[PAA-Discuss] A Season For Nonviolence - Day 16 Feb 14: GRATITUDE

[BART BOYCE]

DAY 16 Feb. 
14:  The practice for today is GRATITUDE.  On her show, Oprah Winfrey frequently 
promotes the daily practice of gratitude.  
Expressing gratitude to others and to ourselves has a direct affect on 
our mental and physical attitude.  
People who express gratitude suffer less stress, are more optimistic and 
in general are happier than those who do not.  

  
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of 
life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to 
order, confusion to clarity.  It can 
turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings 
peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."  -Melody Beattie 
 
  
Today:  
I 
will list five things for which I am grateful for and share these good things 
with another, then reflect on who and 
what made those experiences possible.  
 I will write a "thank-you" note to someone 
who would least expect me to thank them.  I'll journal about my feelings with 
regard to this.    
 
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