My Gratitude Journal today is a bit hard to do because it’s so nice outside that I want to race out the door. But I won’t – at least not yet. Writing these gratitude pages is a commitment to myself and I intend to honor it, no matter what. What are you doing to honor […]

Would you like to know my goal in writing this Gratitude Journal? It’s to live like this description from Rhonda Byrne in her book The Power: When you fall in love with life, every limitation disappears. You break the limits on money, health, happiness and joy. When you fall in love with life you have […]

The inspiration for my Gratitude Journal experiment is Rhonda Byrne, the creator of The Secret movie. But it isn’t the movie I’m following but Rhonda’s book, The Magic. The first exercise (I like to think of them as ‘games’) is Count Your Blessings. The assignment is to write a list of 10 blessings in our […]

I’m on Day 2 of my new Gratitude Journal and am very pleased to be following this discipline. I can’t say that I’m blissful yet because of it, but I’m working on it. The question of the day: do you take your blessings for granted? I know I do and the whole purpose of this […]

I, Sydney Johnston, am committing to (at least) a 30 day gratitude journal on this blog. And I extend an invitation to YOU to do likewise. It doesn’t matter where you express your gratitude and appreciation but you are welcome to post an entry in the comments section below my entries.   A Powerful WHY For […]

All kinds of adjectives have been used to describe the winter storm that has been battering the south for the last 3 days: catastophic, disastrous, epic, unprecedented. Frotunately, the worst is over (I think). The sleet/freezing rain/snow seems to be slowing down and the temps are supposed to reach 41 degrees today. Hopefully, the roads […]

If there is any habit we should all be cultivating, it’s gratitude and Thanksgiving Day is a particularly potent reminder of the power in being grateful. Rhonda Byrne, Creator of the phenomenally successful movie The Secret, has also written several books and my favorite by far is The Magic, which is about gratitude. So let […]

Since the core goal of my life is finding bliss and increasing the bliss I already have – which is a lot! – then managing anger has to be a priority and here I was faced with my own 'stuff'. Because it was bound to happen … I received my first hate email. With over […]

On this Memorial Day, 2011, we can only offer a "Thank you!" to all the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives, health and well being so that the rest of us can live in safety. Gratitude and respect are the least of what we owe you. And for everyone else … have […]