Gratitude List on a Hot Summer's Day

 Learning to be grateful for each and every day,  and all the gifts that come my way,  (like the fresh fruit shown above), was not learned overnight.


It was something honed over many decades of life.


Practicing daily gratitude has been an excellent exercise.


A few years ago, I started a Gratitude Journal.  It replaced a decades-long habit of keeping a daily diary.


Once the pages of the first Gratitude Journal filled to the brim, I closed it and began another one.  And so it has gone on for years now.


So following are some of the things I'm grateful for on this beautiful, sunny July day.

CLOUDS AND BLUE SUMMER SKIES:

 COLORFUL FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS:

                                             (I spotted this one in a museum in Western Massachusetts.)

BABIES:

 (This is the son of one of my nephews and his wife. Isn't he a pumpkin?  On the Fourth of July, he wore a red white and blue outfit.  He's a darling baby and I love him SO MUCH.)

SUMMER SUNSETS:

CANDLES IN WINDOWS ALL YEAR LONG:

FREEDOM:

 FANS IN HOT WEATHER:

CANDLES:

 YOU, MY BELOVED BLOG PEEPS!


NAME ONE THING YOU ARE IMMENSELY GRATEFUL FOR RIGHT NOW.