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01-01-2009, 02:57 PM

[QUOTE=Passionfruition;84204]Recently, I read what is now one of my favorite books of all time:

"Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
WHAT IF you, at the end of each day, just wrote down one thing--one sentence--mentioning the happiest moment of your day? (No matter how small! It can be anywhere from "how the sun felt on my shoulders as I walked outside to check the mail" to "how hard I laughed when my friend so-and-so said such-and-such".)

I haven't read the book either but really love this idea, especially where it is the first day of the New Year! What a positive way to begin the new year! As I write this, I am staring at the tiny shelf where, I have a collection of my Grandmother's daily diaries, which I inherited when she passed. Remember the little key-lock diaries (perhaps they still make them)? Well I have a collection of hers dating back to 1940----so awesome to read...just a couple of lines each day about her life: "got my hair done today", "went to see a movie" etc. etc. They mean a lot to me....and my mother (her daughter) was going to throw them away!

Anyway, don't mean to hi-jack your thread but just want to say "Thank-You" for sharing such a great idea....one that is staring me right in the face!!!
Happy New Year!!

01-01-2009, 02:57 PM	#7
Lyn Guest Posts: n/a	[QUOTE=Passionfruition;84204]Recently, I read what is now one of my favorite books of all time: "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert WHAT IF you, at the end of each day, just wrote down one thing--one sentence--mentioning the happiest moment of your day? (No matter how small! It can be anywhere from "how the sun felt on my shoulders as I walked outside to check the mail" to "how hard I laughed when my friend so-and-so said such-and-such".) I haven't read the book either but really love this idea, especially where it is the first day of the New Year! What a positive way to begin the new year! As I write this, I am staring at the tiny shelf where, I have a collection of my Grandmother's daily diaries, which I inherited when she passed. Remember the little key-lock diaries (perhaps they still make them)? Well I have a collection of hers dating back to 1940----so awesome to read...just a couple of lines each day about her life: "got my hair done today", "went to see a movie" etc. etc. They mean a lot to me....and my mother (her daughter) was going to throw them away! Anyway, don't mean to hi-jack your thread but just want to say "Thank-You" for sharing such a great idea....one that is staring me right in the face!!! Happy New Year!!