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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.

Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @contentandwell "@jakedduck1 I live in southern NH. We tend to get a cold spell like this once..." + (show)
@contentandwell

@jakedduck1 I live in southern NH. We tend to get a cold spell like this once a winter. Generally, the average is probably around 30°. You can't be a wimp and live here. 😉
@lioness are you saying minus 25°?
JK

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@contentandwell
-25 lol if you think it’s -25 anywhere in California your brain must be froze. On top of Mt Shasta the high will be only -9 and that’s 14,000 feet. Lioness is enjoying a cool 61 degrees.
Jake

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JK | @contentandwell | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@contentandwell -25 lol if you think it’s -25 anywhere in California your brain must be froze...." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@contentandwell
-25 lol if you think it’s -25 anywhere in California your brain must be froze. On top of Mt Shasta the high will be only -9 and that’s 14,000 feet. Lioness is enjoying a cool 61 degrees.
Jake

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@jakedduck1 Since lioness said she "remembered" those days I believe she was referring to prior to living in CA. If I recall correctly she did live on the east coast before.
JK

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @contentandwell "@jakedduck1 Since lioness said she "remembered" those days I believe she was referring to prior to..." + (show)
@contentandwell

@jakedduck1 Since lioness said she "remembered" those days I believe she was referring to prior to living in CA. If I recall correctly she did live on the east coast before.
JK

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@contentandwell
Oops, I guess it’s my head that’s frozen. Yes your right. I don’t know what I was thinking or more accurately not thinking which is my specialty.
Thanks for setting me straight!!!
Jake

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @contentandwell "@jakedduck1 I live in southern NH. We tend to get a cold spell like this once..." + (show)
@contentandwell

@jakedduck1 I live in southern NH. We tend to get a cold spell like this once a winter. Generally, the average is probably around 30°. You can't be a wimp and live here. 😉
@lioness are you saying minus 25°?
JK

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@contentandwell Yes One winter unusual cold spell our snow comes from Lake Erie This year it was -25 for a week we slept in basement by furnace the week before it was -10 and we closed the 2 ND floor and slept in living room That was only 1yr but wasn't unusual in winter to be in single digits So glad I'm here😀

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@contentandwell -25 lol if you think it’s -25 anywhere in California your brain must be froze...." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@contentandwell
-25 lol if you think it’s -25 anywhere in California your brain must be froze. On top of Mt Shasta the high will be only -9 and that’s 14,000 feet. Lioness is enjoying a cool 61 degrees.
Jake

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@jakedduck1 Yes this was in Pennsylvania in winter where we had -25 and whiteouts

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Parus | @parus | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @contentandwell "@jakedduck1 I live in southern NH. We tend to get a cold spell like this once..." + (show)
@contentandwell

@jakedduck1 I live in southern NH. We tend to get a cold spell like this once a winter. Generally, the average is probably around 30°. You can't be a wimp and live here. 😉
@lioness are you saying minus 25°?
JK

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@contentandwell Is NH a dry or humid state. I lived in WY for a few years and the climate there was dry so it did not feel as cold.

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JK | @contentandwell | Jan 21, 2019
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@parus

@contentandwell Is NH a dry or humid state. I lived in WY for a few years and the climate there was dry so it did not feel as cold.

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@parus, it’s in between, not dry like the southwest and CA, but not humid like the southeastern states.
JK

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Parus | @parus | Jan 21, 2019
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@contentandwell

@parus, it’s in between, not dry like the southwest and CA, but not humid like the southeastern states.
JK

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@contentandwell Thank you. It is the dampness that chills my old bones. Warm up again tomorrow. It is like this all winter in the Hoosier state.

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Parus | @parus | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@parus Jumping Jehoshaphat, I d parish for sure. It’s freezing here 45 degrees but it will..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@parus
Jumping Jehoshaphat, I d parish for sure. It’s freezing here 45
degrees but it will be 60 in awhile. It’s already 57 where lioness lives.
Jake

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@jakedduck1 For sure the winter in colder climates is not for wimps.

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 21, 2019

Today I'm grateful for good friends here on the Cyber table I'm glad I'm on this site I'm grateful I watched and became aware of how much Tapping did for me yesterday Homemade vegetable soup today

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