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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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@jodeej @lioness It was somewhat overcast here also but you could see a very tiny moon, much, much smaller than usual. It was darned cold here that night but I stood out on our walkway and watched for about 10 minutes.
JK
@contentandwell On this coast the moon was a super moon very big beautiful
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2 ReactionsHeat wave here with 24 degrees on this Monday morning. Grateful for a warm home and not needing to get out much. High of 40 today so folks will be bringing out the Spring woredrobes. Only a reprieve for today.
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4 ReactionsCongratulations on that, @parus. We are only at 10 and going down later today.
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2 ReactionsToday I am grateful to resume a more typical routine, after a week in the desert, and visit from stepson for his 34 hr layover [he is a long haul driver]. Only one more load of wash to do. Tomorrow I start a volunteer position that will take 4 hrs twice a week. Weather should be nice until Saturday or so.
Ginger
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3 Reactions@gingerw Sounds nice, especially the volunteer position. If you care to share more, what type of volunteer work will you be doing?
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1 ReactionJeez almighty, that’s colder than a mother-in-laws love.
I need to put my long johns on just thinking about those temps.
It’s blistering cold in California too. Not even 50 degrees yet. Should be survivable though, supposed to be 65 later. Still cold but guess I’ll live. It’s times like this I regret having my fireplace removed.
Try and keep warm @parus
Jake
Yesterday at church, for which I am grateful - spiritual sustenance and church family support, the pastor (who recently relocated from Florida to Minnesota), said "last year I was in 70 F weather in southern Florida, and now 'it's negative I'm going to die'." 😉 Really stinking cold is what I call it.
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1 Reaction@hopeful33250 Teresa, I will be doing some special projects with our local police department.
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4 Reactions@elizabethzimmermann It's more than cold enough here in NH. I don't think I could take it in Minnesota. Brrrrrr.
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