Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Gratitude - March 31, 2009

Welcome to my Blog:

Life always amazes me when I embrace the unknown and have faith that what I'm venturing into is for the highest good for everyone.

Here's a picture of me with the ladies at my first Women's Group - Discussion Forum I held with the subject being 'Gratitude'.

Check out The gratitude attitude: Create a thank bank and change your mood at
http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/the-gratitude-attitude/?goback=%2Ehom.

Gratitude from Dr. Stephen Post at http://www.guideposts.com/story/power-gratitude:

1. Defends: Just 15 minutes a day focusing on the things you're grateful for will significantly increase your body's natural antibodies.
2. Sharpens: Naturally grateful people are more focused mentally and measurably less vulnerable to clinical depression.
3. Calms: A grateful state of mind induces a physiological state called resonance that's associated with healthier blood pressure and heart rate.
4. Strengthens: Caring for others is draining. But grateful caregivers are healthier and more capable than less grateful ones.
5. Heals: Recipients of donated organs who have the most grateful attitudes heal faster.

For inspirational stories on Gratitude visit Guideposts at:http://www.guideposts.com/health-wellness/healthy-mind/gratitude?cid=G_Z_Spirit&kwd=gratitude&gclid=COy60rSzupkCFQoHswodjQjj6w

And checkout the GratiDudes at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9z2ELaBVJY to see how two guys are changing the world with their GratiDude Dance.

I leave you with a thought by Albert Clarke:

In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.



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