Seemingly brilliant. Apparently stupid.

Remember all those times you got "challenges" in Sunday School and YW? I can only remember taking one of them seriously. We got these flowery/ribbony/altogether too crafty for me little journals that were to become our gratitude journals. I filled it completely up over the course of about 7 months - each night writing 5 things I was grateful for and why. I found it last night and thought I'd share some things I wrote in it.

Velcro: for kids who have issues tying their shoes.
Metal detectors: to find guns.
Juice concentrate: we don't all have orange trees in our backyard.
Paper cups: soda tastes better in them.
Ladders: to reach high places.
Curtains: to hide behind.
Curfew: "nothing good happens after midnight."
Technology: so movies can have good special effects.
Oblivious teachers: so I can leave when I feel bored.
Erasers: because we make a lot of mistakes.

Deep, right? Don't worry, I had some nice spiritual and thoughtful ones in there too. A few times I thought Whoa, I wrote that? Man, I'm impressive.

Anyway, you should start a gratitude journal. Go.