Welcome to Gratitude Watch.- Gratitude Watch is an eye on the internet for news, articles, videos, and other items, all focusing on the subject of gratitude. For more on my intent on these postings, see About Gratitude Watch.
- So … let’s rock!
• Special Request •
I’m going to open with a special request to my regular readers (there aren’t a lot of you, but my stats say you’re there, bless you). I suspect most of you read Gratitude Watch because you know personally how important gratitude really is, be it because you were careful nurtured by a loving parent, relative, or friend, or you had a moment where you nearly lost everything … and somehow didn’t. In a sense, we are family, because we see how this simple thing can change not just our own lives, but possibly the entire world.
What I’d like to ask of you is to take a moment, think of those who might benefit from understanding the power of gratitude … or could stand a little prodding in the right direction … and point them to Gratitude Watch.
It would mean a lot to me, and just maybe it would mean a lot to them.
Thank you,
• Something Visual •
On Tangle, “Reaching Out,” an interview with Deborah Norville, host of Inside Edition, Twitter user @DeborahNorville, and author of Thank You Power (on my recommended books list), talking about how to extend gratitude in the toughest of times.
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New member of my frequent gratitude contributors, the “League of Gratitude,” Jo Englesson, founder of TOFA (“Token OF Appreciation”) — and Twitter user @JoEnglesson — gives thanks for something most of us can relate to, in “Giving Year Day 18 – Starbucks.”
• (The Rest of) the “League of Gratitude” •
I’d like to introduce our newest member of my “League of Gratitude,” Maya, of The Gratitude Journal, whose very funny post “I Am Thankful for a Grumpy Neighbor” was featured back on May 1. Today she offers “I Am Thankful When the Kids Call,” a little reminder that seeming little things can engender enormous thanks.
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Charles Henry at Covenant Zone gives us “Memorial Day Monday,” a call to extend gratitude to those who served in WW-II, while they are still with us.
• This is The New Stuff •
Some tough stuff today …
Gail Brokaw at A Gathering of Women gives us “Memories Made Tangible,” about personal disaster, gratitude, and the transferable importance of our “stuff.”
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I finally found an atheist expressing gratitude: Jonathan (I think … you didn’t make it easy to find your name) at Green Oasis, gives us “Five Things,” a short reflection that gratitude is meaningful to atheists, too.
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Patrick at Spiritual River | Addiction Help gives us “Advanced Recovery Topic – What to do with all the Toxic Memories in Long Term Sobriety?” — and answers that question with an application of … gratitude.
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Lisa Town at The ‘C’ Word offers “I’ve Never Been On The Cover Of People Magazine…” expressing gratitude to Christina Applegate and others for their part in the ongoing war against Breast Cancer.
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Dan at Lawyers with Depression offers “Giving Thanks – Even When You’re Depressed,” focusing on gratitude as a tool to help manage diagnosed depression.
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Timothy A. Whiston at Urbane Perspective gives us “Gratitude is the Key to a Better World For Everyone,” suggesting a simple thank you to the mail carrier can send a good ripple out … to everyone.
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One last look back at Memorial Day: Phil Gerbyshak (Twitter user @philgerb) at Slacker Manager gives us “Memorial Day Gratitude,” some gratitude expressed for veterans — including several members of his own family — for their service.
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Stay tuned for the next Gratitude Watch.
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If you have a substantive original posting about gratitude (please see my “About Gratitude Watch” page) feel free to email me a link through my contact page, or “tweet” me on Twitter.
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