I started the Optimist Group because I did not like all the gloom and doom that is constantly and consistently deluging our World. Enough lamenting, please!!!
Show me the Hope! Show me the Gratitude! Show me the Optimism! Merely being alive is a minor miracle. Virtually millions of systems have to work in unison in order for each one of us to wake up in the morning. Our days are numbered. Why not make the best of them?
If you are going to compare your life to the perceived existence of the superstars, your days will not be too sunny. Instead, just look around you and notice the many that are so much less fortunate than yourself. When you feel depressed, just spend an hour in a nursing home or a hospital; I assure you, you’ll come out of there skipping and counting your blessings!
…Which brings me full circle to today’s topic: Keeping a Gratitude Journal. Write down five things you are grateful for right now. Yes, right now! Just do it, and then come back and finish reading the blog. Trust me on this one!
Thank you for complying with my request! Don’t you feel better now? All the silly little things like bills and deadlines sure don’t seem as important anymore, when you consider the BIG things that you have been blessed with.
For those of you fortunate enough for have an I-Phone (yet another thing to be grateful for), you can download the Gratitude Application for a mere dollar. I have it. I use it. I love it! The journal is visually pleasing and cute. You can attach a picture to your entry, enjoy inspirational quotes after you post and have it all neatly organized by the date. You can even rate your day from one to five stars.
Start today: write down five things you are grateful for on a daily basis for the next two months and you’ll see how much your life will change!
Life is Short. Live it Well! Gratitude is the seed of happiness...
Thank you for posting this Mirela. I gladly joined your group as I am a firm believer in positive energy and the law of attraction.
You can be gorgeous and unhappy. You can be rich and unhappy. You can be gorgeous, famous, rich and unhappy.
Joy has nothing to do with anything external. Joy is something you have on the inside, regardless of your blessings, health, station in life, looks, wealth.
My gratitude journal is simply the "insurance" against a bad attitude. I do not want the negativity that pervades the media and the consciousness of our nation to impact me any...
Rick: Thank you and welcome to our Group! I look forward to your blogs!
I have a friend who does volunteer at the assisted living and seniors center... she says if you are feeling sorry for yourself go help people who have ne control over their lives anymore... maybe you will then learn to appreciate what you have and take control of your own life... sounds like a plan!
Mirela,
Thank you this post; it was an eye opener. Much appreciated.
Mirela - We are so blessed in this country -- still consuming over 30% of the world's good and services annually -- with only 6% of the population. Most of US have little to complain about.
Milela, Count me in your group. I am a bit of a Polyanna too. I am definately going to download to my i-phone. Thanks for the tip. :)
Mirela, I just joined too. Starting today I'm writingfive things I'm grateful for each day. Thanks for the motivation!
Mirela - I already felt good when I woke up this morning, but now I feel ever better. The gratitude application for the Iphone sounds like a fun feature. Don't have an Iphone, but I do have other means of expressing my gratitude everyday (which I do). I need a new phone, maybe I should put it on my vision board. ;-)
Hope you have a 5 start day.
Mirela-You said it best "Life is short.. Live it Well"
Love it!! I hope I can get the app on my MyTouch. (Google's version of an iPhone)
Mirela, I'm usually very grateful. but you just made me want an i phone...now I'm not grateful for the phone I have. I'll work on it.
Mirela
Outstanding insight we all have things that we can show gratitude for.
Good luck and success.
Lou Ludiwg
Mirela,
Thank you for the wonderful idea of a gratitude journal! You are right life is short and we need to live it well!
Thanks Mirela ... this is great! I'm checking it out asap!
Happy Frisday To You!
I'm proud of you guys! I am so fortunate to have such a lovely AR Family!
THANK YOU!
...And now, it's time for LOL Friday (it's midnight on the East Coast)...
Please bring us your jokes!
I have an iPhone and I am going to definitely be downloadng this app, Mirela. Thanks for the heads up.
Sometimes I rant and sometimes I vent, but I think in my soul I am an eternal Optimist. I always look for the light at the end of the tunnel and the silver lining. Today, I want you to know that one of my 5 things I'm grateful for is your group. It always lifts me and on fridays makes me giggle.
I like the double tap to zoom! Yes, too much whining and lots to be grateful for.
Mirela - Your attitude is always a blessing to me. Thanks You! And Thank You for this wonderful post!