{"id":3882,"date":"2011-11-24T05:45:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T09:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:40:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:40:19","slug":"take-time-today-to-give-thanks-its-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/take-time-today-to-give-thanks-its-good-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Take time today to give thanks &#8212; it&#039;s good for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So many people are stressed out today about so many things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>why is my brother always late?<\/li>\n<li>will these lumps come out of the gravy?<\/li>\n<li>can you even believe how long that security line was at the airport?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a country of people who don&#8217;t really cook, we maintain this annual tradition of huge dinner parties, making foods many of us don&#8217;t prepare any other time of year.<br \/>\nSo here&#8217;s my advice: take a deep breath and remember that Thanksgiving is about giving thanks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_SCI_PSYCHOLOGY_OF_THANKS?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A recent AP story by science writer Seth Borenstein shows it&#8217;s not just a quaint pleasantry to give thanks &#8212; it&#8217;s good for you:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Oprah was right,&#8221; said University of Miami psychology professor Michael McCullough, who has studied people who are asked to be regularly thankful. &#8220;When you are stopping and counting your blessings, you are sort of hijacking your emotional system.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nGrateful people &#8220;feel more alert, alive, interested, enthusiastic. They also feel more connected to others,&#8221; said (Robert) Emmons, who has written two books on the science of gratitude and often studies the effects of those gratitude diaries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The last two years, I prepared for Thanksgiving by doing a month of daily posts about gratitude, so this is clearly something I believe in.<br \/>\nIf you want a little inspiration while you&#8217;re waiting for the turkey to thaw, here are some of my favorite past blog posts about gratitude:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2010\/11\/28\/why-be-thankful-anyway\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">why be thankful\u00a0anyway?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/02\/day-eight-whats-on-your-hate-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acknowledge the things you hate and try to find something you love in each<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/04\/day-10-regrets-ive-had-a-few\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reflect on your regrets and give thanks for the lessons your mistakes have taught you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/05\/day-11-forgiveness-forgiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">try to forgive the people who\u2019ve hurt you, or at least to find something to be grateful for in the hurt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/03\/day-nine-i-want-i-want-i-want\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">try to redirect your desire for things you don\u2019t have to gratitude for things you already have<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/16\/day-22-finding-gratitude-in-grief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">if you\u2019re grieving, reflect on the reasons you\u2019re grateful to have known the loved one you\u2019ve lost<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/23\/day-29-lifes-messy-and-thats-ok\/\">embrace life\u2019s imperfections \u2014 if you throw a dinner party and it goes terribly wrong, at least you\u2019ll get a laugh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/06\/day-12-too-much-to-do-not-enough-time-to-do-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">find time to be grateful even if you think you don\u2019t have time to give thanks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And because it makes me smile, here&#8217;s a re-run of a prayer of thanksgiving you probably won&#8217;t hear at your dinner table today:<br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J74y88YuSJ8]<br \/>\nThanks to you for reading! I&#8217;m really grateful for your time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So many people are stressed out today about so many things: why is my brother always late? will these lumps come out of the gravy? can you even believe how long that security line was at the airport? 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