::reality check::

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.

It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal

into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our

past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

~Melody Beattie

In the name of gratitude and truthfulness I’ve decided to post a little piece of reality here once a week. Likely just a single picture. See my original post here.

I came in to the kitchen after the bedtime marathon, preparing myself for a late night kitchen clean-up, and stumbled upon a crime scene in my fridge. At first I was perplexed by the scene but soon discovered the victim – a precious jar of last summer’s cherries cracked by some mysterious refrigerator happenings. The fridge was a mess of syrupy red liquid. And joy oh joy, it had poured into the crisper drawer.

But I’m thankful for a clean fridge, full of food, and cherry season sneaking up on us again. Thankful that in a world with so much pain that my pain last night was cleaning out my fridge. That’s a first world problem right there.

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If you’d like to join in with a reality check of your own, please add a link or note in the comments!