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Gratitude is having a sense of gratefulness or thankfulness for someone or something. This might be for family and friends, or people in your general life. It might be for pets and animals, or for nature or life at large. We might have a sense of gratitude for ourselves – for what we have … or don’t have. There are so many things we can be thankful for.
What are some of the things that you are grateful for?
Appreciation is when we actually express our gratitude. We go beyond experiencing the felt sense of gratitude to actually sharing it with others.
Who or what have you appreciated recently?
Gratitude and appreciation are powerful pathways towards wellbeing. There are many simple ways to cultivate gratitude in our lives. In the next post I will share with you a few practices from the literature that you can explore.
What activities and practices do you use to cultivate gratitude and appreciation in your life and those around you? It would be great to hear from you.
Your blog is great! I have a blog about gratitude as well, but I didn’t think to give tips on how to be more greatful, and some people actually do not know how! Complaining comes WAY to easily to us, especially Canadians – we are always complaining about the weather. Gratitude is life-chaning and very powerful, so thanks for this radical blog!
My blog: http://thanksfortheblues.wordpress.com/
Enjoy!
Thanks Hailey for the encouraging words – I am enjoying your blog too – I am up to the inspiring You Tube speeches you have put on your blog.
I also really appreciate (haha) that you dilineate the difference between feeling gratitude and actually making it into an action through appreciation! Great insight!
Yeah, I really like the distinction because it encourages people to actually express their gratitude – credit for the distinction goes to Tony Grant and Sonya Lyubormisky who write about happiness and wellbeing.
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I love the phrase ‘perpetual gratitude’ and the empty nester gratitude reflection you shared.
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