Daily Gratitude

Research shows that people who keep a daily gratitude list feel better about their lives as a whole and feel more optimistic about the coming week. Compared to control groups, they exercise more frequently and report fewer physical complaints. They also experience more positive emotions, fewer negative emotions, and exhibit more helpful behavior towards friends and neighbors. (Emmons & McCullough, 2003) -- more... What are you grateful for? Here's my list today. Feel free to add yours to the comments!

Thank you thank you thank you for an incredible morning and an incredible life. Everything is so amazing! Thank you for vision and clarity and understand and "getting" it--finally getting it. Thank you for the pennies from heaven! Thank you for my health--for my wonderful bike ride, for my soothing yoga, for my relaxing shower. Thank you for my husband, my beautiful home, my wonderful children. Thank you for a day off of school! Thank you for the pumpkin party. Oh, thank you thank you thank you for such a different life than before. Thank you for Amber. Thank you for technology. Thank you for the amazing human mind--so much creation before us! Thank you for the many wonderful men as examples for my son. Thank you for such an amazing relationship with my children. Thank you for the beautiful fall colors and the cool (but not too cold!) weather. Thank you for friends and loved ones. Thank you for my new kitchen! Thank you for the money that is circulating all around me and showering down on me! Thank you for the Bahamas. Thank you for my talk cast. Thank you for Aisza and Sue and Linea and Coleen and Anthony. And thank you for getting it. Oh, thank you for getting it.