{"id":1137,"date":"2009-11-07T09:45:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T13:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:42:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:42:36","slug":"day-13-what-some-others-are-saying-about-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-13-what-some-others-are-saying-about-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 13: What some others are saying about gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leading up to Thanksgiving, each day I will blog about what I\u2019m doing to be more grateful. I invite you to join me, and to share your thoughts, observations, suggestions and ideas.<\/em>
\nDay 13: Taking a look at what a few other sources say about gratitude<\/strong>
\nI am hardly the first person to think of the idea of being more grateful. The benefit of participating in a trend is that I can share some of the best of what others are saying.
\nElizabeth Scott’s Stress Management Blog<\/strong>
\nElizabeth Scott writes a stress management blog on About.com, and she kicked off a gratitude program <\/a>in October with a focus on increasing gratitude to reduce stress.<\/p>\n

Developing an attitude of gratitude<\/a> toward the people, things and events in your life is a life-affirming and effective way to strengthen your emotional resilience<\/a> and reduce stress, among other things. Maintaining a gratitude journal makes it easy to get in the habit of focusing on the positive in your life, while also reaping the benefits of journaling<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Doing a gratitude journal? That sounds like a great idea!<\/a>
\nYou can follow Elizabeth on Twitter here<\/a>.
\nThe Art of Choosing Joy<\/strong>
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\"Kolette<\/a>
Want some help making a pretty gratitude journal? Click here for some crafty pointers from Kolette Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nA\u00a0blog called The Art of Choosing Joy<\/a>\u00a0has referred several visitors to my Month of Thanksgiving project.
\nHere<\/a> Choosing Joy author Kolette Hall writes about making a gratitude journal. She gives some crafty tips on do-it-yourself pretty gratitude journals, like the one at the right.
\nYou might\u00a0better appreciate\u00a0her enthusiasm for gratitude journals after reading her profile<\/a>, which includes this:<\/p>\n

My husband, Jason is a quadriplegic. He broke his neck when he was 15 years old at the C5-C6 vertebrae. After we met in college at Brigham Young University, we married in 1992. Five years later he was in a life-threatening car accident which left him in the hospital for 13 months and then a series of hospital stays and about 20 surgeries over the next six years.
\nBut in spite of our circumstances, I have found that life can be good; that I have the choice \u2013 to choose how I feel about my life and my situation. I get to choose my joy. In spite of the adversity and hardship that comes from being the caregiver of someone dealing with intense health issues, I have decided that I wouldn\u2019t go back and change the challenge of dealing with Jason\u2019s car accident.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

1,000 Awesome Things<\/strong>
\nIf you’re having gratitude journal writer’s block, you might want to check out the funny blog 1,000 Awesome Things<\/a>, which celebrates hundreds of everyday pleasures including\u00a0last-minute Halloween costumes, the surprise left-turn arrow and shooing\u00a0 a fly outside without having to kill it.
\nSee, you don’t have to solve world hunger to give thanks.
\nJust one example, which might be appropriate for the weekend:<\/p>\n

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#658 When you meet up with a group of friends and they stop talking to celebrate your\u00a0arrival<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n\"meeting<\/a>
\nSometimes you\u2019re late for the date.<\/em>
\nStepping into the dark restaurant, shaking off your umbrella<\/a>, squeezing past the bar, you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re gonna get: Who\u2019s gonna be here? Have they already ordered? Will there even be a chair?
\nIf you\u2019re like me, baby butterflies<\/a> flap in your stomach when you stumble into Tonight\u2019s Social Scene <\/strong>for the first time. Brushing rain off your eyebrows, unzipping your jacket, you smile nervously as you spot your friends and walk over to their crowded table in the back.
\nAnd if your entrance is marked by heads turning, forks dropping, fists raising, and loud cheers, it means you\u2019re hanging with a great group. So smile and accept their little Welcome Package <\/strong>of hugs and high-fives.
\nIt\u2019s gonna be a great night.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

AWESOME!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How are you doing with Month of Thanksgiving? Have you especially enjoyed any of the ideas you’ve seen? Has anything failed completely?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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