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Gratitude Discussion Group
Hi everyone! Just before Thanksgiving @michellegraffradford posted a blog called Gratitude Changes Everything. She suggested three techniques to help incorporate gratitude into our daily lives:
- Start the Day with Gratitude (before getting up think of three people you are grateful for)
- Maintain a Gratitude Journal to record times when you are grateful
- Count Blessings – not sheep! (Review the day and remember moments of gratitude)
Her blogpost was so inspiring that a lot of us decided we wanted to form a Gratitude Group to keep the attitude of gratitude going. The blogpost area is not an ideal space for a big discussion group so I am moving the discussion over here to the “Just Want to Talk” Group. Let’s use this space to share and discuss our Gratitude Journey. I’m going to suggest that we each try to take a minute from the day and post here what has made us feel thankful today. It can be as small as a stranger’s smile on the bus or as large as fulfilling a major life dream – or anywhere in between. We can also discuss how we are doing with the three techniques. Sometimes it is easier to form new habits with support from others.
Michelle's full blogpost is at the link below. You may want to review it or print it out to help get started!
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/living-with-mild-cognitive-impairment-mci/newsfeed/gratitude-changes-everything/
I look forward to hearing from others in the Gratitude Group and to having others join us here! Thanks to those who already shared great stories. If you haven't yet, what gratitude will you share today?!
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Today I am grateful to be listening to the much-needed rain outside rather than being out in the traffic heading someplace. Cup of coffee in hand and journal nearby.
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@gingerw. Sorry about that mistake. Toay I am grateful for my calico. Yesterday she got up from sleeping and had a seizure. Scared me and my husband so we took her to the vet. She is o.k now. No lasting affects.⛄
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3 ReactionsThank you, Ginger.
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1 Reaction@lioness this morning I slept in after my hectic day yesterday but up @about now Im grateful I got some much needed rest .
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5 ReactionsThat is very refreshing!😊
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2 ReactionsI work at a Stained Glass Studio and today we had our holiday party. Sister Diane, the Director of the studio, took us all out to lunch and we exchanged cards and gifts. I'm grateful for my friends there, for the enormous amount I've learned about creating stained glass, and for this little one-day-a-week job that fits perfectly into my retirement life. Having company tonight so no time to chat here tonight. Will catch up tomorrow!
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4 ReactionsWatching a young father changing a dirty diaper in a t.v. commercial the other day, I experienced much gratitude that I had had those opportunities also.
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3 ReactionsToday I am thankful for all the support I receive on here and that I am able to get out of bed and exercise in the morning.
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5 ReactionsToday I am grateful that my husband got to work safely. He insisted on riding his big motorcycle, even though it rained most of the night. At least the larger bike handles better on the wet road. The closer he got to work the wetter it got, and will be raining most of the day. He puts up with my concern for his safety every time he gets on the bike on the motorcycle.
Ginger
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