Gratitude

A Thanksgiving Gratitude List The holidays are fast approaching. In stores and on TV we are about to be inundated with visions of festive family get togethers, lovely gourmet meals and lots and lots of good cheer. And while the holidays can be a beautiful time to unwind, recharge and relax, for many of us, it can be overwhelming and downright exhausting. Especially for us artists. It can disrupt our rhythm and throw us into a minefield of career questions from well meaning family and old…

attitude of perpetual dissatisfaction through the idea that more equals satisfaction, and until we are satisfied, we believe that we do not have enough. This is a continuous cycle, but there is an off ramp described by Mary Jo Leddy in her book Radical Gratitude. Leddy considers this consumer phenomena of North American society and applies an alternative attitude…

Finding Happiness with Gratitude Journals Be Thankful Everyday ______________________________________________________________________ The healthiest yet rarest of human emotions is gratitude. As we travel through our lives we act and feel as though we are in a race to the finish line, as if there is a problem to overcome. From the weekly food shop to your job, everything appears to be a hurdle. We often create a list of actions for the day and hastily tick them off as you complete each task,…

Gratitude….. I don’t think about it much, but when I do, I realize that I’m grateful for many things. A lot of things come to mind, but basketball, vacations, and summer are the three things that I am most thankful for. Basketball means so much to me! I’m excited right now because our first traveling basketball tournament is coming up shortly. I can already picture the referee lofting the ball up in the air like a pancake being flipped for the tip off! I like the intensity when it’s a close game…

Joy Woods Expressive Journal Entry: Gratitude Negative things have happened this semester. I’ve been irritated, sad, frustrated, angry, and confused. I’ve gone through a multitude of emotions during this first semester of my freshman year here at UNCG, but there’s something move positive I’d like to focus on, and that’s thankfulness. I’d like to use this journal entry as a time to express my gratitude to my professors, my fellow classmates, and strangely enough, to myself. I, of course, owe a…

I am writing to you to express my sincere gratitude for your Corps of Cadets Scholarship. My family and I thank you for your generosity and support. Since I wrote to you last, I attained a semester GPA of a 3.25 and continue to pursue a major in Engineering. Within engineering, I participated in a Lego build project which our group designed and built a robot that would not fall off the table. During last semester, I attended all home football games, stood as part of the Twelfth Man; and the…

forgive is the moment that things shift. Suffering end, the moment we decide to forgive. This is a core belief of Malynn Utziger, MD, a certified yoga instructor and specialist in holistic medicine. As part of filmmaker Louis Schwartzberg’s “Gratitude Revealed” series, Dr. Utzinger did an exceptional job in narrating what happens when we are able to move past old hurts and learn how to practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is not about accepting wrong or even going against one own values.…

Article Review “Beyond Reciprocity: Gratitude and Relationships in Everyday Life” an article by Sara B. Algoe, Jonathan Haidt and Shelly L. Gable is aiming to show how gratitude may shape new relationships and the quality of those relationships we choose to keep in the future. This seems to be becoming a more relevant topic because it is somewhat abstract, and could really show us how we create meaningful relationships with others and how first impressions mean more than we think. According to…

from being in school that can discourage someone and make them think to give up. In addition the book recommended finding life’s balance and finding time to study that tailor a person’s learning type of style. A memorable quotation from Uncommon Gratitude is “Faith is the willingness to see God at work in others- their needs and ideas their hopes and plans- as well as in ourselves. This quote inspires me because it is my Faith in Jesus that I will keep pushing to achieve in all aspect of my life…

living every minute with love, grace and gratitude” (Waitely). There are many actions a person can perform to achieve happiness. Human happiness can be an abstract state of mind that anyone can earn. A happy person is most likely to experience gratitude, acceptance and good health. Gratitude is a cause of human happiness. First, studies on gratitude have shown that people who practice being grateful are happier. For example “First is to keep a gratitude journal. This can mean listing five…