444 Things I’m Grateful 4

Description

444 Things I’m Grateful 4 is a collection of 444 simple reminders to pause, reflect, and notice the good things in life.

This book isn’t about dyslexia. It’s about being dyslexic.

I’ve been dealing with dyslexia my entire life, and reading has never been easy for me. I’ve started plenty of books. I’ve never been able to finish one.

There are moments in life that change us forever—not because the world changes, but because the way we see it changes.

This book began during one of those moments. At a time when I felt stuck, discouraged, and unable to see much good around me, I was challenged in an exercise to write down 15 things I was grateful for every day. At first it felt like an assignment. Then it became a habit. Eventually, it became a different way of seeing.

Those little thoughts eventually became 444 Things I’m Grateful 4.

Each thought is simple, but it can take your mind somewhere else.

For example:

“I’m grateful for the smell of coffee in the morning.”

You read those words, and maybe your mind goes somewhere completely different. Your kitchen. Your childhood. Your mom or dad. An old friend. A road trip. Your favorite coffee shop. A memory you haven’t thought about in years.

Maybe you can almost smell it.

That’s what I love about the way our minds work. One simple thought can open a whole world of memories, images, feelings, and ideas.

That’s what I wanted 444 to do.

Each page contains just one thought. One reason to pause. One reminder that gratitude doesn’t have to be complicated to be powerful.

Like the pieces of reclaimed wood that make up my artwork, every moment of gratitude may seem insignificant on its own. But when enough of them are brought together, they create something far greater than the individual pieces ever could.

My hope is not that you simply read these pages. My hope is that they help you begin noticing your own.

Because gratitude has a remarkable way of changing what we see—and in doing so, it often changes who we become.