There are sooo many wonders in the natural world that I can see right now. They are breaking out all over! Ah, Blessed Spring! Green leaves on the trees and bushes and beautiful flowers fill my gaze where only a month ago the barrenness of winter was on full display. The lilacs are so close to blooming – Yay! I am so grateful to live in a location where I can experience the seasons and watch their timeless coming and going and be reminded there are countless amazing and wonderful things in this life that bring me joy and that I can experience by just being – NO doing is required!

Thank you for this wonderful post, Kristi!

There is so much wisdom here and it is so clearly expressed. My favorite is No. 7 – We can reframe our everyday lives toward gratefulness. I’ve recently encountered the topic of mindset which I now recognize as having such great value and importance. Your recommendation to reframe our thoughts about the items on our to-do list from – “I have to” to “I get to”, is fantastic. I can use this to change my mindset in an easy way and derive great benefit from each day!

I believe what the Fryburg’s are doing with their work with Envision Kindness, is so wonderful because it is injecting so much positive energy into a world that needs it now perhaps more than ever before. Beginning today, I will add a daily visit to their website and Facebook page to absorb some of that positive energy as part of my daily morning gratefulness routine along with my visit to ANG*L.
Thank You, Gratefulness Team for your Grateful Changemaker article series. I will anxiously look forward to more of these in the future and will now try to access the previous ones through a search. I suspect they are also at least inspiring as this wonderful post! I will also be on the lookout for people/organizations that I may wish to nominate for the series

A belated Happy Birthday, Kristi! I hope and pray there are many, many more to come.

For me, one of the greatest blessings that I am grateful for as I accumulate birth anniversaries, is that I increasingly know I don’t have to take things (life) so seriously, like I did when I was younger. Also, the years (60 of them) have allowed me to gather the wisdom to realize that – What others may think of me or my actions “is none of my business”, as some wise person said long ago. Also, all of my efforts toward disposing (releasing?) of any of the other aspects of being a ‘people pleaser’, like I was in my younger days, has allowed me to feel more peaceful, calm, grateful, relaxed.and in general – enjoy life more.

Kristi, thank you for your wonderful blog post. I think it is a masterpiece. I do so love reading well crafted writing especially when it presents such valuable wisdom. In my opinion, if the universe is behaving properly, your post will find a very prominent and permanent spot on your website. I also hope that somehow it soon gets published on the website and/or in the magazine for aarp.org and similar places. So many people could benefit from seeing the very healthy and wise perspective on aging that you have presented. The audience at aarp would very soon grow to love making daily visits to your website – just like I have.

~ karmit