This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Be grateful for what you have because it could be worse. Be thankful for your home, because some people are homeless. Be thankful for your kids, because some women can not have children.
Be grateful for your job (even if you don’t like it), because some people are looking for jobs. Be thankful that you have your limbs, because some have machines for legs.
Be thankful that God woke you up today, because some people did not make it to another day.
Be thankful for your paycheck, regardless of how small it is - because some people have no income at all.
There is much to be grateful for today. Focus on the positive, instead of the negative and watch how your life changes for the better...
"Last week was Americans' big week to give thanks. Now Russell McLendon writes that giving thanks can do wonders for the human brain
according to researchers at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center
where scientists have developed an easy way for people to do just that
and, at the same time, contribute to a national research project and
maybe also improve their lives.The project is part of a $5.6 million, three-year national effort called 'Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude
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funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The center has gone live with
Thnx4.org, an interactive, shareable gratitude journal and has invited
people in the campus community to take part in the Cal Gratitude
Challenge by keeping a two-week online 'gratitude journal' and, if they
choose, sharing their posts with others. Early research into the power
of gratitude journals ended up proving that students who wrote down
everything they were grateful for strengthened their overall resilience and became less vulnerable to everyday stresses
and complaints like rashes and headaches, says Emiliana Simon-Thomas.'Thnx4.org wanted to make this spiral notebook very accessible, and to make the research a little more specific than it has been historically,' says Simon-Thomas. Online, anyone can take part — and potentially reap the benefits. The Cal Gratitude Challenge opened November 1
and will remain open throughout November but the project has a
three-year grant and participants will be able to maintain their
journals for the duration and first results from the data are expected
in January.'We affirm that there are good things in the world, gifts and benefits we've received,' writes Robert Emmons as part of the project. 'This doesn't mean that life is perfect; it doesn't ignore complaints, burdens, and hassles. But when we look at life as a whole, gratitude encourages us to identify some amount of goodness in our life
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