I just completed 100 days of thanksgiving the other day. Everyday (for 100days) I chose to list things that I was thankful for. Believe it or not, we are not grateful by default. It wasn't easy but, I realized that the more I did it, the easier it became. I also recognized the positive impact it had on, well...everything! Studies have shown that there are tremendous benefits of gratitude on a person as a whole. To summarize, this quote pretty much says it all:
“It’s not happy people who are thankful, it’s thankful people who are happy”
So in the spirit of wanting to encourage others to also choose gratitude. I came up with a list of (totally random) things to be thankful for. Let's be honest, even though we know there is a ton of things to be thankful for, it's most often easier to get caught up with all the negativity that is so prevalent in our world right now.
I hope you choose gratitude today.
In no particular order here are 60 Things To Be Thankful For:
- That you woke up today
- Heat
- Health - good or bad
- A bed to sleep in every night
- Education
- Your significant other
- Your parents - because without them you wouldn't be here today
- Music
- Running water
- All types of transportation
- Clothes and shoes to wear
- Dishwashers
- Laundry machines
- Fireplaces
- Food to eat
- Bathtubs
- Cooking videos on Facebook
- Date nights
- Good friends
- Meeting new friends
- Books
- Family - brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, in-laws
- Bad experiences
- Adventures
- All the different cultures in our world
- Opportunities
- Love
- Loss
- Pain
- Tears
- Kindness
- Joy
- Sunshine
- Rain
- Snow
- This moment
- Laughter
- Chocolate
- Children
- Your home
- "Netflix and Chill"
- Coffee
- Wine
- Electricity
- The internet
- Weekends
- Bedtime
- Holidays
- Successes
- Failures
- Mistakes
- The past
- Dreams and Passions
- Memories
- Freedom
- That you are forgiven
- That you are loved
- Hope
- For Grace which we can't earn and don't deserve but yet still receive