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February 15, 2013 at 3:09 am #606510
LenaParticipantWhat are you grateful for?
My husband Adam and his business partner Robert put together an app that helps you to appreciate what you are grateful for based around the idea that if you write down three appreciations a day for a month it significantly impacts your sense
of appreciation, positivity, and satisfaction.
It’s free, easy to use and fun. No catch, this project was developed so they could start working together with a small project that would positively impact people, before moving on to a larger project.
Please check it out if it sounds interesting to you. https://artofgratitude.com/
And let us know if you have any feedback. We are local to west seattle.
February 15, 2013 at 4:43 am #784538
miwsParticipantSigned up!
This sounds interesting and fun. And yeah, in the last year or so, I have a lot to be thankful for.
Thanks Lena, Adam, and Robert!
Mike
February 15, 2013 at 5:53 am #784539
IrukandjiParticipantBeautifully created. Thank you!
February 15, 2013 at 3:12 pm #784540
kayoParticipantWhat a great idea! Will check it out!
February 16, 2013 at 6:03 pm #784541
thansenMemberInstead of New Year’s resolutions, I pick words/themes that I want the year to be about. Gratitude was the first word I wrote down for this year. The other word I wrote down was “purpose”.
How can people be so filled with rage, hate and negitivity when there is so much to be grateful for?
I will definitely log into the site! Thanks!
February 18, 2013 at 8:54 pm #784542
etohick616Memberspot on
February 18, 2013 at 10:42 pm #784543
The Velvet BulldogParticipantSigned up today. We’ll see if y’all can turn this nattering nabob of negativity into a glowing ray of glee and gratitude! ;-)
February 19, 2013 at 1:36 am #784544
DBPMemberWaiting for all the touchy-feeliness to get translated into action . . .
Not saying that gratitude isn’t important. It is. But just sitting around being grateful is not enough.
Sincerely,
DBP
(who is filled not so much with hate as with piss and vinegar)
February 19, 2013 at 1:40 am #784545
JanSParticipantTVB…you’re wrong…you’re not the Nattering nabob of negativity..that honor goes to DBP on this one, who doesn’t understand the purpose, it seems…
February 19, 2013 at 1:52 am #784546
The Velvet BulldogParticipantLOL Jan. DBP–I’ll make mochas, you can come over and we can sit around being grateful, but tinged with an edge of negativity. It’ll be like…ironic!
:-)
teehee!
February 19, 2013 at 1:54 am #784547
The Velvet BulldogParticipantAlso, DBP–tomorrow I’m gonna be grateful for YOU. So THERE.
February 19, 2013 at 6:13 pm #784548
The Velvet BulldogParticipantFebruary 25, 2013 at 8:40 pm #784549
miwsParticipantBump!
February 25, 2013 at 9:13 pm #784550
SueParticipantLena, I really love this site. It’s nice to get an email each morning that makes you pause for a second, reflect, and start off the day in a little different place. Thanks!
February 25, 2013 at 10:01 pm #784551
miwsParticipantFebruary 27, 2013 at 1:16 am #784552
LenaParticipantThank you so much everyone for the feedback! So glad you are enjoying the site!
February 27, 2013 at 4:03 am #784553
The Velvet BulldogParticipantThank you for the reminder, I’ve still got to do today’s!
Let’s see I was already grateful for that thankless bastard DBP, so I’ve got to choose someone else…
February 27, 2013 at 7:05 pm #784554
DBPMemberI guess you could say I’ve had some bad experiences with gratitude, Velveeta. Maybe that’s why I’m so bitter.
Let me give you just one example . . .
Once, during the brief period of my life when I was gainfully employed, I was invited to go to a staff meeting along with everyone else in the department. The subject of the meeting was ‘Gratitude.’
In the meeting, everyone was told to look at the person to the right of him and give one reason why he was ‘grateful’ for that person.
Well, people were coming up with all kinds of nonsense, saying they were grateful for the way Suzie sharpened her pencils or the fact that Timmy had a jar of jelly beans on his desk. You know, just stupid, meaningless stuff like that.
But you know me, right? I like to cut thru that superficial crap and get to the heart of things. So when it was my turn, I looked at my neighbor, Mary Ellen Sidorski, and said, “I’m grateful for Mary Ellen, because when we’re in the serving line at the cafeteria, and she reaches over to get some Jell-O, you can see her _________.” [insert duck-call noise]
Can you believe it? I was the only honest person in that whole damn room! But guess who got reprimanded and told that his remarks were ‘inappropriate.’
Seems like some kinds of gratitude are more equal than others, huh?
February 27, 2013 at 7:33 pm #784555
WSratsinacageMemberI am grateful for DBP, too.
February 27, 2013 at 7:54 pm #784556
The Velvet BulldogParticipantOk, “Thankless Ba$tard” was a bit much–sorry if it offended anyone. But DBP knows he’s loved and adored by the Bulldog.
March 14, 2013 at 3:51 am #784557
miwsParticipantBump!
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