{"id":3899,"date":"2012-09-20T20:17:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T00:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=3899"},"modified":"2015-07-15T09:17:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T13:17:07","slug":"world-gratitude-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/09\/world-gratitude-day.html","title":{"rendered":"World Gratitude Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thank you, danke schoen, gracias, gratzie, merci, tak, toda rabah, pan parius, \u00a0Go raibh mile maith agaibh<\/em> ….I discovered a list of ways to express gratitude that if layed out end to end would likely surround the room I am sitting in as I write this blog entry. Although I express gratitude throughout my\u00a0day, 365 days a year,\u00a0September 21st was named World Gratitude Day. Its origin came through spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy who has since passed. In 1965, he was sitting at a Thanksgiving dinner table in Hawaii and invited those assembled to acknowledge their blessings. They agreed to do so each year on this day. Twelve years later, the United Nations Mediation Group designated the day as well.<\/p>\n

They\u00a0declare it as a “holiday for all peoples, a day of meditation for all religions, a day of celebration for all humanity, united by knowledge of simultaneously shared emotion, a day when triumph of the spirit can make a world community.\u201d\u00a0 I like the idea that we are united by a common desire for peace, to feel a sense of belonging and that ultimately we matter and can make a difference. Although we may think we are separate, at our core, we really are one. That is the basis for all religion.<\/p>\n

Some ideas to celebrate the day could include:<\/p>\n

1. Making a gratitude list, naming all of your blessings.<\/p>\n

2. Taking note of all of the people you are grateful to have in your life by writing their names and then saying them out loud.<\/p>\n

3\u00a0 Contact as many of them as you can either in person, by writing to them or calling them.<\/p>\n

4\u00a0 Send thank you notes.<\/p>\n

5. Say thank you to the person in the mirror.<\/p>\n

6. Pay it forward by doing a good turn for someone else.<\/p>\n

My own gratitude list includes love in all forms, dear family and friends, vibrant good health, financial abundance, limitless opportunity, communication skills, all of the blessings showered on me, a beautiful home, the tools to do my work, including this laptop on which I am typing at the moment, freedom of choice, my Jeep that gets me where I need to go, always being at the right place at the right time.\u00a0 An atty-tood of gratitude feeds the blessings.<\/p>\n

Gratitude Quotes:<\/p>\n

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought,\u00a0 and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Gilbert K. Chesterton<\/a><\/p>\n

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark\u00a0 from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those\u00a0 who have lighted the flame within us. – Albert\u00a0 Schweitzer<\/p>\n

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have\u00a0 into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,\u00a0 confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a\u00a0 stranger into a friend. Melody\u00a0 Beattie<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/ZRe339H4Iwg<\/a>\u00a0 You Inspire Me, A Song of Gratitude by Skye Dyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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