Today’s prompt for writing: Is there something you’ve always wanted to do, but never got around to starting (an activity, a hobby, or anything else, really)? Tell us about it — and tell us about what’s keeping you from doing it.

If you’re a regular reader of my blog you know that I’m in a new job, and for the past five months I’ve been non-stop, learning, meeting, reading–in a constant state of “doing”.  To think about anything but work just doesn’t seem to be in my realm of possibility. To think about starting that crafting project or coming up with a plan for my next blog, is so far from my mind on a daily basis. But then, I looked up at the bulletin board above my computer screen to see this:

How appropriate for me since my blog is about gratitude!  So today I am grateful and would like to thank two people I’ve never met, for reminding me to stop and take a breath when life is crazy.

The first is the blogger who wrote what’s posted on my bulletin board:  Dan Rockwell, the Leadership Freak.  I so enjoy reading the posts that show up in my reader every day!

And the second, is the creator of the Buddha Doodles.  I love these things!  They pop up in my Facebook news feed every day and for such a little cartoon, they really lift my spirits.  I hope you might like them, too!

Back of the Queue

• Daily Prompt: Write Here, Write Now
• Boxing and Tea with Muhammad Ali
• From Balderdash To Epiphany.
• I’ve always wanted to…
• I CAN’T REMEMBER THE DETAILS