Thursday Thankfulness [April]

This evening I sat outside & listened to the rain. 

I shivered a little bit, but I was captivated by the unsteady beat of the raindrops

on the plastic awning that was keeping me dry. 

24 hours before, I sat at the same coffee shop, in

a T-shirt, finishing a good book in good company. 

On both nights, I found myself thankful.

[Thankfulness today:]
1. Rain
2. Good books
3. Home stretch of school
4. 80 degree sunshine
5. Weekly goals & conviction
6. Finishing fieldwork
7. Learning surrender
8. 1 year of growth [more on this soon]
9. 10-mile runs that don't kill me
10. Bible study

Thursday Thankfulness. Again.

I'm forcing myself to do this today because honestly I am not having a great day. I'm in one of those moods where I allow myself to be consumed by anxiety or stress to the point where I feel like pessimism is the easiest way to be.

[it's not.]

However, if I do one thing today that is productive, I want to it be finding ten things that I am thankful for. So here they are:

one. Breakfast date with Mickey.
[My favorite part of the week]
two. New shampoo.
three. Puppy-sitting.
four. Payday tomorrow.
five. Finishing my senior thesis. HA-LE-LU-IA.
six. Finishing my senior thesis.
[not a cop-out. I am that thankful.]
seven. Finishing a journal and starting another.
eight. Sunshine
nine. Rearranging my room.
ten. David. Studied him this week and he taught me a lot.