We’ve just passed Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We’re ushering in a time when we’re urged to want more, buy more, get more. But this season can be a real opportunity to practice gratitude for what we already have. It’s a busy time and you may dread the idea of adding...
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, which makes me thing of what I am grateful for. I am thinking of the people who have been generous to me over this last year and how I can show gratitude to them. Did you know that there is a relationship between generosity and gratitude;...
“What do you say?” How often do you prompt your kids to say thank you? Saying thank you in the moment when somebody holds the door for you or hands you a cookie is important. Saying—writing—thank you for a gift still matters. And there are moments that call us to say...
Dear Mom, I see you loving your kids every day. I see you getting up in the middle of the night. I see you soothing fears and teaching lessons again and again … and again. I see you reading stories and making dinner even when you are tired. I see you trying to make...
Happy Valentines Day, Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to reconnect with a good friend by writing them a letter of gratitude. Whether they live far away and you see them less often than you wish or they live next door and you see them daily, a gratitude letter is...
Recently I read an interesting article* about the relationship of generosity and gratitude; that they are symbiotic, doing one leads to feeling the other. Small acts of kindness lead us to feel gratitude, and gratitude helps us feel generous. “Feelings of gratitude...