I have never been one to keep my New Year's Resolutions. I tend to let them fall by the wayside sooner than your average joe, and let them quickly be forgotten not long after that. There is always first momentary guilt, followed by acceptance of the failure, ending with indulgence or quitting of said habit I was trying to break or start all within the first six weeks of the new year...
But this year, I have decided that this is the year to change. My 2013 year was far from a perfect year. The year had its ups and downs, though from my random and incoherent scribbles in my journal, it seemed as though this year in particular, I was much lower then usual. After reading only a few entries, I realized, I was missing something: Thankfulness. I missed so much because I was so focused on being frustrated and wrapped up within myself that I forgot to praise God for the wonderful things he had done in my life. I knew that something needed to change. And this change can happen now.
It was thought best that this change needed to be real, not just your typical "couple weeks kind of resolution", and not just something I did alone... so to keep myself accountable in this journey through three hundred and sixty five days, I wanted to find something to be thankful for everyday and post it online. The things can be big or small, silly or serious, long or short. Doesn't matter. God created so many beautiful things, surely I can find 365 things to thank him for.
I realize this is going to be one of the biggest challenges I face this coming year with so much on my plate from finishing nursing school to graduation to post college transitions in life and whatever else is thrown at me, but this is something that has been on my heart for quite some time. So bare with me, I may mess up, have confusing post, misspelled words, and plenty of other mistakes, but hopefully by the end of the experience, I can look back and think, "Wow...God is so good."