One of the things I learned in treatment was the importance of having a heart of gratitude, especially for the little things. When your life is in scrambles, it's easy to only see the negative. However, God created too many beautiful things on this earth for them to be ignored. There are too many things that go unnoticed in our lives, minuscule things that could actually change the trajectory of your day, how you view something or even yourself. These things are what I now call my unexpected joys. Unexpected joys are just things in your everyday life that bring you joy. And over the last few months I have been writing down all of my unexpected joys, with the goal of one day filling an entire journal with them. Today, however, I want to just share the first 50 joys that I have on my list even though I have many more things that bring me joy and that I am grateful for. Before I share the list, I think it's also important to note that many of the beginning unexpected joys are very...
My Journey Through Life