The following (although not particularly foolish) is the comment that prompted this post and the 16/17 that are to follow:
"Let's see how many people can do this. Every day until Thanksgiving, think of one thing that you are thankful for and post it as your status. "Today I am thankful for..." The longer you do it, the harder it gets! Now, if you think you can do it, then repost this message as your status to invite others to take the challenge, then post what YOU are thankful for today."
I'm under the impression that the longer you do it. . . the EASIER it gets. The only reason it would get harder is because you run out of creative/interesting things to say you're thankful for. . . which would suggest that you're posts each day are not flowing from a truly thankful heart.
I totally understand, thankfulness is really difficult because as humans, we just want to feel like we're entitled to the things we like or we want to believe that we earned them and these attitudes don't lend themselves to thankfulness.
No theory can go untested so, in response to this Facebook post, I'm going to post each day (until Thanksgiving) something I'm thankful for. I'll tell you after the next 2.5 weeks if it got harder or easier the longer I go.
Today I'm thankful for LAUGHTER!
Last night I had dinner with my friend Megan and her new husband! We had some great, though provoking conversation, tasty chickpea curry, and ice cream. But the thing that I loved the most was our laughter. There's an odd sense of humor that we share and I love that it brings us together even after months of seperation. I love to laugh!
Please join with me and laugh at some things that I love to laugh at:
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