The Seven Days of Gratitude: Day 4 (The Emotional)

Welcome to Day 4 of The Seven Days of Gratitude.

This has been a longstanding tradition at Modern Witnesses. Each day, we will name the category, and you can pick something from that category to share or reflect on that you have been grateful for over this past year. You can start this challenge at any time and do it in any order.

The hope is to embrace gratitude each day and reflect on our many blessings. This challenge always blesses me. I love when you share in the comments, or, the more popular way of sharing, by social media. Make sure to tag us. We love reposting and you can see prior years in the highlights.

If you are new to the challenge and want to start at Day 1, go here.

Day 4 is all about the emotional.

This year, I was incredibly grateful for one particular book. It challenged everything I knew about emotions. It was pretty raw. At times I wanted to drop-kick my kindle out of the subway window and not finish it because of how hard it challenges, but it was worth it. It’s hard to put into words what Byron Katie writes about in Loving What Is. I had heard my coach talk about this book for more than a year now, but I hadn’t read it. Reading it unlocked a new perspective inside of me. New opportunities to challenge my beliefs, reactions and improve how I show up in the world and in relationships.

Stretching the emotional is a scary thing but a necessary thing for growth. This book, and journaling, were the things that impacted me the most this past year, emotional-health speaking. It was a true blessing to me.

What are you grateful for in the emotional aspect?