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The winner of this $100 Gift Card is Lee B. who commented: “Gratitude is graciously saying thank you for the support your neighbors are providing during this time, and paying it forward as you can. We are older and humbled by the overwhelming generosity.”
Congratulations Lee! Please send an email to support@simple-nourished-living.com to claim your gift card.
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Last month’s giveaway focused on the Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything (affiliate link) suggestion of celebrating small successes to build healthy habits. Reading the comments left is a well of inspiration.
This month let’s bring gratitude to the forefront of our minds. In troubling times it can be all too easy to become overwhelmed by negativity, fear and worry.
Fortunately turning our thoughts to what we have to be thankful for, focusing on the positive, seeking the silver lining, keeping the faith, is an effective ways to brighten the darkest moods with proven health benefits to boot.
Related: Get Happy Lose Weight: The Mind-Body Connection That Matters
Let’s give it a go, shall we?
Why Gratitude Matters
Cultivating gratitude doesn’t cost any money and it certainly doesn’t take much time, but the benefits are enormous.
The health benefits of expressing gratitude are many. People who regularly practice gratitude by taking time to notice and reflect upon the things they’re thankful for experience:
- increased happiness and positive mood
- more satisfaction with life
- less materialistic
- less likely to experience burnout
- better physical health
- better sleep
- less fatigue
- lower levels of cellular inflammation
- greater resiliency
- encourages the development of patience, humility, and wisdom
April Gratitude Giveaway Details
At the end of April we will give away a $100 Amazon Gift Card to one lucky commenter.
To enter, just leave a comment below answering the following question:
“What are You Grateful for?”
Enter as many times as you like throughout the month, sharing all the people, places, things, and experiences you are thankful for.
One random winner will be selected and announced right here the morning of Friday, May 1st!
Good Luck!
A Few of My Favorite Gratitude Quotes
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” ~ Aesop
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was ‘thank you’ that would suffice.” Meister Eckhart
“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” ~ Doris Day
“So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.” ~ Helen Keller
“As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?” ~ Anne Frank
“I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.” ~ Confucius
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Our favorite attitude should be gratitude.” ~ Zig Ziglar
I am grateful for ways of safely staying connected with the people I love.
I am grateful for my son. He is truly a gift from God. I cherish the time that we are spending together with the ‘home-schooling’. I am a teacher and he is a junior in high school, so we are both at home. Even though we sometimes get on each other’s nerves, things are going very well. He will soon be leaving the “nest” and I am grateful for every moment together.
I’m So Grateful that I Enjoy being CONTENT !
Oh My Goodness ! The Joy’s of just enjoying what you have ! It’s the secret of Gratitude & a Joyful heart!
I am so grateful for my husband who is WW living with me, with me through cancer, relocation, loss of job, and LIFE thru the last 20 years!!!
I am grateful for all the doctors, nurses and emergency workers risking their lives to help others heal. I am also grateful for those working in grocery stores helping us put food in our tables. I’m grateful for truckers who bring the food in and for mail carriers who bring our mail every day. Thank you to all who are working through this pandemic.
Most of all I’m grateful every day for salvation, family & friends who call to check on us, provisions of our everyday needs & home & food. Grateful for the beauty of God’s creation. I am so blessed!
I am grateful today, Easter Sunday, for the gift of the resurrection. I am also grateful that the sun was shining for a while here in (usually cloudy) Michigan. I sat on my front deck, on the porch swing, and read my book while I drank my special Sunday coffee. Delightful. I am thankful I can move easily and took a long walk this morning. I talked with my Mom on the phone and with my cousin – they both live on the other side of the state. My husband was feeling pretty good today as well. There are many things to be grateful for if you just look around you.
I am thankful that my 86 year old mother is able to stay with us during this “stay at home” season. We were able to celebrate Easter together. Tomorrow marks four weeks together – time that we would not be able to spend together otherwise. We celebrate Resurrection Day – empty stores and churches – but full hearts of gratitude!
I am grateful for God and my family.
I am thankful for a daughter and granddaughter who have been and continue to help my husband and me through this Cornavirus Virus time by shopping for, buying, and delivering to us foods and other items we need. Not only do they have to go to several markets to get items, they also must deliver them to us, a distance of about 30 miles one way.