Gratitude creates it’s own attitude. It can give you a new perspective, a new focus. I am going to use this day as my opportunity to see those things.
I am grateful that I have a daughter who likes music. Granted, I don’t care for techno much, but she has added some other great artists to my playlist. Without her, I might not know of Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, Amos Lee, The All-American Rejects, Elliot Smith, Interpol, Sara Bareilles, The Shins, The Vines, and more. Then again, I introduced her to my favorites from the late ’70′s and early ’80′s. I stopped listening to popular music around 1984. She has brought me up to speed.
I am happy that my blog block has broken. It’s much more fun to be putting up posts, than just sitting here looking at it… I hope to continue in this vein for some time.
And last today … I am grateful that I happened to be driving home from the barn at just the right time to see the sunset. It was expansive, the sort that a camera cannot capture, not even wide angle. The clouds were a landscape, so tangible that it seemed solid in it’s luminous colors. It was the sort that you just drink in. Thank you for that….
Take a few minutes today to create your own Thankful Thursday.
How:
Sit back and consider what you have to be thankful for. Listing three to five things is nice, but one will do.
Post about gratitude on your blog. If you don’t have your own blog, go ahead and write about what you are thankful for in the comments here instead.
If you blog, please link back here or leave a comment.
Feel free to tag other bloggers, if you like to do that, but it’s not necessary. This is not a meme that obligates you to do anything, but look for gratitude. Oh, and link back, and comment, that’s all I ask.
Visit these other blogs that often participate in Thankful Thursday:
Tired Dog Ranch
Enlightened Horsemanship Through Touch
Earth Dancer Spanish Mustangs
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I really like the band Florence & the Machine. They have the same sound as the bands you mention but it’s a female singer. She is one of the few female singers in that type of music that I can stand.
Thanks, Amanda. I’ll have to check them out.
I still prefer the music of the 70′s which my daughter is now discovering. She says she is jealous that I was there and she wasn’t!
I listen to popular radio if I can’t get NPR. There’s some good stuff out there!
The late ’70′s was a godsend after what came before. Talking Heads got me though adolescence.
Disco, not so much… My daughter likes some “my” music too.