Thankfulness

Recap

    This week we learned:
  1. There are lots of things we can be thankful for.
  2. It is good to be thankful for the things we have.
  3. It's good to say "thanks" to people.
  4. Don't compare ourselves to others.
  5. Being thankful makes us happier.

Experiments

Experiment with these ideas and see what difference it makes to you in this next week!

    At home — for yourself
  1. Write down three things you are grateful for at the end of each day for a week.
  2. Write a thank you letter.
  3. Keep a gratitude journal.
  4. Say thank you to members of your family.
  5. Write a prayer of thanks.
  6. Practice saying thank you more often.
  7. Make an effort to stop complaining for the week.
  8. Create your own thankfulness song, dance, or mini movie.
  9. Offer to help out at home with a chore as a way of saying thank you.
  10. Make a gratitude jar and fill it up over time with things you are grate- ful for. Occasionally open it up and read back through the things you are thankful for. Alternatively, you could make a gratitude tree and add things you are thankful for to it.