Welcome to Day One
Peace of Happiness 1: Gratitude
Hi and Welcome to Day 1
- Today we will look at gratitude.
- Gratitude is the first of the 3 foundational practices which are guaranteed to help you take control of creating the causes for your contentment, confidence and peace of mind
About Gratitude.
- Being happy does not make you grateful, it is gratitude that makes you happy
- Research has shown that being grateful contributes to our happiness and self-confidence
- Being grateful is a great way to overcome feeling down. We can't feel unhappy and grateful at the same time. Choose gratitude
- It is easy for us to be grateful, our lives are amazing and others are doing kind things for us all the time - All we need to do is begin to notice
- We would not be able to survive if it were not for the kindness of others
- Our lives provide us with many opportunities to show kindness to others too
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Things to do today
Today we are going to do 3 things to help us start a gratitude practice
1. List at least 3 things you are grateful for
Keep your list with you and add to it during the day. Be creative and have fun
How does it make you feel when you are grateful? Write this down too.
2. How do you feel when you wake up in the morning?
Do you spring out of bed ready to start the day with enthusiasm or do you wake up with dread and a feeling of gloom?
3. Wake up grateful
In the morning when you wake think about all you are grateful for. It is helpful to record these in a journal or workbook
You can always start with waking up!
Take a few moments to add to your gratitude list and take it with you and add to it during the day.
Have fun being grateful over the next 24 hours and beyond.
See you tomorrow for DAY TWO and the next step in Peace of Happiness
Maree xx
Today we are going to do 3 things to help us start a gratitude practice
1. List at least 3 things you are grateful for
- Be creative and think broadly and creatively
- We would not be able to stay alive if it were not for the kindness of others – those who
- Grow our food
- Make our clothes, personal items
- Provide our shelter,
- Make our roads, cars, bikes and gadgets
- Those who drive our transport,
- Teach us, care for us ….etc.
Keep your list with you and add to it during the day. Be creative and have fun
How does it make you feel when you are grateful? Write this down too.
2. How do you feel when you wake up in the morning?
Do you spring out of bed ready to start the day with enthusiasm or do you wake up with dread and a feeling of gloom?
- Despite the external circumstances of our lives we can cultivate a feeling of optimism by not allowing negativity to go on and instead wake up grateful. We can continue our day being grateful thinking about all the things that are going right for us
- It is easy to get into the habit of thinking negatively and being unhappy. However we can change that by simply being grateful
3. Wake up grateful
In the morning when you wake think about all you are grateful for. It is helpful to record these in a journal or workbook
You can always start with waking up!
Take a few moments to add to your gratitude list and take it with you and add to it during the day.
Have fun being grateful over the next 24 hours and beyond.
See you tomorrow for DAY TWO and the next step in Peace of Happiness
Maree xx