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.
The Coffee Crew
I'm sitting here at a local coffee shop - early on a Saturday morning just considering what to write for my next blog post. I have always read that there are things to be grateful for everywhere...at all times. So, I thought I'd just sit back and find...
Thank You – A Year of Gratitude
As we come to the close of 2019, I wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for making a difference in my life over the course of the year. What started out as a little project to get my mindset to a better place during some challenges at work and...
The Gift of Gratitude
YES!!! Here we are once again. The Christmas season is upon us and oh what a joy it is!!! Excitement fills the air. Christmas music can be heard around every corner. The children are bursting with anticipation. But, amid all of the beauty...
From Grief to Gratitude
It was just a couple of days ago. November 15th. That day will forever have new meaning for me. It was that day one year ago, that we lost a father, a husband, a grandpa, a brother. Someone recently asked me if it was "sudden". I paused and...
Butterflies and Gratitude – What’s up with that?
Butterflies have been on my mind lately. Yup - butterflies. Yesterday, a friend of mine sent me a short video clip of a really cool looking caterpillar chomping on a leaf in their backyard. I started thinking about the amazing transformation that little guy will go...
Child-Like Gratitude
I am sitting here at a very busy brewery on a cloudy Saturday afternoon. The room is filled with people, some playing games, some just having conversations and all enjoying each other’s company. I can’t help but “people-watch”. One of the individuals that has captured...
Teachers that “really” teach
Before we grow up and become “real adults,” those who work a 9-5 job, your “job” is to go to school. From the time we are 3 or 4 years old, playing in preschool, to college graduation or even graduate school for some, we are greatly influenced by our educational...
How Ferris Bueller Can Help Us With Gratitude
We know science says that expressing gratitude brings with it a ton of benefits. It increases happiness, improves relationships, increases one’s self-esteem, improves your career - it’s next to impossible to find someone who doesn’t feel that there is a...
Taking Chance
An interesting thing happened to me on a recent business trip. I was working with a client and after a long day I was just hanging out in my room flipping through the channels. I came across an older movie called "Taking Chance" caught my attention. It was about a...
The Beauty of Change
Life is a beautiful thing - full of excitement, love, pain, and constant change. Change often brings about new opportunities for us to express ourselves, assist others, and find new avenues for us to influence the world around us for the better. Recently, my family...
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!!!