I wondered how it was possible to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing of note. I who cannot see find hundreds of things:\u00a0\u00a0the delicate symmetry of a leaf, the smooth skin of a silver birch, the rough, shaggy bark of a pine\u2026 use your eyes as if tomorrow you will have been stricken blind.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nSo how do we open our eyes and ensure we take note of all that we have to be grateful for?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Here are\u00a0four simple practices that you can do to celebrate\u00a0and grow<\/em>\u00a0the things that you\u2019re grateful for in life.<\/p>\n1.\u00a0 Write down 3 things you\u2019re grateful for every day<\/strong>.<\/p>\nBe specific<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0generic references to \u201cfamily\u201d or \u201cwork\u201d don\u2019t have as much power as a short, detailed description of what specifically you appreciate.
\nMake it heartfelt<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0don\u2019t just write it, feel it.\u00a0\u00a0Take a moment to hold the person or the experience in your heart and feel the goodness of it.
\nMake it a ritual<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0like brushing your teeth, it should be something you integrate into a daily ritual.<\/p>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 Create a Photo Collection of things you appreciate. <\/strong><\/p>\nSeveral years ago, Roy Spence got fed up with all the negativity in the world.\u00a0\u00a0 So naturally, he decided to walk across America and photograph something positive\u2014something good, beautiful, extraordinary\u2014every mile of his journey.\u00a0 The result was a beautiful collection of people, places, animals, objects, vistas, you name it, that serve as a reminder of the beauty all around us if you choose to look for it.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0You don\u2019t have to walk across America to do this exercise.\u00a0 Just keep your eyes open and snap a picture of something or someone that brings you joy and file it away in a Gratitude album that you can refer to when you need a boost of happiness.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Write a Gratitude Letter to someone you deeply appreciate<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThink about someone who means the world to you and write them a letter expressing your heartfelt appreciation for what they\u2019ve meant to you.\u00a0\u00a0Be as specific as you can about what they\u2019ve done that you appreciate.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If possible, deliver it in person.\u00a0\u00a0Consider doing this on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0 Practice Appreciations in the workplace.<\/strong><\/p>\nJohn Mackey and Walter Robb, co-CEOs of Whole Foods Market, have cultivated a culture of appreciation at Whole Foods. They have a practice of closing every significant meeting with a\u00a0round of Appreciations<\/em>\u00a0wherein people take turns sharing one thing they appreciate about someone else in the room.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s easy to imagine how this simple act increases the level of motivation and pride in the individual and camaraderie and goodwill among Team Members.<\/p>\nBy taking the time to appreciate the goodness in your life, you\u2019re destined to create more of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The word Appreciation is a fascinating little word because it has four distinct meanings that all happen to relate to and support one another. To appreciate can mean: To be fully conscious of To hold in high regard To be grateful for To increase\u00a0 In order for\u00a0what you appreciate, to appreciate\u00a0you have to (1) open […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[32,33,34,37,36,35,38,26],"class_list":["post-736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-purpose","tag-appreciation","tag-gratitude","tag-helen-keller","tag-john-mackey","tag-roy-spence","tag-three-days-to-see","tag-walter-robb","tag-whole-foods-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepurposeinstitute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}