Last week we, went down to the beach, on a cold January day in Ireland in our camper - affectionately called Sweet Mayo, which we bought unseen from eBay 18 months ago.
We donned our wetsuits and went into the sea.
At 54, I'm not quite yet ready to let go of my desire to learn to surf, although something that has always been a challenge to me, seems to be more challenging as the years go by.
So, this year, I am seriously applying myself, in small steps to achieving my dream of standing up on a surf board.
I'm starting with just getting used to going in the sea in the winter consistently, which I haven't really done before.
I just go in and mess around on my belly board and that's enough for now.
It inspires me to get fitter, and to develop my suppleness and my stamina, so that I can take all the next steps.
After I had been in the sea today and was getting changed inside the camper, I was hit with a huge wave of gratitude for Sweet May.

• she provides warmth and shelter so I can get changed in any weather
• she is my mobile office - I can bring my computer and drive to beautiful places to work
• she is a great outdoor entertaining space - people often stop by for a chat and a cup of tea when I 'm out in her
• she provides a holiday whenever I want one - for a few hours, a day, a night or longer
• I was so grateful for having the money to buy her, and for all the people who hire me as their coach and value what I can offer.
  

Then I started to think of all the people who had looked after her before I bought her (she was made in 1988) - and felt really grateful for the care they had given her.

• And for the people who had made her so well, so that she is still going strong today.
  
• And for the engineers and designers who drew up the plans
• And for the people who produced the parts
• And the people who made the steel and the materials
• And for the people who played their part in inventing the engines over the years
• And for the people who build and maintain the roads
• And for the people who produce the oil and diesel
• And for the people who deliver it all over the world to the people who need it
• And to all the other people and animals who who have played their part which I haven't thought of yet

And to God and the Universe to providing it all.
It just feels great to have so much gratitude!!! I could feel my vibrational level rise way up!! What I used to do is to write down or list to myself 10 things I am grateful for, before I go to sleep.
From now on, I'm going to do what I did today more often, and take just one thing in my life and follow all the threads of gratitude that are in it for me - even the things that I are challenges for me.
I would love to be able to reach the point when I can look at the things which are hard - at the time, not afterwards - and see what there is to be grateful for in them.
What are you grateful for - really explore one thing that you are grateful for and see where that takes you!