The Seven Days of Gratitude: Day 5 (The Sensory)

Welcome to Day 5 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.

Day 5 is about the senses. For me, when I think about senses, I think of play.

I am not usually a beach person. But give me new information about health benefits, and I will try it at least once. I read a lot about how ocean water remineralizes us, and the science behind the calming sound of the ocean. This year, we went to the beach a couple times, and I got to experience the ocean, unplugged. We didn’t even bring our phones. It was lovely. I actually enjoyed the beach for once. Not sure if it was because of my jellyfish sting, but the beach had often meant bad vibes.

I heard recently that what ruins the fun we have is when we capture it on our phones and share on social media. Play is important. Unplugged play is essential.

There’s something healing about being in nature undistracted. I was also sort of in my essential oils era this year. Did you have any sensory experiences that led you to quiet and peace or hearing God’s voice this past year? Please share!