Quest for happiness!

So last night we had one of those wonderful FHE's where you think you should apply for a job at a zoo, cause you have lots of experience. Or I could direct a play because I am also an expert in drama. Or maybe I could lecture at the college level because I am really good at telling kids something 10 different ways and they still do not listen.

As a direct result of a crazy summer and a crazy start of school, I have officially gone crazy, lost my mind, whatever you want to call it. So I am on a quest to find it (my mind). In trying to work out some of the kinks in our schedule we decided that as a family everyone would right down 10 things they are thankful for as soon as they got up in the morning. I read about it in this great book called "The Noticer" by Andy Andrews. Anyway an old man tells a guy who is always worried about stuff to write down things he is grateful for first thing in the morning. That it will change the way his brain works and looks at things. He also says "The seeds of depression cannot take root in a grateful heart." One of my girls really struggles with looking at the good side of anything. She walks in the kitchen every morning looks for what we don't have and decides that is the only thing she will eat for breakfast. She can tell you every single thing that went wrong with her day, but not one thing that went right. She is the ultimate pessimist and I am determined to help her find ways to be happy before she ends up being just like me. So this morning she wrote down her 10 things, and so did the rest of us and hopefully we as a family can learn to be more grateful and less depressed.

My 10 things I was grateful for today were:

1.Patrick

2. Music

3. Sleep

4. Family

5. Laughter

6. Friends

7. Testimony

8. Church Leaders

9. Rain

10. Home

What are your 10 things today?