Gratitude Discussion Group

Posted by Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor @debbraw, Nov 24, 2018

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?!

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Just Want to Talk Support Group.

Parus | @parus | Jan 13, 2019

Grateful I was on the inside looking out. Let it snow!

Parus | @parus | Jan 13, 2019

In reply to @jodeej "@parus it is! They are getting married in Zion National Park. I'm so excited!" + (show)

@jodeej To this I say, “WOW!”

Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jan 13, 2019

In reply to @contentandwell "@gingerw and here I live in southern NH, which is actually commutable to Boston if you..." + (show)

I hear you, @contentandwell, I'm a city person as well. I'd probably go stir-crazy in a small town.

Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jan 13, 2019

In reply to @parus "Grateful I was on the inside looking out. Let it snow!" + (show)

@parus, Snow is pretty to look at. Thanks for the pic. You have lots more snow that I do in SE Michigan. Do you get it from the Chicago area?

Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jan 13, 2019

In reply to @jodeej "@jakedduck1 that's so true! Lol They wanted a destination type wedding and had been looking at..." + (show)

A fall wedding would be lovely in that location with the change in colors, @jodeej.

jodeej | @jodeej | Jan 13, 2019

@hopeful33250 the wedding is in May. It will be towards the middle of the park, so just the beautiful mountains as the backdrop.

Parus | @parus | Jan 13, 2019

In reply to @hopeful33250 "@parus, Snow is pretty to look at. Thanks for the pic. You have lots more snow..." + (show)

@hopeful33250 Most of the time the jet stream takes it farther north. We can get blasted at times. I live about an hour north of Indiapolis.
I worked in Muskegon, MI for a while in a framing shop. Also did art for a TV program whilst there. That program bombed big time.

Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jan 13, 2019

In reply to @parus "@hopeful33250 Most of the time the jet stream takes it farther north. We can get blasted..." + (show)

@parus

At least you have 4 seasons. It’s either winter (which is really like a cool spring or Autumn) or summer here. And by winter I mean some occasional mist and if we get a super storm maybe a light drizzle which is usually gone in the blink of an eye. When the worst possible storm imaginable hits and dumps a whooping 25 hundredths of an inch of rain, people are loading up sandbags. We might get at most 4 snowflakes every 50 or so years and if you don’t catch a glimpse of it on the way down you missed our blizzard.
I would tell you a little about our summer but the bright winter sunshine has me too depressed.
What I wouldn’t give for some nice dense fog to roll in.
Happy weather,
Jake