While I would consider myself an appreciative person, I'm not entirely sure I am thankful. I know the quantity and quality of my 'blessings', so to speak. I understand, or appreciate, their value. But I am not full of thanks. Perhaps more thank-ish than thankful.
We all know people that exude that sense of thankfulness, of overall contentedness. They don't complain. But their thankfulness is more than that - it is a responsive attitude gives rather than focusing on what has been received.
I suppose my appreciative attitude is akin to that well-worn (and dreaded) lovers' dialogue:
Guy: I love you.
Girl: . . . thank you.
And so, having been inspired by the positivity, joy and thankfulness of others, I embark on a journey to notice life's awesome, wonderful things. This is as derivative and cliched as it sounds. I would love to derive some of the unbridled and even playful optimism of 1000 Awesome Things and blogs like it. And regarding cliches: they are called so because they are common to most people and that shared experience is a glue holding us together. I only commit to speak honestly and originally from my own experience of life's cliched goodness.
Years of 'realism' and 'critical thinking' bore the fruit of cynicism, sarcasm and an endless stream of unsolicited advice, rejoinders and argumentation. And so I have decided to change my mind (literally) and try out the rose-tinted shades. God help me!
We all know people that exude that sense of thankfulness, of overall contentedness. They don't complain. But their thankfulness is more than that - it is a responsive attitude gives rather than focusing on what has been received.
I suppose my appreciative attitude is akin to that well-worn (and dreaded) lovers' dialogue:
Guy: I love you.
Girl: . . . thank you.
And so, having been inspired by the positivity, joy and thankfulness of others, I embark on a journey to notice life's awesome, wonderful things. This is as derivative and cliched as it sounds. I would love to derive some of the unbridled and even playful optimism of 1000 Awesome Things and blogs like it. And regarding cliches: they are called so because they are common to most people and that shared experience is a glue holding us together. I only commit to speak honestly and originally from my own experience of life's cliched goodness.
Years of 'realism' and 'critical thinking' bore the fruit of cynicism, sarcasm and an endless stream of unsolicited advice, rejoinders and argumentation. And so I have decided to change my mind (literally) and try out the rose-tinted shades. God help me!
