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I honestly believe that the key to happiness is gratitude, which in turn assists with fulfillment. Finding time to give thanks for the little things in the every day, not just the big ticket items. Finding something to be grateful for at the end of each day means you are acknowledging the good, celebrating life and going to bed with hope.
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Gluing our thankfuls into our gratitude books 2008 (C) Deep Fried Fruit |
I was reminded of the concept twice recently. The first when my cousin sent me this photo of a gratitude jar with the idea that you fill it with little notes about the good things that happen in your life throughout the year and then open it on New Years Eve to celebrate the year that was and help with putting things in perspective. Brilliant!
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So I'm bringing back the gratitude box! I am reintroducing the concept of thanks, appreciation, celebration and acknowledgement. I will be encouraging the family to write gratitude notes during dinner a few nights a week. We can also include happy thoughts, quotes and celebration notes.
I am lucky. We are already quite a positive and celebratory type family. Every day I pose the question "what wonderful things happened in your world today?" But it doesn't hurt to put it on paper from time to time as a reminder when things do get tough.
Happy Thursday!
Let's make it a thankful one.
I love your gratitude box idea as each person has the saved notes to read back on. i have wanted to start a gratitude and memory jar this year but got off to a crazy new year start. now is as good a time as any so will start when we get back from our weekend away - thanks for the prompting.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this, I am going to definitely do this in my hosuehold, thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to focus on the positives!
Good on you. I blogged about the jar not too long ago. Mine was called the 'inspiration jar' xx
ReplyDeleteThis is a fabulous idea, a friend of mine is doing it also.
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