Comments on: Today, I Am Grateful For… http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sameve http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 sameve Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:21:04 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1320 Leslie: This is a great list, and I can relate, as I am currently fighting a cold as well. Living in Beijing sounds so exciting, and it seems like you have some great friends there! I love your definitions of appreciate. The second one is less conventional, but still very relevant. Thanks for sharing your gratitude list! Leslie: This is a great list, and I can relate, as I am currently fighting a cold as well. Living in Beijing sounds so exciting, and it seems like you have some great friends there! I love your definitions of appreciate. The second one is less conventional, but still very relevant. Thanks for sharing your gratitude list!

]]> By: Leslie_Forman http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 Leslie_Forman Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:59:58 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1318 Today I am grateful for: <br>- my roommate Mark, who brought me cold medicine this morning, and asked before starting his erhu (Chinese violin) practice<br>- Tylenol Cold for calming my cough and sniffles<br>- my Chinese friends Harry and Jingwei who send me ginger tea recipes<br>- my kind boss for letting me stay home<br>- the weather in Beijing, which is finally starting to warm up<br>- multi-colored emails from my young Chinese friends, which always make me smile<br>- and YOU! for encouraging me to write this :) <br>I've done this activity several times with my clients in China, particularly in connection with psychology articles or Thanksgiving stories. The word "appreciate" has two definitions: to be grateful, and to amplify. The second definition refers to interest on a bank account, as well as the way that recognizing gratitude serves to amplify it. Today I am grateful for:
- my roommate Mark, who brought me cold medicine this morning, and asked before starting his erhu (Chinese violin) practice
- Tylenol Cold for calming my cough and sniffles
- my Chinese friends Harry and Jingwei who send me ginger tea recipes
- my kind boss for letting me stay home
- the weather in Beijing, which is finally starting to warm up
- multi-colored emails from my young Chinese friends, which always make me smile
- and YOU! for encouraging me to write this :)
I've done this activity several times with my clients in China, particularly in connection with psychology articles or Thanksgiving stories. The word “appreciate” has two definitions: to be grateful, and to amplify. The second definition refers to interest on a bank account, as well as the way that recognizing gratitude serves to amplify it.

]]> By: sameve http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 sameve Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:16:41 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1314 So glad you have this outlook now, Sharalyn! I truly hope there is something wonderful waiting around the bed for you. So glad you have this outlook now, Sharalyn! I truly hope there is something wonderful waiting around the bed for you.

]]> By: sameve http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 sameve Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:20:17 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1313 Lenora: Thank you SO much for commenting! As I told Grace (who is wonderful, by the way) I really like this idea. I'm not at all surprised that there are health benefits to keeping a gratitude journal, and I'm definitely going to try it out. Appreciation is very important to me, as is gratitude, and I try to find the silver lining in every cloud. Lenora: Thank you SO much for commenting! As I told Grace (who is wonderful, by the way) I really like this idea. I'm not at all surprised that there are health benefits to keeping a gratitude journal, and I'm definitely going to try it out. Appreciation is very important to me, as is gratitude, and I try to find the silver lining in every cloud.

]]> By: Sharalyn http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Sharalyn Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:55:56 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1312 Today I am grateful for special people in my life, for hard work starting to pay off and knowing that there's always something wonderful waiting around the bend (and actually believing it whole-heartedly today)!<br><br>Great idea, Sam! :) Today I am grateful for special people in my life, for hard work starting to pay off and knowing that there's always something wonderful waiting around the bend (and actually believing it whole-heartedly today)!

Great idea, Sam! :)

]]> By: Lenora Boyle http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 Lenora Boyle Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:41:39 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1311 I'm grateful for my daughter, Grace. For sunshine on a cold wintry Iowa day, for warm chocolate chip cookies and hot tea, for fresh produce from the local CSA greenhouses in the middle of winter. Thanks for reminding us all to be grateful. <br>Robert A. Emmons, a psychologist at the University of California at Davis, found that those who wrote in a “gratitude journal” on a weekly basis experienced better health and more energy, and for patients with neuromuscular disease, less pain and fatigue. The more they found to be grateful for and the more detail they described in their journals, the greater benefits they experienced. I'm grateful for my daughter, Grace. For sunshine on a cold wintry Iowa day, for warm chocolate chip cookies and hot tea, for fresh produce from the local CSA greenhouses in the middle of winter. Thanks for reminding us all to be grateful.
Robert A. Emmons, a psychologist at the University of California at Davis, found that those who wrote in a “gratitude journal” on a weekly basis experienced better health and more energy, and for patients with neuromuscular disease, less pain and fatigue. The more they found to be grateful for and the more detail they described in their journals, the greater benefits they experienced.

]]> By: sameve http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 sameve Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:51:02 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1310 Yay! This is such a great list! As much as I support your "little Expat blog," I do believe that you are much too far away! Perhaps there should be a gchat/skype date in our future to remedy this problem. Seriously though, it sounds like you have a great life over there in Paris, and I love hearing all about it. Thanks for adding your gratitude to the list! Yay! This is such a great list! As much as I support your “little Expat blog,” I do believe that you are much too far away! Perhaps there should be a gchat/skype date in our future to remedy this problem. Seriously though, it sounds like you have a great life over there in Paris, and I love hearing all about it. Thanks for adding your gratitude to the list!

]]> By: sameve http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 sameve Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:44:02 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1309 Aww Mehnaz, I'm grateful for you too! Also, I totally love your Olympic spirit and Canadian pride. <br><br>Please share the title of the fab book, thank you :) Aww Mehnaz, I'm grateful for you too! Also, I totally love your Olympic spirit and Canadian pride.

Please share the title of the fab book, thank you :)

]]> By: sameve http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 sameve Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:42:53 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1308 Shereen: I love that you include challenges and what they teach you. I firmly believe that we can find a valuable lesson in everything, even the worst experiences in our lives. Jealous of the mini cupcakes, and agreed on Ugly Betty. I haven't watched that show in far too long! Shereen: I love that you include challenges and what they teach you. I firmly believe that we can find a valuable lesson in everything, even the worst experiences in our lives. Jealous of the mini cupcakes, and agreed on Ugly Betty. I haven't watched that show in far too long!

]]> By: sameve http://www.lifeschocolates.com/appreciation/today-i-am-grateful-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 sameve Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:41:05 +0000 http://www.lifeschocolates.com/?p=1084#comment-1307 This is lovely, Susan; proof that the small things AND the big things are important. Thanks for sharing! This is lovely, Susan; proof that the small things AND the big things are important. Thanks for sharing!

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