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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 17, 2019

Hey y’all please don’t blame me if you gain a few pounds!! Why I spending more time with Don these days. 😉
Grateful for the motivational skills of others.

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Jan 17, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@hopeful33250 Actually I do enjoy California but seasons would be nice. I live in the middle..." + (show)
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@hopeful33250
Actually I do enjoy California but seasons would be nice. I live in the middle of Ca (Modesto.”) I went to Louisiana years ago and couldn’t stand the humidity. Cant tolerate humid weather. I’d love to see the leaves there in the Fall.
I’m too accustomed to the mild climate here to move, besides being too bloody old. I’d freeze to death in New England.
I use to love to cook, bake make candy but now I nearly go into shock just walking through the kitchen to go outside.
Jake

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@jakedduck1 We adopted our rescue kitty from a shelter in your area. You're part of California has its pluses and minuses just like any other place. At least you are close to some really nice national parks like Kings Canyon, Sequoia and Yosemite! Your town is kind of on the way to different places, not necessarily a destination being along the 99 corridor. Certainly a plus in that respect!
Ginger

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Jan 17, 2019

Today I am grateful to be where I am. It is shortly after 5 a.m. on a very rainy and stormy day. Where I moved from last July is now under evacuation orders due to storm damage, mudslides, and debris flow. It was literally just down the street, down the hill from the Thomas Fire that hit December 2017. There are many traffic accidents out on the road and areas shut down due to storm runoff and debris. I think it is a good day to stay inside!
Ginger

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 17, 2019
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Today I am grateful to be where I am. It is shortly after 5 a.m. on a very rainy and stormy day. Where I moved from last July is now under evacuation orders due to storm damage, mudslides, and debris flow. It was literally just down the street, down the hill from the Thomas Fire that hit December 2017. There are many traffic accidents out on the road and areas shut down due to storm runoff and debris. I think it is a good day to stay inside!
Ginger

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@gingerw I agree Ginger even here we had water up to the downtown shop doors I'm on 4th floor so Hopefully we won't be covered Saw the pileup in San Bernardino terrible ,staying in

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Jan 17, 2019
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@gingerw I agree Ginger even here we had water up to the downtown shop doors I'm on 4th floor so Hopefully we won't be covered Saw the pileup in San Bernardino terrible ,staying in

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@lioness Yep, it has been the bad weather day here today. Watching drizzly rain then it becomes very heavy either straight downpour or at an angle. Very glad I'm not on the road. But my stepson is and he said it is absolutely crazy. He drives a long-haul truck. He's used to the rain being from Portland area, but it's the drivers that make the biggest issue for him trying to get through without accidents. Hope your rain runoff issues don't get worse!
Ginger

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 17, 2019

@gingerw I hope he will be safe I know the traveling is bad in rain. A lot of native people are not use to driving in it. Down here it has rained heavy today but Long Beach is o.k. but Seal Beach always gets flooded as they are right on the coast now we have high surf warnings so they aren't out of the woods yet . I think we are protected by where we are sort of in a inlet I would call it closing thing I can think of.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jan 17, 2019
In reply to @contentandwell "@hopeful33250 When my sister re-did her kitchen a number of years ago I told her should..." + (show)
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@hopeful33250 When my sister re-did her kitchen a number of years ago I told her should get those cardboard fronts that look like appliances. She was not amused. She actually does cook, but as little as possible. I take after our mother in cooking, I was always out in the kitchen with her, watching.
JK

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@contentandwell It sounds like you got your mother's kitchen-DNA, but your sister missed it all together! 😊

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jan 17, 2019
In reply to @gingerw "@jakedduck1 We adopted our rescue kitty from a shelter in your area. You're part of California..." + (show)
@gingerw

@jakedduck1 We adopted our rescue kitty from a shelter in your area. You're part of California has its pluses and minuses just like any other place. At least you are close to some really nice national parks like Kings Canyon, Sequoia and Yosemite! Your town is kind of on the way to different places, not necessarily a destination being along the 99 corridor. Certainly a plus in that respect!
Ginger

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@gingerw
Your right, close to ocean, mountains and if in a gambling mood Reno and Lake Tahoe aren’t that far off. My winter retreat is Mt Shasta, 300 mi 4-4/12hrs. Both Oregon and Mexico (You couldn’t pay me to go to Mexico) are about 5-6 hrs (The way I drive anyway.)
Where I live is definitely not a destination, at least not to any sane people.
Jake

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 17, 2019
In reply to @hopeful33250 "@lioness You really have become a Tai Chi believer! I'm impressed....keep up the good work. By..." + (show)
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@lioness You really have become a Tai Chi believer! I'm impressed....keep up the good work. By the way, you might enjoy looking at Anna York's website. She was once wheelchair bound with MS and with her kids' encouragement she become involved in Tai-Chi. She now teaches Tai-Chi, travels and no longer uses a wheelchair. An amazing story.
http://annayork.ning.com/

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@hopeful33250 Thanks for this .As soon as I looked at I realized I have been doing this visualization for awhile I have done it in mindful meditation now I'm going to do it in Qigong Does work on me noticed a difference Do you do visualization?

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Parus | @parus | Jan 18, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@gingerw Yeah and all the home cooked meals your all scrarfing down is really bringing this..." + (show)
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@gingerw
Yeah and all the home cooked meals your all scrarfing down is really bringing this supposedly happy Californian down.
I’m as useless in the kitchen as a screen door on a submarine.
Jake

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@jakedduck1 Lots of how-to-do videos at your fingertips.

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