Gratitude Challenge

My dear friend Alyssa posted this in her blog. It's from the First Presidency message "The Choice to be Grateful" and at the end they issue a Gratitude Challenge.

Challenge accepted.

1.Write 10 physical abilities you are grateful for: Walking, running, hugging, smiling, seeing, laughing, sleeping, eating/tasting, talking, aaaaand kissing. (Do you expect me to lie?)

2. Write 10 material possessions you are grateful for: laptop, phone, car, iPod, contacts/glasses, a good coat, my bed, books, a camera.

3. Write 10 living people you are grateful for: This one is hard because I have 10 siblings. I'll count them (and their spouses) as 5. Okay? Mom, Dad, Siblings (5), Kameron, Janice, Kirk.

4. Write 10 deceased people you are grateful for: Grandma Turley, Grandpa Felix, Grandma Felix, Joseph Smith, Gordon B. Hinckley, George Washington, Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Edgar Allen Poe (yes, really), Abraham Lincoln

5. Write 10 things about nature you are grateful for:  mountains, sunny days with light breezes, snow (sometimes), the smell after rain, thunderstorms, laying in the green grass, lakes, the colors of Fall, spring flowers blooming, FRUIT!

6. Write 10 things about today you are grateful for: Finishing my project, Christmas markets, listening to the BNL Christmas album, a warm bed, understanding some German, Austrian food, the internet, Skype, feeling happy about life, good friends.

7. Write 10 places on earth you are grateful for: Home, my second home in Bountiful, the temple, the church building here in Innsbruck, Schloss Ambras, anywhere in the mountains, Logan, Sammy's (craving a pie shake right now), hospitals, the Christmas markets. :)

8. Write 10 modern inventions you are grateful for: internet, computers, MP3 players, cell phones, automobiles, airplanes, ATMs, microwaves, A/C, heaters

9. Write 10 foods you are grateful for: Wienerschnitzel, GOOD hamburgers, hot chocolate, popcorn, Nutella, bacon, pasta, chocolate, raspberries, cucumbers.

10. Write 10 things about the gospel you are grateful for: The Atonement, repentance, eternal families, constant companionship of the Spirit, prayer and answers to prayers, temple work for the dead, the true happiness it brings me, modern revelation, hymns, the Plan of Salvation. (If you want to know more about these things and the LDS faith, click here to find out more! :) )

I love my life. I'm seriously so blessed!! Thanks to everyone that has made me the happy girl I am today. :)