Gratitude / Appreciation

Gratitude is when you feel thankful for something, appreciation is when you show that gratitude. Gratitude is the emotion, appreciation is the action.

What if we focused on feelings like gratitude all day? What if everyone focused on gratitude all day?

From: Meditation on Gratitude and Joy by Jack Kornfield (jackkornfield.com):

With gratitude I remember the people, animals, plants, insects, creatures of the sky and sea, air and water, fire and earth, all whose joyful exertion blesses my life every day.
With gratitude I remember the care and labor of a thousand generations of elders and ancestors who came before me.
I offer my gratitude for the blessing of this earth I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the measure of health I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the family and friends I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the community I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the teachings and lessons I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the life I have been given.

A friend David Silberman posted this, and I had to add it! It is a video presented by Louie Schwartzberg. Thank you Louie Schwartzberg!

The following is another . Thank you Erin LoPorto!

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By David Morgan