All too often, I find myself bogged down with all the negativity that daily life can present. As a result, I feel drained, cranky, and pessimistic far more easily. There’s no denying that there is a lot to gripe about (you don’t have to ponder for too long what that might entail). But I don’t want to be that way. I want to more fully appreciate the life that I am living and all the blessings, great and small, that I have in my life, but sometimes tend to overlook or disregard. Life is fickle and anything, for better or worse, has the capacity to change in a day. It is time to practice awareness and being more conscious and conscientious of what I DO have. Hence the reason I have decided to take the Gratitude Challenge. Here we go!…