{"id":26395,"date":"2021-02-10T21:16:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=26395"},"modified":"2021-02-10T21:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:16:24","slug":"finding-gratitude-in-the-ordinary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/finding-gratitude-in-the-ordinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Gratitude in the Ordinary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Family Walk at the Wildlife Refuge<\/p><\/div>\n

Bren\u00e9 Brown writes, <\/span>\u201cJoy comes to us in moments\u2014ordinary moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.\u201d <\/span>\u2015 <\/span>Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For many right now, it feels like certain parts of our life are on pause. Some days are harder than others, but it doesn\u2019t meant that our lives are not without moments worth recognition and gratitude. If I have learned anything in the last year, it is to not take for granted the small, everyday rituals and time for connection.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve made list of some of the \u201cordinary moments\u201d that have become a bright light in my life. I have learned to carve space for these simple moments which have brought me a sense of happiness, belonging and appreciation that I didn\u2019t imagine I would come to rely so heavily on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. A weekly virtual book club <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Regularly scheduled phone calls with friends<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Masked walks with friends & family<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Reading<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Feeling the warmth of the sun on my face<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Connecting with Challenge Detroit fellows (now friends) every Friday<\/li>\n
  7. The feeling after a good workout<\/li>\n
  8. Getting take-out from one of my favorite Detroit restaurants (Shoutout to Yum Village!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Working with my Challenge Project 2 Team<\/p><\/div>\n

    To continue to help me be mindful of these ordinary moments, I\u2019ve even started using a gratitude calendar to habitually note each day a moment that I was grateful for or experienced joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

    What are the ordinary moments in your life that bring you joy? How can we better find gratitude in the everyday? Share in the comments!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Bren\u00e9 Brown writes, \u201cJoy comes to us in moments\u2014ordinary moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.\u201d \u2015 Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead For many right now, it feels like certain parts of our life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[648],"class_list":["post-26395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflection","tag-ordinarymoments-simplicity-happiness-gratitude-detroit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}