I read about a gratitude jar today and have been listening to Oprah's Super Soul Podcast, where sooooo many of the guests talk about gratitude, including Oprah herself.
Just write down three things in the morning, night, or anytime and drop it in the jar. Whenever you are feeling negative, read papers from the gratitude jar to help get you back to positive town or at least neutral.
I'd like more happiness and joy in my life....but have never found a pill I can take, besides sertraline to help with that.
Even the sertraline, just prevents downward spirals into depression, where all I can feel is hopelessness, mistrust, fear, and sadness. But, it's never really brought me JOY or HAPPINESS. And don't we all want that?
Positive Emotions
Joy is a positive emotion that most people are familiar with, but how do you cultivate it in your life? I'm still figuring that out, but GRATITUDE, is Joy's cousin, and an easy way to train for more positive feelings of gratitude is a Gratitude Jar.
Gratitude pills for today:
- I'm grateful for being able to take a walk, without needing assistance. My legs were able to carry my weight for 20 minutes, my heart was able to pump blood to my legs and lungs, and my lungs were able to give my body enough oxygen to do it. And, my brain ran the whole show.
- I'm grateful for learning some tools today to help me cope with my emotions - one being the gratitude
- Thank you for being able to give yourself enough rest today, take care of your body by eating lots of vegetables today, not drinking, and for learning.
Today I put my three gratitude thoughts in a glass lol
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