The Gratitude blog
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Our blog is a collection of our thoughts and our perspectives. It’s a place where we share how gratitude is showing up in our lives. It’s a place where we share how the simple practice of gratitude can change lives. So with that, sit back, grab your favorite beverage, and enjoy our musings.
Connections Through Conversations
"There were many mornings where I would just cry in the shower before work. It was brutal...the position I was put into. However, looking back at it now, I would never take it away." "You don't really have any other option but to be grateful, when you can see...
Lessons I Learned – Thanks to 2020
So, as 2020 wraps up, I sit here wrapping up my day, drinking a beer and listening to an all-time classic song by Boston called Don't Look Back. Seems beyond fitting given the year we all just experienced. To me, it seemed like a roller coaster ride where we had no...
Resolution 2021: Game-Changing Gratitude
Happy New Year! Wow...we made it to 2021! What a year we just endured. I'm grateful just to turn the calendar to January! And with the flip of that page comes the all-too-daunting thought of a new year's "resolution"!!!Have you ever told...
A Pile Of Problems
Problems. Three things are certain. We all have them. We all don't want them. We all know that they often get in the way of living a joyful life. But, the reality is - problems are a normal part of life. A part of life that will always be with us. While our problems...
Connecting The Dots
Do you remember those "connect the dot" books you might have had when you were a kid? You know, the ones that had a page full of numbers placed at seemingly random positions on the page - just a big scattering of numbers. No pattern. No guide. Just a starting...
Say The Words
"I have a dream" - Martin Luther King, Jr. "Four score and seven years ago" - Abraham Lincoln. "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy. We've all heard the words...those immortal words. The words that have...
Finding Gratitude In Six Feet
Six feet. About the size of the couch that you may be sitting on as you read this. It’s really not that far. Why is it then, that over the last few months, six feet has often felt a little more like six miles? By now, we all know the guideline - stay at...
Goodness in a Global Pandemic?
Take a moment and think back to December 31, 2019. It’s really not all that long ago. What were you doing? What were you feeling? For many, we were all wrapping up the holiday season and looking forward, with anticipation, to the newness that would...
Easing Anxiety Through Gratitude
In the immortal words of Bob Dylan - "the times, they are a-changin’.” Over the course of the last month, we have seen life change dramatically as a result of COVID-19. Hopefully, by the time this edition is published, things have calmed and we have returned to our...
A Month Of Gratitude
In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." In all honesty, it really is true. Life often does move so fast that it's easy to miss some of the more important things in life if...
COMING SOON!!!
We are in the process of putting together a regular newsletter that will provide regular updates, resources and ideas to help you find ways of practicing gratitude that work for you so you can create change in your life and the lives of those around you. Keep and eye out for it!!!