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Do you love your life? I mean really love it? Imagine your perfect day. What would it look like? How would you fill the hours? What would you celebrate? Celebrating little moments is the one way I’ve learned to improve my overall outlook on life. Let’s chat…
Celebrate moments…
It’s easy to celebrate the milestones; graduations, accomplishments, successes, birthdays, anniversaries. You know…the big things. But the secret sauce is when we seek out, and celebrate the little moments, too. See, we’re expected to celebrate the big things, but it’s when we celebrate the little things that we retrain ourselves to look for the good; not just the ‘big’ good, but the everyday ‘little’ good.
When my children were little, we had a tradition of making snowman pancakes every time it snowed. At first, I started out making them every time we had a snow day from school. But that happened so rarely, I decided to celebrate every time it snowed. It was a celebration my kids looked forward to. They would hear a winter forecast and ask, “Mom, will you make snowman pancakes?” It was easy to find joy in that simple childhood moment with them.
My children are both grown now, but this past January, we had a major winter storm come through. My husband was out of town, and my 21 year old son and I were stuck in our apartment. When he woke up to a blanket of snow and nearly an inch of ice, I asked him, “Are we making snowman pancakes?” Although he was a grown adult, it was a really great way to start the day, and to remember wonderful memories from years gone by.
Be proud of your successes
This year John and I will celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary. We got married at 19, started working, bought a house, had children, started a business. In the last twelve months, we sold our home, sold our business, and are embarking on adventures great and small.
We are celebrating our successes. Our children are both grown and living on their own. They are starting their adult lives and are doing very well. We have been married for 35 years. I am a cancer survivor. We have built (and sold) a business that we were part of for more than 26 years.
A few weeks ago, John and I took a spontaneous trip to Pensacola Beach. We went to celebrate my birthday. I turned 54 years old. To many, that’s not anything significant to celebrate. But having faced with a cancer diagnosis that had a 22% chance of survival, every birthday – every day – is a celebration.
Our celebration looked like days holding hands on the beach, breezy sight-seeing hikes to old ancient forts, eating all the seafood we could get our hands on, and getting to watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels practice session. We celebrated 35 years of marriage, we celebrated selling our business, we celebrated our children, we celebrated our life.
If you want to improve your life…
If you want to improve your life, I mean really improve it, I can easily encourage you to do this one simple thing: Celebrate little moments. Don’t wait for the big things to happen. Big things happen in their own time. When we look for and actively celebrate the little moments…that’s when we find joy, that’s when we find happiness, that’s when we find peace.
xo, Billie
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- Being Alive Is a Special Occasion: https://forwardourmail.com/being-alive-is-a-special-occasion/
- Joy of Celebration: https://aestheticsofjoy.com/the-joy-of-celebration-unique-ways-to-mark-special-moments/
- FREE Printable Gratitude Journal: https://forwardourmail.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Gratitude-Journal-9.pdf
