Merci !

A French woman's journal of gratitude

Gratitude requires attention to the present moment – watching for the myriad large and tiny nuggets of happiness that fill one’s life. Why is it so much easier to list the fears and worries that shrink my spirit?
They seem to flow freely and without an end in sight if I let them. Choosing to stop and shift my focus to the blessings that surround me demands discipline, but the payoff is well worth it. A lighter heart – for which I am grateful.

Hi! I'm Kat

I first started thinking about gratitude while standing in my roommate’s kitchen. I had justed turned 40, and I was wondering what the heck had happened to my well-planned life. On the tail end of a s**t storm that left me divorced, 500 miles north of my foreclosed home, with two heavy wooden boxes containing the ashes of my recently deceased beloved dogs…

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This gratitude project first started as a way for me to rebuild my life after a couple of the most difficult years of my life. It allowed me to discover a way to add purpose and intention to the way I lived.

Unfortunately (or not), there is no switch to flip that makes our mind forever more grateful. It is a practice that needs care and feeding. One way to feed this practice, is by surrounding oneself with other happiness seekers.