WHATEVER

Life is whirling and twirling. (especially because I have had 2 cups of java on an empty stomach.) 60 thank you notes ago I wrote a blog on John Kralik's book: 365 Thank yous. As you know, that was the inspiration for my daily practice of acknowledging others in writing. He wrote about how sending daily thank you notes transformed his life. In the back of my mind I said "whatever." So you got financial gain, true friendship, weight loss and inner peace John. Good for you. My motivation wasn't to test if this would be the case for me. I pretended that it was all about giving without getting. Let's face it, we know that we receive more than we get when we are doing service for others. Research on gratitude illustrates that point. My confession is....I did want to get something back.

My life has really changed. You too can say "Whatever Gratitude Girl." I believe that the universe is showering me with blessings.

Things have happened in my world in the past few months that I would never have predicted. I am in the midst of getting a house. I have lived in this tiny condo with my children since I moved out and separated from my X-husband 6 1/2 years ago. My now 14 year old son, who is 5'8" has been sharing a small room with his brother in bunk beds for all those years. He doesn't want to stay here because he has no privacy. I really can't have guests over because I live in a thimble. It's a beautiful thimble...but none the less. I don't have the means to buy a house. All of a sudden my x-husband decides that he would like to buy us a house ( for me to buy back) so the boys could have a real home. Now, how many women have an X that does that? I would venture to say 1% of the population.

I have a house under contract right now. I just started a job that I love. New spiritual friends are starting to weave their way into my life.

2 months ago I would never have imagined any of this. I have been learning to live in a place of gratitude and seeing great gifts in life since I started this blog. Did all this materialize because I started writing thank you notes? You can call me crazy, but to some extent I think that it played a role. Seeing the world as a beautiful place is a gift in itself.

I am going to start writing about some of the experiences I have had in response to my writing thank you notes going forward. It's been wonderful.

Try writing 7 notes this week. Address the envelopes and send one a day. See what happens.