I've been reading my diaries!

Do you keep a diary or journal? I often keep one. I write in all my hopes and fears and then once it is full I tuck the diary away in a drawer and forget it for a long time.
As I am getting ready to move I am clearing out a lot of things I  no longer need and am taking this opportunity to read through some of my old diaries.
About 5-7 years ago I wrote a Gratitude journal as part of a book I was reading on personal development. The idea was to show gratitude for things that were happening in  my life and also showing gratitude for things that had yet to arrive in my life.
This makes rather confusing reading as I show gratitude for things like passing my driving test before actually passing it!
It is interesting to see how many of the things I showed gratitude for have since appeared in my life.
I have passed my driving test, for example.
I was impressed at the number of things I was able to show gratitude for particularly as I did experience quite a toug
h time around then.
Feeling grateful for the incredible things I have in my life has slowly become a habit.

I can't describe how much richer life is when you take time to appreciate the little things which you start to realise are really the big things!