50 Ways to Show Gratitude

One of my favorite local Atlanta people posted this link on my Twitter timeline and I had to share. As you read in yesterday's Motivational Monday post, I think we should show and express gratitude daily. This article is about 50 Ways to Show Gratitude to the People in Your Life.

Some of the examples they provided include:

• Share a long, intimate hug.


• Compliment others on their talent, skill, or strength they admire.


• Fully listen to what they have to say.


• Resist the urge to tell them they are wrong.


• Smile! because they're contagious...

Check out the rest of the 50 Ways to Show Gratitude list and share some of your own!

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
       -William Arthur Ward

Motivational Monday: On Gratitude

Thanksgiving Day is over. We spent the day thinking about all the things we were thankful for whether it be the people in our lives, the blessing and opportunities we have, or the sacrifices we made to be better. But I often wonder, "why must we show gratitude and thanks on only ONE DAY of the year?" What happened to showing gratitude and being gracious on the other 365 days of the year? As I watched my timeline fill with horror stories of Black Friday shopping and gluttonous indulgence, I wondered if those people (me included) thought about gratitude and thanks not even 24 hours after the Day of Thanks...

We should always make a conscious effort to be gracious and show gratitude daily. It can be in the simplest of thank yous or something grand, but we definitely shouldn't allow the gratitude to sit and fester until we think THAT one day is the right time to express it.

EVERY DAY IS A GREAT DAY TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE. As you begin your weeks, shopping for cyber deals, returning to work and school, or recouping...remember show gratitude.

"As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun over the horizon is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world."
       -Terri Guillemets