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10 Ways to Bring More Gratitude into Your Life
- Focus on what’s
right in your life instead of what’s wrong.
- Keep a gratitude
journal.
- Take a moment to
give thanks at meals.
- Say “thank you”
as often as possible.
- Appreciate your
kids just as they are.
- Remember why you
love your spouse and friends.
- Don’t compare your
life to others’ lives.
- Tell someone you
work with why you appreciate him or her.
- Look for the
hidden blessings in difficult situations.
- Live today as if
it were your last.
Other Thoughts about Gratitude
Gratitude makes us feel complete, just to remember the
gifts we have received. We are actually doubly blessed
when we receive something – for the gift itself and
the relationship we share with the person who gave it
to us. -- Michele Matt, CSP
What amazes me is that before we can count we are
taught to be grateful for what others do. As we are
broken open by our experience, we begin to be grateful
for what is, and if we live long enough and deep
enough and authentically enough, gratitude becomes a
way of life. -- Mark Nepo
Gratitude lights up what is already in our lives. You
don’t necessarily have anything more or different, but
suddenly you can actually see what is. And because you
can see, you no longer take it for granted. -- M.J.
Ryan
Let’s feel the magic of these two little, BIG words,
“thank you.” -- Ardath Rodale
Gratitude is the memory of the heart; therefore forget
not to say often “I have all I ever enjoyed.” -- Lydia
Child
If you haven’t got all the things you want, be
grateful for the things you don’t have that you don’t
want. -- Anonymous
Gratitude births only positive feelings – love,
compassion, joy, and hope. As we focus on what we are
thankful for, fear, anger, bitterness simply melt
away, seemingly without effort. -- M.J. Ryan
In relation to others, gratitude is good manners; in
relation to ourselves, it is a habit of the heart and
a spiritual discipline. -- Daphne Rose Kingma
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