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As the Pandemic Spreads, So Can Our Thanks

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Dec 7, 2020 | Replies (13)
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@amandajro

@fiesty76 so beautifully said and a truly wonderful way to spend our focus and energy during these next several weeks. Actively focusing on gratitude in a time that can feel so challenging really does provide a sense of light and hope not only to ourselves but to those who you take the time to thank and acknowledge.

Last year, I participated in The Last 90 Days Challenge, by Rachel & Dave Hollis. One of the five aspects of that challenge was taking the time each day to write down 10 things you are grateful for. The idea was that by focusing on the good, you inherently see more good in your daily life. The good starts to show itself in the most simple of ways when you stretch to list 10 things each day... like a green light when you are running behind or a smile from a stranger on a day that you needed one.

Anyway, please keep us posted if you get any feedback from your sharing of gratitude. I think we could all use it so much more than ever and the sharing is just as meaningful to the soul as receiving.

Who is first on your list to share with?

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fiesty76 | @fiesty76 | Nov 26, 2020

@amandajro, Thank you for your kind response. I'm not familiar with the Last 90 Days Challenge. Is that a web site, book, or blog, perhaps?

Early in the pandemic I began jotting down a few gratitudes first thing each morning and again before going to bed in a spiral notebook. Doing that seems to get my day off to a better start and I try to add things so often taken for granted which takes a little thought time. It seems to help even more before bed as sometimes daily events and news can add additional stress and putting the focus on something I appreciate seems calming.

My pulmonologist, cardiologist and pcp and their staffs were the first notes to be mailed. These three docs are assigned hospital duty in addition to their clinic patient schedules. There are others to thank but two of these have small children at home and one is fostering a teenager so I can only imagine their concerns as they go to work each day.

I agree that sharing a thank you, much like sharing a sincere, heart felt apology is as helpful to the sender as receiver.

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