Counting Blessings

It’s time to bring back a fan-favorite… my lunar posts! What better day to restart it than the full moon of July—the Blessing Moon. Today, I’m using the full moon as a mental focus to bring my attention to my blessings.

Counting my blessings is all about keeping the good things in my life at the front of my mind. If I fill my mind with thoughts of the goodness surrounding me, not only will that make me happier, it will make me healthier and stronger as well.

Later today, I’ll sit for a while with a blank page and free-write everything, big or little, that is making me happy and feel blessed. It can be as small as a new video game obsession that’s helping me take more breaks (Coral Island!), or as big as publishing a book I’ve been working on for seven years! (Perihelion on my shelf is definitely toward the top of my blessings list right now!)

I just celebrated my 10-year Writerversary. 10 years ago on July 7, my first book was published. Since then, my thoughts have turned toward all the amazing things that have happened in the last decade, both about and because of my writing. I hit the USA Today bestseller list, had my books next to big-name authors in the top 100 list for Folklore on Amazon, wrote and published nearly every book I originally planned for (and a BUNCH of other ones), and have made new lifelong friends in this writer’s journey. Literally thousands of readers have signed up for my newsletter. It’s amazing. I’m still celebrating this huge milestone. Now, I get to look forward at the next ten years and ask myself what I want to accomplish next.

Looking at the future with a sense of adventure and optimism isn’t always easy, but it’s worth the work. If we don’t infuse our lives with hope, we don’t work to create the lifestyle, the love, and even the world that we want to live in. This full Blessing moon, I invite you to shift your focus with me and think of all the things, no matter how small, that bring you happiness.