Gratitude Day 4

Welcome to Day #4 of the 21 Days of Gratitude

I am substituting something else I found from another website for Gratitude Day 4. Here is the link where I got it from:  http://www.iamthankful.com/  Check out this website for lots of free stuff: online gratitude journals, ecards, gifts, postcards, etc.

“Of course it’s easy to feel thankful when things go smoothly and life just handed you a blessing” says founder Damaris Pierce. “But faced with our daily challenges, we don’t know how on Earth we can feel grateful in the midst of debt, depression and complete overwhelm. It literally comes down to practice. Very few people go to the gym simply to be able to bench press 100 lbs, but rather to have energy and muscle strength to pick up the kids and the groceries, do the yard work and maybe not suck wind after climbing two flights of stairs.
Practicing Gratitude is the workout for our soul: repeatedly shifting our awareness towards the blessings of our lives enable us to not dwell on how someone has done us wrong or how life has supposedly handed us the shorter end of the stick. If you can condition yourself to look at the brighter side of life, it will only get brighter – especially while things don’t go your way!
So, make Gratitude your daily practice so that you will have the thankfulness muscle that lets you see the light no matter what life hands you. Today is the best time to start flexing that muscle!”

Action Steps for today:
1) Practice flexing your gratitude muscles today by shifting your awareness toward the blessings of your life, especially when things are not going as well as you would like.2) Continue your daily list of 5 things you are grateful for.