September Challenge, See the Gifts of Each Day, Day 5

September 5th joy dare - 3 gifts autumn
What do you love most about the Fall season, which is rapidly approaching?

I have many, but the amazing colors of the trees, football, and going to the pumpkin patches with my nieces have to be among my top 3.

Sharing the Gifts

Are you sharing the joy dare, the gifts of each day, with your family, your kids, grandkids?  I write them down in a notebook, as writing helps me to see it in front of me and focus on the gifts more. Others I know have their family talk about them at the dinner table each night. They have a gratitude jar on their table, and everyone writes their gifts of the day on a small piece of paper, talks about them, and then puts them in the jar.  Each month brings a new jar of gratitude.  

Talking about, keeping track of the gifts around us, can change our focus and help us to start to see things differently.  It can also help to release fear because fear and thankfulness have a difficult time coexisting.  

September Challenge, See the Gifts of Each Day, Day 4

September 4th Joy Dare - A gift cool, a gift warm, and a gift sun-soaked.




 A gift cool would be a tall glass of iced tea, a gift warm would be our wood stove which I love in the cold months of winter, and a gift sun-soaked would be the amazing prairie sunsets we are blessed to have.

Be More

Today is the first day of school in our area, new beginnings, new things to learn, new friendships, a fresh start. We all could benefit from pursuing those today. If you need a new beginning, start over today, don't live in past regret and mistakes. We can all benefit from learning something new, taking a free online class, or from reading a book. New friendships are always a blessing so pursue one today by connecting with someone today. Be more and live your life passionately!

September Challenge, See the Gifts of Each Day, Day 3

September 3rd Joy Dare - 3 gifts yellow

What are three gifts in yellow you are thankful for?

September Challenge, See the Gifts of Each Day, Day 2

September 2nd Joy Dare - 3 gifts cut 

Look around you for the gifts of three gifts cut. Share here if you like, keep a journal of the gifts, or put it on your joy board.

My 3 gifts for today would be cut flowers out of my garden to make a beautiful bouquet, paper flowers cut out by my nieces that are overflowing out of a pretty blue vase, and handmade cards cut and assembled by caring hands.  

September Challenge, See the Gifts of Each Day

Ann Voskamp does a monthly Joy Dare. I am going to post the daily dares here, so please share your 3 gifts of each day. I have found when others share, it gets the minds and hearts of those reading to look around and see the gifts they are blessed with each day.  I will also have these posted daily to my Facebook and Twitter accounts, so just follow the links to those pages if you would like to share the gifts of each day over there.  

September 1st Joy Dare Challenge - 3 Gifts of Summer.  For me, it's hard to narrow it down, as I LOVE Summer.  If I had to narrow it down today, I would say the warmth of the sun, homegrown tomatoes, and being surrounded by green grass and trees.  

What are you three gifts of Summer?