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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 not thinking about what I don’t have or wish were different but on what I do have and accept where I am right now! Don’t laugh, I often say out loud to my rescue cat at night, ” Aren’t we lucky? We have each other, a comfortable warm bed to sleep in, a safe roof over our heads, food to eat and things to do!” I haven’t seen a human face in over 6 weeks, but I am grateful I have books, TV, crossword puzzles, an IPad, a phone and people to keep in touch with and talk to! We really are all in this together and attitude is everything to our survival and to learn valuable life lessons! Stay safe & well?
I am grateful for the fact that I have family and friends who don’t judge me when I make mistakes. I am sorry for the mistakes, and grateful for forgiveness when it’s given without strings attached.
I am also grateful for my grandchildren as they bring joy to so many people without trying. I am thankful for all the people who go to work on the Frontlines weather it be in war or medicine, peacekeeping, firefighters, and most of all those people that help those veterans that others seem to have forgot.
i am grateful for my health and my family and for waking up happy each day.
I am so grateful that I have been able to stay connected with my Christian sisters through ZOOM every Sunday. We are blessed to have prayer with each other during this sad and crazy time.
God Bless you all!
Vickie
I am grateful everyday to have so many loving friends and family. Last year was taxing on my family as well as my husbands. We lost many family last year. We put some “2020 will be a better year” eggs in our basket. Now all the gatherings we planned are a thing of the past. But somehow we have all managed to come together and show love to each other anyhow. Video chats to see the new babies, and Zoom meetings to spend Easter together. We truly are there for each other no matter what.
Thankful that we have shelter, food and our loved ones at this most unprecedented time.
I look so forward to you emails. I love the inspiration quotes and the yummy recipes and you always help me to carry on. I have lost 84 pounds and You helped me to reach to this point. Thank you so much for what you do. Roxie
Grateful, in these historic times, for “the wave of a hand;” signaling: all is well at this moment! -a 6ft. distance wave from passers by, a wave from the 96 yr old neighbor from her window, a mother walking with her preschooler by a church sign, a she waves her hand by each letter, teaching her home-bound learner.
Praise Jesus-The Prince of Peace= ALL IS WELL!
I’m so grateful to have a Savior who walks with me everyday of my life! Jesus loves me, this I know!?
Amen!
I am extremely grateful to have been raised a Christian leaving me with a peace that this phase of our lives are all in the His master plan.
Amen to that sister!
My brother in law shared this at our church recently and I just thought it was such an incredible reminder. The importance of just being grateful for everything we have, trusting everything will be ok and letting God be in control. ?
https://youtu.be/o58kF29Joi8