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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.

JK | @contentandwell | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @debbraw "Hey everybody, we have a new person who is new to Connect as well. She's @bvgrammy..." + (show)
@debbraw

Hey everybody, we have a new person who is new to Connect as well. She's @bvgrammy and she wants to join the Gratitude Group. I've given her the link and she's not over here yet, but when she comes over, I hope you will all help me welcome her. I'm going to be gone most of the day tomorrow taking my husband to the doctor in Jacksonville. I think our potential new member is ready for a group like ours... so if I'm not around, please start without me in making her feel comfortable. Maybe she heard about the delicious food being discussed over here?! LOL. Seriously, I love this group. Each one of you makes this group richer and more interesting. So having one more will just expand our interestingness... (is that a word?).

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@debbraw if that’s not a word it should be!
JK

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@lioness Oops, I mean pickled lol Must have been thinking of candied yams. My doctor would..." + (show)
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@lioness
Oops, I mean pickled lol
Must have been thinking of candied yams. My doctor would finish me off, and she wouldn’t hesitate to do it if she found out I had cheesecake
Jake

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@jakedduck1 ayes I canned beets then when I want pickled beets and eggs I have them

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @hopeful33250 "@debbraw I agree, interestingness works for me as well! We will welcome her." + (show)
@hopeful33250

@debbraw I agree, interestingness works for me as well! We will welcome her.

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@debbraw Sounds good to me as you know we have all made up words

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karen00 | @karen00 | Jan 21, 2019
In reply to @lioness "@jakedduck1 ayes I canned beets then when I want pickled beets and eggs I have them" + (show)
@lioness

@jakedduck1 ayes I canned beets then when I want pickled beets and eggs I have them

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@lioness. If you don’t mind me getting in on this, what are pickled beets and eggs? ......Karen

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jan 21, 2019

@karen00
Mix vinegar, sugar, salt, peppercorns, cloves, bay leaves, cook and put that mixture in the jars with beets and presto, pickled beets. More or less. I really like them but pickled okra is better. I have made them back in the day before I realized I loathed cooking. I buy them now. Now just opening the jar is a challenge.
Enjoy,
Jake

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jan 21, 2019

@karen00
Forget the eggs though, yuck!!!

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Parus | @parus | Jan 22, 2019

@lioness Pickled beets with eggs pickled in the juice sounds yummy to me. Have not had thus in a long time. Might need to remedy this!!

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Parus | @parus | Jan 22, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@lioness “Vegetable soup” sounds good, it’s the “home made” I can’t deal with. Jake" + (show)
@jakedduck1

@lioness
“Vegetable soup” sounds good, it’s the “home made” I can’t deal with.
Jake

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Canned veggie soup? I don’t own a can opener.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jan 22, 2019
In reply to @parus "@lioness Pickled beets with eggs pickled in the juice sounds yummy to me. Have not had..." + (show)
@parus

@lioness Pickled beets with eggs pickled in the juice sounds yummy to me. Have not had thus in a long time. Might need to remedy this!!

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@parus, @lioness
Speaking of eggs, does anybody remember a dish made of hard boiled eggs and served in a warm, creamy sauce? If so, I'd love to know the name of the recipe. Warm dishes always come to mind this time of year😊

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