Inspired by Ann Voskamp's book A Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are", I'll be listing here the gifts I find in daily life - small things, big things, silly things, life-changing things.
1. Chatting with the people in line with you at the grocery store, coffee shop, etc.
2. Long car rides by yourself with the windows down
3. Being at peace with doing nothing
4. Sunshine smiling
5. Just being with a friend
6. The anticipation of coming home
7. Salivary glands bursting with delight with the first bite of something delicious
8. Grace given - and received
9. Prairie grasses waving in the wind along the roadside
10. Unexpected babbling brooks
11. Butterflies surprising
12. Climbing into a bed tightly made with fresh clean sheets
13. Crickets singing over the hum of the motor on a late-night highway
15. Comfortable silence
16. The scent of biryani lingering on my hand after an Indian meal
17. Heart-to-hearts with old friends
18. Runs through my neighborhood
19. Listening to Mabby tell travel tales
20. Hearing stories about my roots.
21. Discovering almost-vintage fabrics tucked away in the closet...@LibertyLondon
22. The little things that make it feel like it's Christmas...even when it's not. (aka sipping a Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte when the "love" theme from love actually comes over the speakers...)
23. Unexpected emails from home
24. When the ice cream shop increases the serving size without increasing prices
25. Blooming flowers and palm trees and a breath of fresh air
26. Obviously - divinely - answered prayers
27. How music calms your mind and heals your heart
28. Being remembered
29. The juice guy serving freshly squeezed orange on a dusty street that reinvigorates a stressful day
30. Rickshaw drivers who use the meter
31. Travel angels
32. Knowing and being known.
33. A job that I love and is the perfect balance of perfect and challenging
34. Sisters
35. The smell of old books stacked high in used bookstores 3 stories tall
36. The grace in carelessly opening a devotional only to find truth that applies directly to your circumstance
37. Picking jasmine.
38. Watching children be children
39. Eating fresh mangos
40. The cool breeze in the shade of a big tree on a intensively sunny summer day
41. New friends like me.
42. Being told "I think I'm going to be just like you when I grow up"
43. Others' joy in finding comfort foods that remind them of home.
1. Chatting with the people in line with you at the grocery store, coffee shop, etc.
2. Long car rides by yourself with the windows down
3. Being at peace with doing nothing
4. Sunshine smiling
5. Just being with a friend
6. The anticipation of coming home
7. Salivary glands bursting with delight with the first bite of something delicious
8. Grace given - and received
9. Prairie grasses waving in the wind along the roadside
10. Unexpected babbling brooks
11. Butterflies surprising
12. Climbing into a bed tightly made with fresh clean sheets
13. Crickets singing over the hum of the motor on a late-night highway
15. Comfortable silence
16. The scent of biryani lingering on my hand after an Indian meal
17. Heart-to-hearts with old friends
18. Runs through my neighborhood
19. Listening to Mabby tell travel tales
20. Hearing stories about my roots.
21. Discovering almost-vintage fabrics tucked away in the closet...@LibertyLondon
22. The little things that make it feel like it's Christmas...even when it's not. (aka sipping a Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte when the "love" theme from love actually comes over the speakers...)
23. Unexpected emails from home
24. When the ice cream shop increases the serving size without increasing prices
25. Blooming flowers and palm trees and a breath of fresh air
26. Obviously - divinely - answered prayers
27. How music calms your mind and heals your heart
28. Being remembered
29. The juice guy serving freshly squeezed orange on a dusty street that reinvigorates a stressful day
30. Rickshaw drivers who use the meter
31. Travel angels
32. Knowing and being known.
33. A job that I love and is the perfect balance of perfect and challenging
34. Sisters
35. The smell of old books stacked high in used bookstores 3 stories tall
36. The grace in carelessly opening a devotional only to find truth that applies directly to your circumstance
37. Picking jasmine.
38. Watching children be children
39. Eating fresh mangos
40. The cool breeze in the shade of a big tree on a intensively sunny summer day
41. New friends like me.
42. Being told "I think I'm going to be just like you when I grow up"
43. Others' joy in finding comfort foods that remind them of home.
