Lent. 40 Days of Gratitude. Day 1

Today is Ash Wednesday. The beginning of Lent. I came across this idea through a friend of mine, and have decided to give it a try.

Welcome to 40 Days of Gratitude. 40+ days between today (Ash Wednesday) and Easter. (40+ days because Sundays don't count as part of Lent.)

Here's how it works: pick a person in your life (at home, at work, in the family, God counts too) to thank for something [anything] once a day for the 40 Days of Lent. Be unrelenting in gratitude. Think to thank. Set a low bar so you can clear it everyday. You don't have to bring the person thank to tears of joy. Just a simple thanks for the simple things. At least once a day, every day, catch 'em doing something that a thankful person would be thankful for and pretend you're that person!

Of course, you're free to do it some other way if you like (I'm blogging it). But do something. Lent is the time frame that it takes most of us to form a new habit--roughly six weeks. Wouldn't it be great to have the new habit of daily gratitude? After Easter, you'll be a more thankful person.



So today, I thank God. I thank God for grace and mercy. I thank God for being able to sit here today and be able to share the things I will give thanks for during the Lenten Season. I thank God for giving me strength and clarity of purpose at times where all other avenues of reason failed me.