Less Go!

Well, less go! Let's go. My little grandson says, Less Go for Let's go. I like it actually. Less - something I am always trying to be conscious of.

This is my first stab at blogging. I love to journal and thought it would be the perfect outlet to unload my thoughts. My hope for the blog is to include not only my thoughts, but my passions. I love reading, cooking, art, intelligent conversation, and learning.

I'm also trying to be satisfied with less. Less stuff. Less worry. Less clutter - in my house, in my environment and in my mind and spirit. As part of my desire to be happy with less, I'm starting to do this Gratitude Challenge http://www.gratitudechallenge.com/ with my friend Robyn. If I can be more grateful for all the abundance in my life, hopefully I will realize I don't need more.

For my first day of the Gratitude Challenge I am supposed to express why I am doing it and what I hope to get from it. I'm doing this because I have found throughout my life if I will take the focus off of myself and my worries and live in a state of gratitude, I feel joyful instead of depressed and negative. I hope to achieve that state of joy and become more positive. I want to regain my hopefulness. But I also want to be able to pass this on to my Emily. Naturally, at 11 years old she is so in to herself. As she matures, though, I want her to think more about others and to be happy with what she has. I am going to propose the challenge to her and see if she will join in.

So, today I am thankful and grateful for this opportunity to express myself in this new medium.