{"id":5872,"date":"2016-08-09T05:23:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T12:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redshoezone.ca\/?p=5872"},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T23:59:43","slug":"change-life-awesome-gratitude-prompts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohmywordjournal.com\/redshoezone\/change-life-awesome-gratitude-prompts\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Your Life With These Awesome Gratitude Prompts"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gratitude uplifts everything and helps you realize that not only do you have enough,\u00a0<\/em>you are richly and deeply blessed. Gratitude strengths the immune system, reduces stress, helps you sleep better, feel more alive and joyful.<\/p>\n Pretty awesome.<\/p>\n That\u2019s when I found out I needed open heart surgery to repair a faulty valve.<\/p>\n Not what I wanted to hear.<\/p>\n I was terrified. My surgery date was set for 7 months out. 7 months??? Oh boy. That\u2019s a long time to anticipate what\u2019s ahead.<\/p>\n I stewed in it for a while letting anxiety build (and build). It felt like I was being swallowed by fear.<\/p>\n Just before I was about to hit the point of no return and descend down the rabbit hole I gave myself a much needed shake.<\/p>\n “Get it<\/em> t-o-g-e-t-h-e-r girl!”<\/em><\/p>\n This was not how I wanted to live each day. I did not want to go on like this for months and enter surgery as an anxious, fearful patient. That wouldn\u2019t help the outcome and recovery.<\/p>\n Light up Your Life with Gratitude<\/p><\/div>\n I started being grateful. Considering the state of mind I was in, it \u00a0as a little rough in the beginning but it didn’t take long before I could easily identify the many ‘obvious’ things I had to be grateful for. \u00a0Now on a roll and decidedly uplifted I started to look for and identify the small, ordinary, easy-to-overlook things that made my life meaningful. That’s when the flood gates opened and life completely changed.<\/p>\n I was calm and centered, joyful and I felt free. I woke up excited for the day and eager to start expressing what I was grateful for. \u00a0I began to feel blessed that I was having surgery. I was actually looking forward to what was ahead.<\/p>\n On surgery day I was ready, positive and excited. My recovery was faster than I expected and the notes my cardiologist made saw the word \u2018remarkable\u2019 used over and over.<\/p>\n THIS had everything to do with cultivating an attitude of gratitude and practicing it every day.<\/p>\n Focusing on what you\u2019re grateful for builds an appreciate of what you have. You can’t help but feel blessed when you are able to find great meaning \u00a0in life\u2019s ordinary moments.<\/p>\n I started by identifying 3 things that I was grateful for every day.<\/p>\n These were things like my precious family, eating a yummy breakfast, connecting with a friend, or sleeping in a cozy, warm bed at night.\u00a0 As I got more comfortable with the practice and able to identify many more things I was grateful for I upped the daily number to 10. \u00a0Finally I got to the point where I sat with my gratitude journal writing for 10 \u2013 15 minutes every morning filling page after page.<\/p>\n When I was able to micro focus and tune in on the small wonders, the more profound the feelings of fulfillment, contentment and joy.<\/p>\n Getting that narrow focus took time. It was like peeling the layers of my vision until I was able to see what truly mattered.<\/p>\n Sometimes it\u2019s hard to get past the big stuff and identify the small beautiful things in our lives but when we do the practice of gratitude takes on a deeper meanings and becomes much more transformative.<\/p>\n A girlfriend of mine applied a micro view to her gratitude practice. She noticed one night that as she and her husband watched television they always sat side by side and unconsciously held hands. Her sight settled on the two hands entwined and realized how this ‘little’ ritual that they’d had for years and years was so meaningful. She’s never really noticed it nor thought about it before but it prompted much gratitude….she was grateful for the bond and the closeness they shared, the life they’d built together, the trust they had and the comfort they always provided each other. An ordinary little action that meant so much.<\/p>\n These are some of the questions that allowed me to get beneath the surface I hope they’ll do the same for You.<\/p>\n I followed each one up with…”Why?” to get even deeper.<\/p>\n Right here\u2026right now\u2026name 3 things you\u2019re grateful for. Check in. Does your heart feel fuller? Are the corners of your mouth pulling upwards?<\/p>\n The richest person in the world isn’t the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.<\/p>\n How to start the day<\/p><\/div>\n Ahhhhh Gratitude. <\/em>This is the life you deserve.<\/p>\n Please share so that hearts will be opened and lives can be lived with more meaning and joy.<\/p>\n Your biggest cheerleader,<\/p>\n Cheryl x<\/p>\n PS A GRATITUDE Mantraband\u00a0<\/a>is a beautiful reminder.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nothing changes life quite the way gratitude does. Gratitude uplifts everything and helps you realize that not only do you have enough,\u00a0you are richly and deeply blessed. Gratitude strengths the immune system, reduces stress, helps you sleep better, feel more alive and joyful. Pretty awesome. Gratitude changed my life 3 years ago. That\u2019s when IRead More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[102,372,371],"class_list":{"0":"post-5872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-inspiration","8":"tag-gratitude","9":"tag-gratitude-practice","10":"tag-gratitude-prompts","11":"entry","12":"genesis-grid"},"yoast_head":"\nGratitude changed my life 3 years ago.<\/h2>\n
I started a gratitude practice and everything turned around.<\/h2>\n
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\u00a0Gratitude changed the way I looked at the world and then it changed my life.<\/h2>\n
20 AWESOME Gratitude Prompts That Can Change Your Life<\/h2>\n
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