The Practical Benefits of Gratitude

• “Give thanks in all circumstances. It’s not for all circumstances, but in all circumstances.”

• “So in that moment, look at that one item and [say], ‘Okay I don’t want this in my life, but I am going to give thanks in it, trusting your character, God, in it.’”

• “When we say that, I think we are a little afraid it sounds like whining to God, but maybe it sounds like honesty to God.”

• Thanksgiving Turkey Fingers: Trace your hand on a piece of paper and write down what you are thankful for on each finger.

• “Gratitude changes us.”

• “It doesn’t diminish the bad, it’s still there; but it puts it into a perspective that helps us in that circumstance to find gratitude.”

• “Comparison is in the holidays. We compare a lot. I compare a lot . . . what that family looks like, what their holiday card looks like.”

• “No one is really living a Hallmark life, we are all living real life.”

• Ideas to get our grateful going: gratitude journal, sticky note reminders, focus on an ornament, correct self-talk, gratitude partner, think about other people.

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