One Thousand Gifts?

Humans in my life: I am considering trying something and I have no idea if it's possible.

When I was on the plane to Calgary a few months back (this is the blog post I wrote about that experience), the woman I was sitting next to (Rene) was telling me about a book she was reading. It was called One Thousand Gifts. The book was written by a woman who had just found out that either she, or her spouse, had Cancer (I can't remember the details now) and in trying to keep an eye on the positive, she decided to make a list of 1,000 gifts that life gave to her. The project became intense enough that a book came out of it.

In looking the book up, I came to find that it doesn't actually list the thousand gifts. Since that seems like the money shot, I opted not to read it. But, ever since talking to Rene on the plane, the idea of writing my own list of 1,000 gifts has been rolling around in my head.

I have no idea if it's possible. It seems possible, when you take into account every little thing you are thankful for, but one thousand is a daunting number. Will I get to 250 and stall out? Maybe. I have no idea. I think I'm going to give it a go.

I will use a blog post and continue to add to it over the year as new "gifts" present themselves. I will probably share and re-share the list on my Facebook page as additions are made.

Wish me luck :-)