How often do you pause and take a moment to be thankful? I'll admit I don't do this often enough. Sometimes I let my life get overrun with seemingly important things, that at the end of the day are not all that important. I find myself busy, too busy in fact to step back and be thankful. Luckily for me, I always seem to realize the error in my ways, and come back to a place of gratitude.
The other day I was taking a stroll with my daughter and stumbled upon the scene pictured above. It made me thankful. Thankful that I live in a nice neighborhood that's relatively safe with beautiful gardens. In Baltimore, there are many people living in neighborhoods that look like this
And here I was walking around my neighborhood so many times, not remembering to thankful for my surroundings.
Later in the day I began to notice other things to be thankful for. It was amazing how one moment of gratitude could become contagious and begin to illuminate all the other things I had to be grateful for, that often go unnoticed. Do you take out time to be thankful? What have you been thankful for lately? Please share.
"It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich." ~Deitrich Bonheiffer
Where is the top picture taken from? Where is this area located in Baltimore?
ReplyDeleteIt's from Baltimore's Lake Walker neighborhood.
DeleteI love the idea of just walking through the neighborhood, noticing the details that often go untended to, and expressing gratitude ... or praying for whatever seems to need His love.
ReplyDeleteSuper post, friend!
Thanks Linda. Sometimes it's the simple things that are the greatest.
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