Weekly Gratitude

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In my previous post, 'GRATITUDE // BE GRATEFUL FOR THE SMALL SHIT', I talked about why I think it's important to have daily gratitude & how that it can change our lives & perspective on everything. For myself personally, this week as been a mission, its had so many ups & downs that I'm at the point where I'm really excited for it to be completely over. On that note I thought it would be only appropriate it let you guys in on the five things that I'm grateful for this week.

1: THE BIRTHDAY WISHES & LOVE 

I felt so much love & support on my birthday! All the lovely messages people left me across my social media was truly amazing. Thankyou to everybody who left me a lovely message & kind words. I'm so grateful to have you all in my life. Your support & love means an incredible amount, more than you could ever imagine. 

2: THE AMAZING WEATHER 

It's now officially Winter here in New Zealand & keeping that in mind, Nelson has had some really amazing days this week. Although I have been able to feel the drop in temperature, the sun has still been out without a cloud in the sky, I've been really love the weather this past week! Plus all the winter smells, like fires burning & the dampness of the leaves on the ground, the smell of burning candles. 

3: I'M STILL ALIVE 

It's safe to say that my health has been so poorly this week however all that aside I'm grateful for the fact that I'm still alive & breathing. It can be so easy to get caught up in the negatives when you're physically unwell but you have you out weigh the negatives with all the positives. 

4: MY MUM 

In New Zealand, May 8 is Mother's Day! I'm incredibly grateful for every single little thing my Mum does, not only is she my Mum, she's my Dad & my bestfriend too. I absolutely adore & love her to pieces. Happy Mother's Day to all the Mum's out their, you do an incredible job & we'll forever love you! 

5: MY FUR BABIES 

Yes, I'm a Mum to two fur babies & I adore them both so much. Scooby & Sylvie never fail to make me smile & they give the most amazing cuddles too! 

Let me know what you are thankful & grateful for in the comments! 

B x

Gratitude // Be Grateful For The Small Shit

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Gratitude is something that I think is very important. As the title says, be grateful for the small shit. I wanted to write this post because over the past 6 years I've had a series of events that have no only changed my life but made me appreciate the small things. I'm now eighteen years old & I can quite confidently say I am grateful for everything & everyone in my life.

"What if you woke up today with only the things that you thanked God for yesterday?" 

Whether you have a religious belief or not I think this quote is real & appropriate for many. Just think about that for a minute. Maybe we should all be asking ourselves this everyday. 

Be grateful. Early wake ups means children to love, a house to clean means a safe place to live, laundry to do means clothes to wear, dishes to wash means food to eat, crumbs under the table means family meals, grocery shopping means dollars to provide to for you, a toilet to clean means indoor plumbing, lots of noise means people in your life, endless question means brains growing, sore & tired in bed means that you're still alive!

Turn the negatives into positive. Be grateful for the things that you do have rather than than the things you don't. Ok, maybe you have the house to clean & yes maybe that is something that you don't particularly like doing but at the end of the day it means that you have a safe place to live right?

For me gratitude is such an important part of everyday life. If something bad or unfortunate happens in my life, then I tend to go through all the good things in my life, everything I do have & the things that I'm grateful for. 

I have a gratitude journal & everyday I write in it. I think that a gratitude journal is a wonderful way to start introducing gratitude into your everyday life. I like to write down three things that I'm grateful for from my day & gradually you'll get better & better at it. 

I guess what I'm trying to say with this post is that just be grateful, have gratitude. I promise you, it's not hard & it will change your life for the better. 

B x