A few years ago, I posted often about unexpected blessings. Nearly every day I’d have a blog post that would include something random that happened that day that blessed me. It was a conscious effort on my part to live a life of gratitude and to expectantly look for good in each day. Then, I hit a rough patch with work stress and hurtful breakups and no matter how badly I tried, I struggled to find the unexpected blessings in life.

It has been a long road back (much longer than I wish) but this past year especially has been an amazing time of healing, strengthening and reflecting. There have been so many, many wonderful blessings that I can’t begin to count or name. But I cherish them and I find joy and hope in them.

I think there have been an abundance of blessings in my life the past few years. Some I noticed; many I did not.  I wasn’t looking for them; I was focused on pain or failures or disappointments. The only difference in this year and these previous years was me. I’m looking now – expecting –  and I’m overwhelmed by the goodness and the beauty that surrounds me each day.  Continue Reading…