The Gratitude Project: Giving Thanks for Simple Pleasures

Welcome to the Gratitude Project,

By celebrating life’s simple pleasures, I hope to master one lesson; that gratitude is about appreciating what is there rather than what is given or can be gained.

Candidly, I struggle with gratitude. I oft seduce myself that I could have more: money, status, prestige, power, and on and on. I fall prey to what ifs, as if I could control one variable of life without disrupting—more likely ruining—the rest. However, when I think that the grass is always greener, that the hill over yonder bears more fertile ground, I neglect where I stand. I fail to see the meadow underneath my feet.

I write to help myself see that meadow. I hope these entries help you do the same.

Gratefully,

-JC