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This is another gratitude entry , but it comes by way of a funny story. So I walked into the shop the other day, pulled out my purse to pay, I had a wallet full of cash, but  I could not pay and I had to use a card. Why ? Because all I had on me was : $5 US Note $3 and some change from New Zealand $10 and some coins from Singapore Approximately ZAR 5 and some coins And not a single Aussie note or coin in the lot . It seems I am travelling so much these days ( for work ) that I don't have time to draw Aussie cash from an Aussie ATM. And the thing is, I see that as something amazing. That I have a life that enables me to travel and see the world, and suffer through such a tragic first world problem as no local currency to pay for my groceries. What a fantasic life that is. :-) 

These last 2 days have made me so very grateful for the incredible men and women who volunteer in the CFA and CFS here in Victoria and South Australia We've had over 300 fires, and South Australia has been ht hard with homes being destroyed as the temperatures soaored into 40 and 41 degrees C and searing winds poured over the states from the hot north. So I am grateful that my home and my life are protected by such selfless individuals. #StaySafe Firies ...

So I'm going to try something new this year . I'm moving my gratitude journal online into my blog . I keep a small book next to my bed, and most evenings, I write down something that I am grateful for. It's usually one word, maybe a sentence or 2 , and sometimes a whole page. Whenever I am feeling a bit down, flattened by life, or super stressed, I read it, and remember all the things in my life that are good, and worth holding onto. So this year, I'm going to go online.