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!
• Something Visual •
Deanna Collins of The Gratitude Circle (Youtube user gratitudecircle and Twitter user @gratitudecircle) gives us her first “Gratitude Greeting” with “Gratitude Greeting: The Small Stuff.”
Wish I had found this for Mothers Day …!
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YouTube user supportpeace gives us Naadira Alli singing the song “My Mum is Amazing” written by Zain Bhikha. “My Mum is Amazing – Allah Knows by Zain Bhikha”
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Jo Englesson, member of my “League of Gratitude,” founder of TOFA (“Token OF Appreciation”) — and Twitter user @JoEnglesson — gives us gives us a confession about authenticity, and makes a quick stop at the drive thru in “Giving Year Day 47 – Truth vs Del Taco.”
• (The Rest of) the “League of Gratitude” •
As mentioned above, I have a category of folks I call The “League of Gratitude,” people that have been frequent contributors to Gratitude Watch.
Brenda Arnall at It’s a New Day gives us “This Blessing Rocks,” a post on, literally, music appreciation … but, no, not like they did to us in elementary school. Brenda also shares the latest installment of her 52 Blessings gratitude journal craft project.
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Maya, of The Gratitude Journal, gives us “I Am Thankful the Days Are Getting Shorter,” an acknowledgement that the summer humidity is … very slowly … on its way out for the year.
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At The Huffington Post, Eli Davidson (Twitter user @elidavidsonf2f) writes about looking through the lenses of thankfulness with “Honey, You Need New Glasses! Gratitude Looks Good On You.”
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Lian at Essense of Loving Kindness gives us “My first encounter – Gratitude.” This is a powerful personal tale … maybe a little rough in the conveyance, but well worth reading … of a hospice worker’s vigil with a dying woman and a man whose loyalty to the woman threatens to destroy him.
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At Factoidz, Marie Coppola gives us a Christian-flavored answer to the question: “What is gratitude?”
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More in a Christian vein — some thoughtful reflections from an historical Christian figure, John Calvin: At Cal.vini.st, “Calvin on Gratitude for Earthly Life.”
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From the Official Website | Devin Norris | Live Radio Show, “Letters from Our Troops: Operation Gratitude 6/27/09 at 3:34pm.” Gratitude back for gratitude expressed. Looks like the troops know the drill, and are grateful for it.
With a little exploring, and I found the Operation Gratitude “Mail Call” page, with more letters and emails of appreciation from our forces across the world. (One is entitled “You will never know how much your kindness and support means to all of us here.” No, SSG D. B., I probably never will.)
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At TwoTwoEight’s blog, “Gratitude.” Get out the tissues for this one … but these are good tears. Promise.
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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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