365 Days of Blessings

On January 1st of this year I set a goal to recognize a unique blessing every day for a year.  My plan was to document them in this blog. Now that it is New Year's Eve and a new year is about to begin, I can say that I have completed my goal. There is a separate blessing for each day. I made sure if I missed a night to make up for it the following entry and to make each entry different. So on this night, my entry is this blog, a very unique blessing.

It wasn't always easy. Some days I had to think hard about my day to find the blessings, but they were always there. I wanted to recognize that God gives us gifts everyday and to humble myself enough to appreciate them.  I know I still have lots to learn, but I feel like I am recognizing some of those gifts more clear now and appreciating some I didn't before. To complete the blog I had to have an entry even on bad days. Reflecting on those days and finding the good helped me deal with the not so good parts. I also find myself not letting things bother me quite so much. I still lose my temper on occasion but many things roll of my back that would have irritated me before. My assumption is that now I am letting the good outweigh the bad more often because I am opening my eyes to things more easily. Simply put, this experiment of mine has been good for me, better than I expected.

I challenge anyone to try this. You may be surprised at what you learn.  With the new year I won't be posting each day, but I intend to continue to write entries from time to time while working on the next step in this particular journey.  Thanks to all of you that have read and supported This Belle's Blessings, I hope at some point it helped you as much as it has helped me.  Stay tuned!