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What Are You Thankful For?
How to practice gratitude all year long
In 1918, 500 million people were infected with the Spanish Flu.
Mask mandates were ordered. Government officials called for people to stay home. People were hospitalized, and 50 million people died.
There was no vaccine to stop it, and decades passed before scientists decoded it.
And now, history seems to be repeating itself.
It may not be obvious
Most of us have never lived through a pandemic, so we call it unprecedented.
But there is still much to be thankful for.
You’re alive. You’re breathing. You have food on the table, and shelter over your head.
We take these things for granted. But can you imagine living without them?
Be thankful.
What does it mean to be thankful? And how can you cultivate a spirit of thankfulness all year?
When I looked up the word thankful, the Oxford dictionary mentioned the word “relief” twice.
Relief is what you feel when a burden is lightened or lifted. If someone does this for you, you thank them. If you can’t identify a…
