It is easy to roll around in our wish for those things we do not have. But it is much more productive and life enhancing to give thanks for those things we do have. Today’s exercise is a counting game. Wherever you are right now: in your bedroom, in your living room, or in your … More Perspective
Today, we share our great good fortune with our social networks. Post a gratitude blast on Facebook, Twitter or any other social media. Or post your gratitude thought on all of them. Compose a sentence or two that reflects your growing gratitude for the life you have, the people you know, or the good someone … More Social Networks
Write a note to one of your teachers. It can be a teacher from years ago when you were a child, a teacher in your Sunday School class, your fitness instructor, your child or a friend who helped you learn a life lesson. Send a note today to say thank you! What teacher will you … More Thank a Teacher
At the end of the day, make a list of 15 (or more) things that went right in your day, no matter how big or small. There are hundreds! A small thing might be “My alarm clock sounded just as I had planned”, or “The waiter got my order just right”, or “There was plenty … More A Great Day!
Money represents how we have spent hours, days, and years of our lives. How often do you write a check or sign a credit card slip unconsciously or worse yet, grudgingly? Today, write “with gratitude” on every check that you write and on every credit card slip that you sign. Reflect on the times you … More Check Yourself
Trees use their leaves to gather life force energy from the sun. We humans can become more in tune with our life force energy when we express gratitude. Cut out paper leaves and ask people to write one thing for which they are grateful on each leaf. Find a small fallen tree branch. Collect the … More Gratitude Tree
Today we give thanks for all the escapes we have had over the years. Sometimes gratitude comes in those moments when we realize we have been spared misery. Today as you breathe into this time for yourself, we ask that you remember the “escapes”. Those “near misses”, those “fortunate coincidences” and those “divine interventions”. As … More Escapes
Choose a friend who would benefit from a gratitude boost. (Isn’t that everyone?) Circulate a “friend appreciation list” among mutual friends and acquaintances of “why you are grateful for” the chosen friend. Have each of them send an email to you to be assembled into one list. Then share the list with the chosen friend, … More Mutual Friend
Write out a list of all of the people who you love. (This list may look a bit different from your list yesterday.) Close your eyes and visualize them in a circle around you. Feel yourself radiating love to each of them. Feel the fullness of your heart and notice how much love you have … More Love, Me II
Write out a list of all of the people who love you. Close your eyes and visualize them gathered in a circle around you. Add to the circle all of those people who have loved you throughout your lifetime. Sense, see or feel their love as it radiates to you. As you visualize each person … More Love, Me
Days of Gratitude 