- Aug 18, 2015
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If you're starting to complain,
and it all feels like a pain:
Give thanks.
If life has got you down,
and all you do is frown:
Give thanks.
If you're feeling really sad,
or maybe hopping mad:
Give thanks.
When my oldest child was small, I started the gratitude game. Whenever anyone was complaining or bored or feeling glum, we would take turns saying out loud things that we were grateful for.
Sometimes we'd go through the alphabet, and sometimes play freestyle. By the end of the game, everyone ALWAYS felt better.
Right now, I am grateful for medicine when I need it, the summer heat, birdsong in the morning, my precious children and enough food every day.
Please share what you are grateful for! It could be as basic as running water or as fancy as you like!
and it all feels like a pain:
Give thanks.
If life has got you down,
and all you do is frown:
Give thanks.
If you're feeling really sad,
or maybe hopping mad:
Give thanks.
When my oldest child was small, I started the gratitude game. Whenever anyone was complaining or bored or feeling glum, we would take turns saying out loud things that we were grateful for.
Sometimes we'd go through the alphabet, and sometimes play freestyle. By the end of the game, everyone ALWAYS felt better.
Right now, I am grateful for medicine when I need it, the summer heat, birdsong in the morning, my precious children and enough food every day.
Please share what you are grateful for! It could be as basic as running water or as fancy as you like!
