As Thanksgiving Day approached this year, I decided to attempt a list of what I am thankful for. It was soon quite a long list. I thought perhaps I should try to prioritize or rank these elements, but in the end, I decided I did not know how to decide for which elements I am the most grateful.
Then I made a list of what I am not thankful for. That was a short list. Because it is a short list, I supposed I should decide if I wanted to do something about these few elements. I certainly could. Would it be for the best? Again, I decided I did not know, so went back to the first list.
In the end, perhaps thankfulness is like happiness. Just as we can affect our happiness level by deciding to be happy, in the same way, perhaps it is less important to know what we are thankful for than it is to simply be thankful. Despite my lack of conclusions, I still found this a useful exercise. I recommend it to each of you. What are you thankful for? I wonder how similar your list might be to mine.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. May gratitude be part of your day today, and everyday.
Posted by Carman
Monday, October 11, 2010
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I do my best to practice thankfulness everyday but writing in my "Grateful Journal" ... Nearly every night I open my book to a new page, write the date and a minimum of 5 things I am grateful for that day. It certainly put lovely thankful thoughts in your head before you fall asleep and really changes the perspective of the day!!
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Thank you Mel,
ReplyDeleteA Grateful Journal; what a lovely idea!