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an a Century
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11-30-16.
I was watching Hailey
Bartholomew's TED talk the other
day and it got me thinking about
how grateful we might be if only
we could teach ourselves to stop
and take notice of the little things
that make us grateful. Her story is
inspiring in the simplest of ways.
There was not a big crisis. She
did not go through a divorce,
experience a death or lose her job.
Like many, Hailey was feeling fl at,
disconnected from
the joys of her life
and depressed.
She committed
herself to 365
days of noticing
the positives
instead of
noticing what,
and who,
wasn't
meeting
her
expectations. She set out to notice,
assess, and appreciate the positives
in her life the little things that
made her smile, laugh and think
diff erently. She dedicated herself
to creating positive awareness
through photographs. During
each of the 365 days she would
photograph something that made
her feel grateful from umbrellas
on a rainy day to her husband's
giving her the biggest slice of pie.
Through her project she began
to notice that her unrealistic
expectations of others had
prevented her from appreciating
how good they really were. She
recognized that, for the most part,
they were showing up and trying
to be enough for her. She learned
from her 365 Grateful Project to
reprogram her brain to notice, fi lter
in and appreciate the many things
in her life that had once gone
unnoticed, but that now fi lled her
with gratitude, stating, "Sometimes
we don't see how great our life is
because we're not looking for it."
While 365 days may seem like
a lot of days to remember to stop
and take notice, imagine how good
you will feel to know that every
day for 365 days you were able
to notice a person, place or thing
that made you smile, feel comfort,
content, inspired and grateful.
Some strategies...
· Create a photo book of
gratitude as Hailey did:
Take one photograph a day of
an image that makes you feel
grateful.
· Share your gratitude:
Email, write or text one person
each day thanking them, (from
a family member or friend
to your mail delivery person,
librarian, teacher or coach).
· Keep a gratitude journal:
Write a new entry each day,
whether a statement of
gratitude or an entire page.
There is no right or wrong way
to do this.
· Create a gratitude box:
Fill an old shoe box with
gratitude-awareness
statements, one for each day.
· Gratitude out loud:
Each night at dinner
or bedtime, say aloud
something/someone for
which you are grateful.
She set out to notice, assess,
and appreciate the positives
in her life the li le things that
made her smile, laugh and
think di erently.
Jennifer Stern, LISW, is a Loss
and Bereavement Specialist at
Ellen F. Casper, PH.D and Asso-
ciates in Beachwood. For more
information she can be reached
at 216.464.4243.
365 Days of Gratitude
by Jennifer Stern
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