On Thursday, as you sit around the dinner table and dish up more food than your appetite calls for, think about applying that mentality another way. Go heavy on the gravy for the day and heavier on the gratitude every day. Thanksgiving is a sentimental holiday that reinforces the idea of gratitude, but gratitude is more than an idea or a day. Being thankful is a way of life that requires consistent practice and discipline. Recognizing blessings or reasons to be grateful becomes a habit when practiced often. An attitude of gratitude is easy when you can see the good in each day. Pile on the reasons to be thankful. Not only does it feel good, but you won’t feel guilty afterward.
What makes you grateful? Is it having what you need or getting what you want? Having what you need is a blessing. Getting what you want is a bonus. Having more than you need is abundance. Being generous with your abundance creates good fortune for those on the receiving end, which triples the reasons to be thankful. Paying it forward has a domino effect. A little thankfulness goes a long way.
Don’t wait until Thanksgiving to overindulge. Start piling your blessings on now. You might be surprised at your abundance, but you can always go heavier on the gratitude.
