I noticed a few common themes emerge from the people I spoke with including: gratitude, humility and selflessness.
When you're feeling as bad as I was (angry, anxious, stressed, filled with self-doubt and criticism) it's hard to just "feel good," so I created 10 rules that would act as happiness triggers, including: gratitude, love, kindness to others and kindness to myself.
Other components of yoga practice: Cultivation of positive values, attitudes and behaviours, including gratitude, kindness and compassion; and awareness of negative sensory input (pratyahara ), including TV, movies, music, multi-media, or news, were both considered very important or essential.
The parental responses, as recorded in writing by the deans, include gratitude, shame, concern and even, at times, huffiness.
The draft proposal by which they secured Geelong's support included gratitude exercises, exercises in the "three pathways of happiness," "the four ways to promote savoring" and "the five ways to overcome" adversity.
A man told Mr. Bush that he did not have a question, but "three thank you's," which included gratitude for the president's "availability to serve" and for the fact that Mr. Bush's candle was "burning brightly".
Their phenomenal string of 11 consecutive gold albums (sales of 500,000 copies), 8 of which also attained platinum status (sales of 1,000,000 copies), included Gratitude (1975), Spirit (1976), All 'n' All (1977), The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 (1978), and Raise! (1981).
These include gratitude, humility, curiosity, optimism, and love, among others.
Indicate how it benefits them to help you, and include gratitude - they will benefit from your appreciation!
Some ideas for themed journals include: A gratitude journal – in this journal you record all the things for which you feel grateful each day, week, etc. and note the people, animals, events, and things that really matter to you.
Some gratitude activities include: keeping a gratitude journal for a week (or two); the student lists 3-5 things each day that she/he is grateful for.
