And I'm back!

Ahhhh, sometimes I just need to take a deep breath and a small break.

It feels good to push myself.  I've always been a pusher, anxious to do anything and everything.  I'm always too busy!  But sometimes it feels good to acknowledge and accept when I need some quiet time.  When I need a slow down.  This has been a busy and draining season.  Don't get me wrong though - I'm grateful for it.  It's been amazing with interesting challenges and opportunities.  Time to learn and grow.  And to take pictures everyday!  :)  But I'm ready for the slow down.  For the opportunity to sit in quiet.  For continued opportunities to learn and grow, but in a season of contemplation perhaps.

The slow down is coming.

Since we just had Thanksgiving, it's so good to pause and count our blessings.  It's so good to dwell in gratitude.  It's so good to dwell in the moment - to really be fully present in it.  No matter what.  That has been one of my challenges lately.  Be in this moment.  It's the only one that matters.  Appreciate this moment.  Take a deep breath and appreciate it.  

Each day, I write a list of the five things that day that I am most grateful for.  I have a little journal I've kept for years.  Sometimes it becomes this thing that I just do because it is what I do... Lately, I have a new spark for it.  It goes with pushing myself to be fully present and in this moment.  And it's the season of gratitude after all!

So tonight, I'm thankful.  I'm thankful for the little breaks, even if lately they have been few and far between lately.  I'm thankful for leftover pumpkin pie with streusel topping.  I'm thankful for my friends and family.  I'm thankful for my 365 project!  I'm thankful for this day and its ups and downs and highs and lows!