{"id":18198,"date":"2024-03-14T09:06:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/an-attitude-of-gratitude\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T09:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:06:26","slug":"an-attitude-of-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/an-attitude-of-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"An Attitude of Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Peggy Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve had a Gratitude Journal for over 10 years \u2013 just a little 5\u201dx8\u201d spiral notebook where I started writing down daily blessings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started in January. For that month, I recorded 6 times. So clearly not a daily<\/em> habit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, I read a daily devotional called Choosing Gratitude \u2013 Abounding in Thanksgiving, and I took notes in this same journal, writing down Scripture verses about thanking God for what I was learning.  I wrote for 7 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recorded 3 times in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I picked the devotional back up in April and wrote once, before I was distracted by a different book about gratitude. In April, I read Ann Voskamp\u2019s 1000 Gifts. I was challenged by her practice of recording daily blessings \u2013 writing down the things that bring us joy \u2013 gifts from God that point us to His grace and generosity. So on April 11, I began strong \u2013 5 days in a row. Then jump to May, and I picked the journal up again, and wrote twice. Then once in August. 11 times in October, because my therapist encouraged me to try again. 8 writings in November. 3 times in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing written in January 2014. Once in February, March, and April, each. Strong again in June and July. Then nothing for 6 months\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing written again until February 2015, when I dug the journal out of the back of my nightstand drawer and started again. On and off through November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2017- August 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No gratitude recorded for all of 2016 \u2013 didn\u2019t start again until August of 2017. 1 \u00bd years without recording my thankfulness! But then I did pretty well in 2018 \u2013 2022, at least several times per month, sometimes weeks in a row!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were a few \u201ctricks\u201d I discovered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n