Upon first glance, this may seem like a redundant title. However, if you will, consider the following:

august (adj): inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic

2010 has been a year of changes for my family, as well as for many on our Wives of Faith board and blog team members. One might argue that it’s easily explained with a glib, “Oh, well, we’re military wives, we always deal with change.” True, but at the same time perhaps it’s not as simple as that.

Which leads me to August–or, an august August.

I’ve been reading a very interesting and thought-provoking book called The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. It’s gotten me thinking about happiness, how I make or break my own attitude, and how I can count my blessings and focus on the happy things, rather than the things that rob me of happiness.

The chapter for the month of August, incidentally, deals with what she calls eternal values. One of the ways Rubin decides to count her blessings is to foster an awareness of gratitude in everyday life.

My challenge for all of you reading this blog is this: look for the august in August. Search for things inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; or majestic.

Incidentally, our monthly theme here at Wives of Faith for this month is A Joy-Filled Life. We’ll be looking for ways to find the joy in our day, in our lives, sometimes in spite of our circumstances. Also, we’ll be touching a lot on our other theme for the month: deployment. We have some wonderful articles forthcoming on that particular topic, which is always timely as every day on our Facebook page we hear from wives who are dealing with deployment.

I invite you to bookmark our site and keep coming back throughout the month. We’ve got some exciting new features, new and relevant content written by military wives for military wives, and a blog redesign all on the horizon!

Sincerely,
~Pattie~
Wives of Faith Blog Editor

(Side note: Gretchen Rubin is not a Christian, rather a self-described “reverent agnostic.” Nevertheless, I believe that this book still affords Christians a good jumping-off point for determining our overall outlook on life and attitude about being happy, even if only one chapter specifically deals with spirituality.)

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