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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.

lioness | @lioness | Jan 16, 2019
In reply to @gingerw "@lioness I rarely eat red meat, preferring chicken or turkey. But I figured I would give..." + (show)
@gingerw

@lioness I rarely eat red meat, preferring chicken or turkey. But I figured I would give in and do a pot roast because I do like the smell of it cooking. Just found out my stepson is coming by on his Long Haul Trucking route tonight, so I have to figure something to fix once I get back from my appointments. Maybe I'll fix reservations at a restaurant. LOL
Ginger

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@gingerw I don't eat a lot of red meat either since Dr told me to get of it Reservations sound good

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 16, 2019
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@hopeful33250

Your neighbors are very lucky people, @parus.

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@hopeful33250 Think I,ll get my crockpot out and do Stew

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Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor | @debbraw | Jan 16, 2019

Today I'm grateful for Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville. I had pre-op appointments ALL day from 9am - 4pm for my upcoming knee replacement. Although it was a long day, it went smooth as could be and every single person I met with was kind and caring - blood work, EKG, CT scan, Xrays, nurses, the Orthopedic Surgeon. To a person I was impressed!

BTW: You all did it again, you've made me hungry. I see a pot roast in my future!

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Jan 16, 2019
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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 Since there are so many things my diet has to limit, it is easier to cook at home most of the time. Really, my cooking is simple, nothing fancy for this gal.
Ginger

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jan 16, 2019
In reply to @gingerw "@jakedduck1 Since there are so many things my diet has to limit, it is easier to..." + (show)
@gingerw

@jakedduck1 Since there are so many things my diet has to limit, it is easier to cook at home most of the time. Really, my cooking is simple, nothing fancy for this gal.
Ginger

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@gingerw
Hi Ginger
Maybe so but at least you do cook. Well better go enjoy my evening cuisine now, bowl of Raisin Bran.
Jake

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 16, 2019
In reply to @debbraw "Today I'm grateful for Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville. I had pre-op appointments ALL day from 9am..." + (show)
@debbraw

Today I'm grateful for Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville. I had pre-op appointments ALL day from 9am - 4pm for my upcoming knee replacement. Although it was a long day, it went smooth as could be and every single person I met with was kind and caring - blood work, EKG, CT scan, Xrays, nurses, the Orthopedic Surgeon. To a person I was impressed!

BTW: You all did it again, you've made me hungry. I see a pot roast in my future!

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@debbraw @parus @gingerw Had my pot roast tonight now satisfied

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 16, 2019
In reply to @debbraw "Today I'm grateful for Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville. I had pre-op appointments ALL day from 9am..." + (show)
@debbraw

Today I'm grateful for Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville. I had pre-op appointments ALL day from 9am - 4pm for my upcoming knee replacement. Although it was a long day, it went smooth as could be and every single person I met with was kind and caring - blood work, EKG, CT scan, Xrays, nurses, the Orthopedic Surgeon. To a person I was impressed!

BTW: You all did it again, you've made me hungry. I see a pot roast in my future!

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@debbraw Glad you met all who will work on your knee so important to have faith in surgeon

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JK | @contentandwell | Jan 16, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@gingerw Yeah and all the home cooked meals your all scrarfing down is really bringing this..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@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 Jake, I love that expression, I will have to remember it and use it.
You do not sound as if you enjoy CA. Have you thought of moving? What part do you live in? I know it gets pretty hot when you get away from the coast. I doubt you would enjoy New England though. I do like having seasons so I think if I was to move south the furthest I would go would be Virginia.
JK

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JK | @contentandwell | Jan 16, 2019
In reply to @hopeful33250 "Lot's of folks are not good in the kitchen, @jakedduck1. I had a friend whose husband..." + (show)
@hopeful33250

Lot's of folks are not good in the kitchen, @jakedduck1. I had a friend whose husband said that their kitchen was for resale value only😊

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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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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jan 16, 2019
In reply to @contentandwell "@hopeful33250 When my sister re-did her kitchen a number of years ago I told her should..." + (show)
@contentandwell

@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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@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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