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365 Days of Thankfulness : One Line A Day

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Look upward when life hits you low - Pastor Jun Vencer ♥ ♥ ♥ The bad days make the good ones better ♥ ♥ ♥ In year 2020, we really have nothing to complain about because we have so much to acknowledge and appreciate. ♥ ♥ ♥ Gratitude is when  memory is stored in the heart, not in the mind - Lionel Hampton ♥ ♥ ♥ The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see - Mary Davis ♥ ♥ ♥ Gratitude turns what we have into enough - Anon ♥ ♥ ♥ Today I choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills my heart, the peace that rests within my spirit, and the voice of hope that says all things are possible - Anon ♥ ♥ ♥ I am thankful for the essentials in my life. What are my essentials? My family, faith (God), time - these are the things that kept me sane, whole and joyful all through the pandemic. These things give me joy in a way that other extra things cannot sustain me.  ♥ ♥ ♥ I thank God for my mom today, for what she had done for me. I will never be here, will never be who I am now if without thi
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365 Days of Thankfulness: A Post Worth Sharing

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Sharing shared post. How to learn to be happier. Thankfulness is one of them! Did you know that at Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities in the world, the most popular and successful course teaches you how to learn to be happier? The Positive Psychology class taught by Ben Shahar attracts 1400 students per semester and 20% of Harvard graduates take this elective course. According to Ben Shahar, the class - which focuses on happiness, self-esteem and motivation - gives students the tools to succeed and face life with more joy._This 45-year-old teacher, considered by some to be "the happiness guru", highlights in his class 14 key tips for improving the quality of our personal status and contributing to a positive life: 🚩Tip 1. *Thank God for everything you have:* Write down 10 things you have in your life that give you happiness. Focus on the good things! 🚩Tip 2. *Practice physical activity*: Experts say exercising helps improve mood. 30 minutes of exercise is the
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365 Days of Thankfulness: The Basics

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365 Days of Thankfulness: Look Harder

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A  skill we need to learn and manage is to be able to see the positive things in each day even when on certain days we just have to look harder  - Francis Kong I know that the goodness  of God is coming after me and He’s showing it not just one time but over and over and over and over again. He is showing it me when He gave me another morning to live, to breath, to enjoy life. It is hard to be always thankful when you are going with the mundane tasks of everyday, we tend to ignore small things and so we need to look harder. The challenge in me is to find time to do journal. So in between tasks, while cooking or washing the dishes or driving, I think about the things I need to be grateful for the day then I typed it out in the Notes app in my phone. So for this week, I’ve got this list so far. Yes so far, because I know  should have written more. Fitness break with co-workers Resumed my exercise, able to do it everyday so far and I noticed the back pain is gone. This pain made me grumpy
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365 Days of Thankfulness: The Little Things

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Appreciating  the little things  in life means that you focus your attention on what nurtures and sustains you in life. On everything that brings you even the smallest amount of pleasure. It also means practicing  gratitude  by noticing these everyday  things  that you take for granted so easily. - Anon The reason why I've been posting 365 Days of Thankfulness couple of times a week because I am exercising this routine of 'keeping a gratitude journal'. I find it a challenge to do it everyday especially as I don't find much time blogging. But whenever I can, I take a look at my how my day went, pull on Notes in my phone and jotted down small things that are significantly magnified when I asked myself this question: what are things that I am thankful today? So for the last couple of days, here are the things that I have taken note of: - Thursday night, I was already in bed. Hubby still working. And I heard him singing. Well, he's got a good voice, he is musically incl
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365 Days of Thankfulness: Daily Calling

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“ No matter where God has placed us, we’re called to daily surrender our lives to Christ, obeying His gentle call to follow Him and serve Him with our talents and resources—whether in the home, office, community, or far from home. As we do, He’ll inspire us to love others, putting their needs above our own.” Sometimes we feel like no one is appreciating the things that we do. Or that there’s nothing significant in the mundane tasks we perform everyday. Or that no matter what or how we do things, we can’t please everyone. But if we set our eyes to satisfy the One above And offer our services as a worship to Him, then the rest follows - appreciation of others and your inner fulfilment. The phrase above is from Our Daily Bread I get in my email everyday. It reminded me today that I am called to do best in  whatever I do, that I am called to do things in service to Him. Grateful for this reminder.
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365 Days of Thankfulness: Curve Ball

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I was doing a demo of a minor development change that could have a significant impact to the rate calculation in the system. The person I'm demoing to is from the Accounting that review the mathematical equation behind the accounting calculation. Five minutes to the demo, I was thrown a question I wasn't prepared to. At that moment, as far as I know, the answer needs digging history of change to which I only know a portion of . We came to agree on re-scheduling the demo after digging some more details. But you know, at that moment I went blank. But after I got off the phone, I sent an email to some people for clarification. It was already end of the day, but at times when I really need an answer, I don't stop until I get one. But for this one, after I sent out an email, I got up and walked away from my keyboard and called it a day. I closed my mind over it, never thought about it overnight. Following morning, my mind is fresh. I looked into it again, read the problem over a
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