Gratitude List

What Are You Grateful For?Definition of grateful: The feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.

I start each day with my gratitude journal. It's on the nightstand next to my bed. Every morning I grab it right after I'm done meditating and write a list of at least 10 things I am grateful for at that moment. I keep my list simple. If I repeat the same thing each day, that's fine too. (One of the things I am grateful for each morning is the sunrise.)
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Today's Gratitude List:

1.  I am grateful for my healthy body.
2. I am grateful for the sunrise.
3. I am grateful for my new writing contract.
4. I am grateful for walking 3.55 miles this morning.
5. I am grateful for a mango-banana smoothie.
6. I am grateful for my family and friends.
7. I am grateful for last night's dinner party.
8. I am grateful for the grapevine that's blooming on the back patio.
9. I am grateful for being fully present.
10. I am grateful for living my life deliberately.
11. I am grateful for participating in my own life story.
12. I am grateful for my fully abundant and prosperous life.

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I usually throw 1 or 2 extras in my list, but there are times when it's not that easy to come up with even just 10 things. What is important for me to remember is that no matter what is going on in my life today, there is always something to be grateful for.

Practicing this every morning helps me move into a more purposeful life, one full of more than enough. My stress level has been greatly reduced, my overall health is much better. It works for me - check it out; it will work for you too.
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"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." - Oprah Winfrey

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Peace,
Zushka