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Jun 7, 2014
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." --Melody Beattie
Arianna Huffington: Can Gratitude Help You Thrive?
"Grace and gratitude have the same Latin root, gratus. Whenever we find ourselves in a stop-the-world-I-want-to-get-off mindset, we can remember that there is another way and open ourselves to grace. And it often starts with taking a moment to be grateful for this day, for being alive, for anything." In an excerpt from her new book, Arianna Huffington explores how gratitude helped her to find meaning in pain and loss.
BE THE CHANGE
Oxford clinical psychologist Mark Williams suggests the "ten finger gratitude exercise," in which once a day you list ten things you're grateful for and count them out on your fingers. Try it this week.
