If you want to get in the mood for this Thursday’s Thanksgiving celebration – a US event, admittedly, but I think it should become an annual global happening, as well as a daily attitude! – here are several articles by my colleagues and me.
(All images @Glowimages – models for illustrative purposes only)
My piece is “Nurture a gratitude attitude, says entrepreneur”, posted on LinkedIn, which includes a healing of depression through a moment of gratitude that blossomed into a habit of gratitude.
The big breakthrough came when I was leaving a building and some lilacs caught my eye. I heard myself saying, “Those are the most beautiful lilacs I have ever seen….
Here are several others.
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“#GratitudeChallenge: From the Trivial to the Transformational” by Ingrid Peschke on Healthy Living (Huffington Post):
Gratitude has a way of awakening one’s spiritual sensibilities and feelings of closeness to the divine. Its close cousin is contentment…
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“Does gratitude impact our health and happiness?” by Anna Bowness-Park in Project Eve:
There’s an old saying that if you’ve forgotten the language of gratitude, you’ll never be on speaking terms with happiness…
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“What is it about giving thanks that makes us health?” by Eric Nelson, California Health Report:
In remarks made to a conference convened this summer by Cal Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center (GGSC), renowned gratitude expert Dr. Robert Emmons explained why giving thanks is so appealing to so many. “Gratitude has the power to heal, to energize and to change lives,” he said…
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“Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation: Gratitude in hardship“, by Steven Salt in the Toledo Faith and Values:The individual battles of sickness, depression, poverty, addiction, unemployment, and more can overwhelm our sensibilities and want us to surrender to discouragement and despair. Yet, acknowledging the simple blessings that befall us each and every day can go a long way in helping us claim and experience victory over the obstacles in our way…
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In addition, for those who want to think more deeply about the divine basis for a grateful disposition, there’s a Christian Science Sentinel audio chat called “Thanksgiving—giving gratitude to God” today (Tuesday, November 25 at 2pm EST, 7pm in the UK). It will be available to listen to throughout the Thanksgiving period.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you
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