21 Little Things We Can Appreciate Each Day.

“The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn

I’ve been thinking a lot about gratitude and appreciation lately.

Well, I’ve been feeling a lot of gratitude and appreciation lately — with big things and small things.

Even if my mind goes into a “worry about the uncertainty of the future” type of thought train, I’m finding myself easily coming back to the present, to this moment, to all of the blessings and beauty and wonderful things I have right now. I really am so blessed to be able to experience so much of what I’m experiencing.

Yes, there are some painful or uncomfortable parts of life, but there are also a lot of wonderful things.

It’s easy for most of us to get caught up in the negative, for us to worry about the future or about what’s going on around us. Our minds have a negativity bias, so it’s literally easier for us to focus on and notice the negative rather than the positive.

But we can train ourselves to look for the positive, for the beauty, for the things we appreciate.

We can appreciate so many of the “little things” we experience each day.