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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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Good morning, @lioness. Explain to me what you mean about visualization while doing Tai Chi. (Obviously, I must not be doing it😊)
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1 ReactionToday I'm grateful for the Film Festival we have in town annually. It's a spin-off of the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and we have 4 days of amazing independent and art films. Yesterday I saw three films ending with Oldest City Underwater and then a panel discussion between some of the local and regional officials and experts about climate change and our vulnerability to hurricanes. It was a fun and thought-provoking day. Today I'm going to have lunch with friends and see three more films. It kinda feels like a vacation. (Actually, I deliberately scheduled my knee surgery AFTER this event so I could have a last hurrah with friends!)
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Great planning!
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1 Reaction@debbraw These film festivals are so much fun!! A delectable feast for the senses. Thankful you are able to go!!
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3 ReactionsI'm grateful that I'm alive and my disabled husband is alive. Each day is precious and they get more precious.
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4 Reactions@hopeful33250 I put everything out of my mind and concentrate on my back,knee or whatever it is when I see it in my mind I start the breathing keeping it in mind.and the arm movements or not .Make sense?
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3 ReactionsYes it does. Thanks for the explanation, @lioness.
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1 Reaction@hopeful33250 Good wasn't sure try it
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1 Reaction@lioness When I was in class we were instructed to focus on our breathing, the slow in and out, to become mindful of how our body was moving in space. I often lost track of time, sometimes "zoning out" and even forgetting where I was ;))
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4 ReactionsToday I'm grateful for good friends who support you through anything... all the way. I'm getting ready for knee replacement surgery on 1/29. I'm just overwhelmed with the love and generosity from friends in my life. I am blessed.
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