds chirping, the beauty of Winter and Fall and the happiness of Spring and Summer. But I can fall into these ruts where I am pessimistic about everything. I forget what is good about my life and brush off every good thing that happens to me.
I have noticed that GRATEFULNESS MAKES LIFE BETTER. I could have one of the worst days of my life, where I fail a test and drop my cell phone in a toilet but if I'm remembering when my friend gave me one of those completely fantastic awesome amazing dollar coins that the vending machines give for change, and how when I was going to seminary at way too early in the morning the sunset was breathtaking with pinks and reds and oranges tinting the sky then it won't be the worst day of my life!
I'm absolutely positive that I am not the first to discover it, mostly because I have been told this by numerous adults and church and school and this place and that. I'm only 14 and there have been a gazillion people before me, how could I actually be the first to discover it. YOU have to discover it for yourself though. I was in one of those ruts only a few weeks ago but when I started naming off anything I could think of that I loved in my head when I was bored it changed everything.
I'm not saying life didn't still suck. I'm a complainer, as far as I know, life will always suck. There will always be a problem going on, but how can I appreciate the rainbow without a little rain?
