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Being Grateful
Focusing on
gratefulness keeps us centered and helps ward off negativity. Here
are five little things we can do each day to nourish our sense of gratitude:
1. Choose your friends wisely. If you want to be more grateful, spend time
with grateful people. Spend time with positive people to be more positive;
joyful people to be more joyful. If you strive to be spiritually
strong, supportive, empowering, intelligent, energetic, and positive, seek
those characteristics in others. Help your friends develop more
positive traits by living those positive traits yourself. Know what kind of
friends will help you nurture your soul, and set out to find some.
2. Help your friends cultivate gratitude. Before you say anything
about a friend's situation, remember that everyone's situation is unique. I've
seen it happen to myself and to my friends. They'll be perfectly happy until
someone tells them they're being mistreated. Suddenly, they're upset.
Don't let your friends wield such power, and work to avoid wielding such power
yourself. Day by day, hour by hour, make a goal to avoid
complaining about your life. Make a pact with your friends to cut the
complaints from your conversations.
3. Give the gift of gratitude
to your children. Help your children to be satisfied and grateful for simple,
everyday things by giving thanks aloud. Keep a Gratitude Journal in which, each
day, you record 5 or 10 things for which you are grateful, and ask your
children for contributions. Give your children a journal of their own or keep a
family Gratitude Journal.
4. Say "Thank You." Whom in your life do
you appreciate? Let them know, whether it's your mom, your kids, your friends,
your husband, your child's daycare provider or the helpful woman behind the
cosmetics counter. Write thank you notes regularly - not just after a gift exchange -
and be mindful of all the ways you show your appreciation by the things you do
in return. Tell your kids how thankful you are for them. Jot a note
to each of your children in which you tell them how much you love them, why
you're thankful for them, and all the ways they have enriched your life. This
can be something you give them now or after they have grown.
5. Be
mindful of the little things. Today, strive to be aware of all the aspects of
your personal, professional, and family life for which you are thankful.
Take a few minutes today to appreciate nature. Go for a walk and notice only
those things that are beautiful. Whether you focus on the stars above, a
distant mountain range, or the cottonwood tree in your backyard, try to notice
the details. Give thanks for the beauty that surrounds us.
Regardless of whether you record these items, spend some time each day to
focus on the little things in your life that make each day special. Perhaps
it's your child's toothless grin. A warm home. Delicious food enjoyed with
family. Together, let's work on focusing on what we have - not on
what we don't have - and all the ways we can help one another have more
gratitude for the gift of life.
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