7 Tips to Practice Gratitude on Thanksgiving Day 25
With Thanksgiving only two weeks away, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to gratitude. After all, giving thanks is what the holiday is all about. We know that people who feel gratitude and express their gratitude to others often are not only happier, but also healthier.
Although we should all be practicing an attitude of gratitude every day, we often forget to do so. We get wrapped up in the busyness of life, tending to family, home and our careers, rushing around so much that we can barely catch our breath. We tend to focus on our problems and all that is not going our way, rather than on our blessings and all that is working for us.
I have always taken for granted that my entire family is together on this day, but this year I feared my daughter wouldn’t be with us. Dyana moved to LA a few months ago, and didn’t think she would be able to get the time off from her new job to make the trip back to NJ. How thrilled and grateful we were to find her new bosses are caring and sympathetic. They totally agreed she should be with her family. So yes, we will be together not only for Thanksgiving Day, but for the long weekend as well.
Thinking about the possibility of my daughter not being at our holiday dinner table made me realize how important it is to not take anything about this day for granted. I am blessed with a large family who will all be together, enjoying the plentiful food and each other’s company.
I’ve given thought to some special ways to celebrate this year and give thanks, and I’d like to share them with you. What better time than Thanksgiving Day to stop and spend a few moments acknowledging all that we have to be grateful for and all that surrounds us on this special day.
1. Call a relative or friend who is far away to say “Happy Thanksgiving.” If you have loved ones who you can’t be with on Thanksgiving Day, pick up the phone and call them. No emails, Facebook