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GRATITUDE

Shaz51Senior Contributor09 Jan 2020, 7:09 pm AEDT

GRATITUDE

What are you Grateful for ????

Gratitudeis mindset, a way of life with endless benefits for you and those around you

it is such a simple habit that can spark the most incredible postive outcomes.

by embracing and expressing gratitude and letting it guild you in all you do , you will start to change your outlook in life for the postive

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Shaz51Senior Contributor10 Apr 2021, 1:37 pm AEST

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ohhh @Former-Member , soo happy to hear you had a good talk with your son last night , makes us happy to see our children happy xx

love your picture,

i miss my nice big tree at my place , nice and relaxing sitting under it having a coffee

Hello to @HenryX , @Olga , @Daisydreamer @Gwynn

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Unknown userMember10 Apr 2021, 5:42 pm AEST

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@Shaz51, did you lose the tree in the fire too? Hopefully still there for when you rebuild. I've set up shade cloth out back for sitting & working under 💞

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Shaz51Senior Contributor10 Apr 2021, 6:28 pm AEST

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The tree is gone @Former-Member ,, but going to plant another one before rebuilding

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Unknown userMember10 Apr 2021, 8:42 pm AEST

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@Shaz51 hope you can find an established fast grower. Adge can help you with that. Hi Adge, I see you in the background. Been worried about you 🐦 Hi @Appleblossom @HenryX @Olga @Daisydreamer @Gwynn - hipy ya all staying afloat?

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AdgeSenior Contributor10 Apr 2021, 9:03 pm AEST

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Hello @Former-Member

Hi @Shaz51

I am finding it extremely hard to Practice any Gratitude (at the moment), or to think of Anything to be Grateful for.

I have been working Quite Hard at Weekly Gratitude Practice - eg to think of/ be Mindful of things & people to be Grateful for.

All I see are Major Losses (Grief) & Regret (mostly).

When I do have them - Close Friendships & Relationships are what give me the Greatest Meaning in Life.

So I am (or would be) Very Grateful for those Friendships & relationships.

Adge

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Judi9877Senior Contributor10 Apr 2021, 11:12 pm AEST

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Hi @Adge @Shaz51 @Former-Member @HenryX @Olga @Daisydreamer @frog and everyone here.

Tonight I am feeling grateful for the following things:

- The rain that I can hear in the roof of my house and hearing it blow against the windows - a really nice sound to knit to!

- My cat Mitz for being so cute and great company - A house to live in considering so many people don't have this

- My knitting to relax me

- The AFL in TV despite me not going for either team as background noise and entertainment

- My books that I borrowed from the library including the Lord of the Rings trilogy that I just started reading in the library yesterday and that I've started to really get in to

- My friends here in forumland to give me advice, news, and wonderful friendship

Judi9877☺️💐

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Unknown userMember11 Apr 2021, 2:56 am AEST

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Wow @Judi9877, that's a great list. I can relate to mostbofbit. I especially like sound of rain on a tin roof 🌧️☔ Relaxing. Hope you're not in that cyclone area though. Stay grateful!.

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Unknown userMember11 Apr 2021, 3:25 am AEST

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Hi @Adge (smiley Very HappyHeart backatchya). Good to see you. I Understand those times it's "extremely hard to Practice any Gratitude" or think of Anything to be Grateful for. Such is the nature of depression don't you think? The negatives scream so much louder it's hard to see past them.

But I'm working on gratitude too. How do you do yours? This last week (after another major slump) I simply try to find x3 positives each morning and night, which I think is helping. Its "hard work" as you say (((((hugzz))))) but making it happen has become a survival thing for me, when my brain let's it. But not in just NOTICING the good things, but in CREATING them too. Kind of a counter-balance i guess, against life's griefs.

You said "Relationships are what give me the Greatest Meaning in Life"

I feel the same Adge, in fact I'd go a step further and say loving relationships are all we to get to take to heaven with us. Thats how important they are in truth.
I hope the forums provide a virtual friendship world for you a bit. It does me. I often find myself thinking of you all. I do think of you often with our similar isolation and loneliness, and Our similar toxic relatives... (makes me feel less alone), but more energising, is thinking of you with the birds here, every day.
Positive happy thoughts for you here Adge. I like to think somehow the positive energy you bring to my life returns to you on a sunbeam or something, to gently enrich you, even if just a little.
Sorry i dont stay long, but I do care 🙏

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OlgaSenior Contributor11 Apr 2021, 6:19 am AEST

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@Judi9877, what are you knitting at the moment? I used to knit scarves with thin wool and lacy but haven't done it for a year and now forgot how to read some of the patterns! With the winter coming I should get back into it. You are right: it's so relaxing...

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frogSenior Contributor11 Apr 2021, 10:29 am AEST

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Hi everyone @Olga @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Judi9877 @Adge @Gwynn @HenryX @Daisydreamer ...

I had a very down day yesterday. My first thing to be grateful for is that today is a bit better and I slept better last night.

Also

Autumn - my favourite season in my part of the world
Tea - such a comfort
Garden - is looking good after a gentler summer this year
Something to look forward to - watching soccer with my daughter

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