{"id":2690,"date":"2010-11-28T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T13:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=2690"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:41:16","slug":"why-be-thankful-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/why-be-thankful-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Why be thankful anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe some of you spent a little time going around the table at Thanksgiving dinner sharing something you&#8217;re thankful for?<br \/>\nWhile the holiday is mostly about gorging on food and\/or spending time with loved ones, there is this sweet notion of a holiday about counting our blessings and giving thanks.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve taken that a step further with Month of Thanksgiving, daily reflections on things I&#8217;m grateful for. Bob Dylan has a song writing philosophy that the more personal the lyrics, the more universal they are &#8212; so instead of a generic song about heart break, he&#8217;ll write about a very specific break up &#8212; and I&#8217;ve taken that approach with my gratitude posts. Maybe sharing what I&#8217;m grateful for will connect with you and inspire you to be grateful.<br \/>\n<strong>But why be thankful anyway?<\/strong><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a snippet of a post I wrote last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/10\/26\/launching-a-month-of-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kicking off Month of Thanksgiving &#8217;09<\/a><br \/>\nThere\u2019s a self-help adage that says what you focus on expands. You\u2019ve  seen it in action if you\u2019ve ever worried some small detail until it  became an irrationally large part of your waking thought. Now we\u2019re  going to do it in reverse and focus on the good.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.projo.com\/news\/content\/lb_gratitude_11-24-07_6H7UJKR_v8.12696eb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Providence Journal wrote:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Robert A. Emmons of the University of California, a  professor who many consider to be a leading authority on the \u201cscience\u201d  of gratitude, has summarized what he considers the most significant  findings of a project that he and Michael McCullough of the University  of Miami conducted with a grant from the John Templeton Foundation\u201d:<br \/>\n\u2022In one experiment, adults who kept \u201cgratitude journals\u201d on a weekly  basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt  better about their lives and were more optimistic about the upcoming  week compared to adults in two other groups.<br \/>\n\u2022Participants who kept gratitude lists were more likely to have made  progress toward important personal goals (academic, interpersonal and  health based) over a two-month period, while self-guided exercises in  gratitude with young adults resulted in higher levels of alertness,  enthusiasm, determination, attentiveness and energy.<br \/>\n\u2022Grateful individuals place less importance on material goods, are  less likely to judge their own and others success in terms of  possessions accumulated, and are more likely to share their possessions  with others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you want to read more about Emmons, <a href=\"http:\/\/psychology.ucdavis.edu\/labs\/emmons\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe some of you spent a little time going around the table at Thanksgiving dinner sharing something you&#8217;re thankful for? 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