Gratitude Challenge: Day 1

I hope you have enjoyed the #PhotoEveryDay challenge that I have been working through this year. The Maine photos are in the past, and I am moving on to a new theme for this month. 

One thing that has always bothered me this time of year is how Thanksgiving gets nearly completely overlooked. For the past several weeks the stores and commercials have been filled with Halloween. In almost an instant, everything will switch to Christmas. Meanwhile, Thanksgiving gets left behind. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas (and I don’t exactly hate Halloween), but I think we would do well to spend a little more time and energy on Thanksgiving. In fact, a lack of thanksgiving and gratitude seems to be a real problem with our culture these days. We have so much to be thankful for, but seem to spend so little time actually being thankful. 

For that reason, I have decided to spend the month of November focusing on thankfulness. To help me with this challenge, I signed up to receive a daily prompt from the Day One journal app, encouraging me to write about something I am thankful for. I will, of course, aim to pair the daily journal entry with a photo. 

Here is today’s prompt:

What is one good thing that I often take for granted?

Sadly, I take too many things for granted. I really want to grow in thankfulness. Hopefully this daily challenge through November will help!

It feels like a cop-out, but the obvious answer to this question is: my family.

I am SO THANKFUL for the family that God has blessed me with. I have an amazing wife, and five incredible children. Thank you, God. I am a blessed man.