Thankful Thursday (118)

"He will not crush those who are weak or quench the smallest hope.

He will bring full justice to all who have been wronged."

~Isaiah 42:3

Today, I am thankful for:

1.  Getting fun celebratory mail from the BooCrew!! =)  I also get a free t-shirt from Peloton for being in the "Century club," so that's awesome!

2.   Successfully brewing my first pot of coffee this morning, thanks to Laura's expert video tutorial. lol  (Judges were meeting in our courtroom, and I'm covering the office today.)

3.  This epic photo wall, which Mom and I completed 3 years ago this week.  Still my favorite wall in the house - it brings me a lot of joy! ❤

4.  Reading this little book from cover to cover yesterday afternoon/night.  Lots of good thoughts and poems and short stories from Beth!

 (This = one of my favorites.  The "our pride alone is fragile" line really struck a chord with me.)

5.  Finally getting to catch up with Lindsay over soup and salad at La Madeleine.  (Her birthday is later this week.)  I'm thankful for her friendship and her example of faith and strength!

6.  That J&K got to visit the Blue Zoo (OKC's new aquarium)... Jace had been talking about it a lot, so I know he was excited.  (Side note: I can tell by looking that I would be FAR less comfortable in this room than I am in the butterfly room.  Tiny birds tend to freak me out a bit when we're up close and personal, as my Vegas friends can attest.)

7.   God leading me to this podcast (HERE) last night... this was new to me and deeply fascinating (I listened through slowly and repeatedly to really understand it) and incredibly helpful!!  This is big... learning about the four attachment styles is the 2020 equivalent of the 2010 personality types seminar for me.  I've spent most of my "workday" reading about and watching more videos from Thais Gibson on this topic, and I'm barely scratching the surface.  (These develop in childhood but can shift over time based on our thoughts and experiences.)  I love that God designed our minds in such a way that we can make choices to reprogram them and get healthier and more secure as we grow and learn. ❤  Lasting change is obviously not an easy thing, especially for those who have endured trauma/neglect, but no one has to remain stuck in negative patterns, and that is something we can all be grateful for.

*I found the one above because I was excited when I saw that Dr. Leaf had a podcast on "toxic positivity" about the importance of validating hard decisions and painful emotions and not glossing over things or shutting down the conversation with cliches when someone is hurting - something I already believe in strongly, but it was very well stated HERE.

Anyway, that's all my deep thoughts for the blog today.  Hope you're having a good week so far, friends.  It's been such a crazy year, so I wish you lots of grace and love!! ❤