I Love Mornings

My Personal Journaling February/28/2014/Friday/736 a.m.

I love mornings.
I know. I'm weird.
But, mornings hold the most promise of any day. After all, mornings allow us the chance of a do-over, a new beginning, and a choice.
What choice?
We can control our day or allow it to control us. We have the choice to make it a good day, or a bad day, or an in-between day. Circumstances or emotions do not have to make it a good day or a bad one. That only happens when we make the choice to be swayed by events rather than choice.
I would rather choose to live a good, blessed day--even in spite of what happens. Every day is a blessing. I do not want to take one day for granted. I want to live life to its fullest. I want to live the purpose God has given me.
My purpose is greater than any event/circumstance or emotion.
So, yes. I love mornings.
Every day I wake, I realize I am alive another day. Why? To live my purpose. What is my purpose? I will give two answers. One is the Christian answer. The other is the worldly answer.
What is my purpose? It's the same as everyone else's. It's to bring glory to God.
What is my purpose? To count my blessings. This, too, is the purpose of everyone else.
I love mornings. It's a day given to me my God so I can glorify Him and count the blessings of the new day.
How do I count these blessings?
Through my journaling.
Mornings are an opportunity. What a blessing.
Yep. I love mornings.

-- Stacy Duplease, Writer
Sent from Amazon Kindle Fire HDX

I hope my personal journaling will be a nice journaling exercise or prompt for you, in that they spark something for you to journal about. 

Regardless, don't forget to count your blessings today. Journal them. 

Updated Last on Feb/28/2014 at 824 a.m.

A Journaling Exercise or Prompt: Daily Count Your Blessings

A Journaling Exercise or Prompt: Daily Count Your Blessings

Count your blessings today. List at least three, but ideally, as many as you can.

Write them on the page. Journal them.

Blessings Journaling

Rather than do what is called gratitude journaling, do Counting of Blessings Journaling (or Blessings Journaling). 

The difference between the two is the second recognizes what God has done in one's life, around one's life, and through one's life.

JOURNALING EXERCISE OR PROMPT FOR 2013

Count the Blessings in your life each and every day all year long in 2013. Write at least 3 each day.

Most of the blessings you count, by the way, are memories. Therefore, you might want to write more about them later. This is another way to leave your legacy.

And, just think--if you're having a rough day, you can always look at the blessings you had before and it should re-motivate you and help you find blessings on those challenging days. 

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

My Storykeeper Odyssey in 2013: Journaling & Memoir

Email: storykeeper2121@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Storykeeper 2121

Blessings Journaling: Always Give Thanks

Rather than do what is called gratitude journaling, do Counting of Blessings Journaling (or Blessings Journaling). 

The difference between the two is the second recognizes what God has done in one's life, around one's life, and through one's life.

JOURNALING EXERCISE OR PROMPT FOR 2013

Count the Blessings in your life each and every day all year long in 2013. Write at least 3 each day.

Most of the blessings you count, by the way, are memories. Therefore, you might want to write more about them later. This is another way to leave your legacy.

And, just think--if you're having a rough day, you can always look at the blessings you had before and it should re-motivate you and help you find blessings on those challenging days.

(Image Credit: Stacy Duplease 2009-2014.)