It’s my 7 year blog anniversary, so I’ve been looking through older posts. Man, I’ve got some cool stuff on this blog!
Lots and lots of beautiful nature photos and pictures of places we’ve gone to. We have been to some amazing places.
Two posts in particular caught my eye. One is on noticing miracles and the other is about a gratitude experiment I did once.
I used to do a lot of writing about miracles and lately I’ve had my blinders on a bit in the noticing them part. Grief clouds up many things, it seems.
If you’re in loss/grief, you’ll probably understand.
I decided I’m going to do a completely-made-up-by-me, 22 day Noticing Miracles and Gratitude Challenge based off of those 2 posts.
- https://unmeasuredjourneys.com/2019/06/16/a-grateful-brain/
- https://unmeasuredjourneys.com/2018/08/08/river/
Why 22 days? It’s my favorite number and it sounds more doable than 30 days. Ha ha.
The premise of The Grateful Brain was something I’d read about how noticing 3 things that we’re grateful for a day for 21 days can help the brain.
Daily, I hope to:
- list 3 things I’m grateful for
- post 2 ‘noticing miracle’ pictures per day
My momma LOVED my photos. At the hospital even, she introduced me to the nurse, by saying I am a photographer.
I loved that so much. Sometimes I forget that taking pictures is one of the things that I was born to do.
Feel free to join me in this challenge. A notebook for ‘gratefuls’ and a phone camera will work just fine.
The miracle photos are whatever you feel is a miracle. Maybe it’s your dog, or something you see on a walk, or the clouds, or leaves changing, or a craft you made.
Whatever feels like a miracle to you.
I’m starting today.
Thanks for reading.
Jessica
my miracle post in 2018
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The end note from your mom was beautiful!
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Thank you. After I wrote the post and published it, I reread it. When I saw what she wrote, my old instinct kicked in and I got excited to see a note from her. Then I realized it was the picture I added. ❤️
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Looking for miracles is a marvelous idea. I’ve seen them countless times on many days, but I never thought to number them.
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I LOVE that soooooo much!! Seeing them countless times, that’s so great. I was thinking, with all this grief that’s been going on, that miracles and gratitude would be nice.
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It’s ALWAYS good to be grateful for what God provides. You made me more mindful of ordinary miracles.
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True. Love that. What you said, ordinary miracles, reminds me of the Charlotte’s Web movie. The song when they run the credits at the end of the movie is called ‘Ordinary Miracle’ by Sarah McLachlan. One of my favorite songs, but I’d forgotten about it.
That’s why I love miracles so much, if we start noticing them, they’re all around.
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I’m glad you have a lovely memory from the movie. I read the book to my children once, and only once. I couldn’t read for crying at the end. They were patting my hands and telling me it would be ok. I knew what was coming, and I couldn’t bear it.
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Oh my goodness… that’s the sweetest thing ever. Made me tear up.
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Love this, Jessica! I look forward to all the positivity!
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Hi Betty. Thank you. Me, too! Hope you have a great Sunday!
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Woooah I’m so excited girl about this …looking forward for the miracles ✨
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Hi!! Thank you so very much! And, welcome! I hope you’ll join in. I think it will be really fun and enlightening.
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Ohh… I don’t know much about photography but I do believe in miracles and if something amazing clicks in I’ll surely share that with you 😄
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Perfect!! 😊😊😊
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