Thanks for sharing these great thoughts on gratitude! This is certainly a key component in life coaching, and is important to keep in mind in our everyday lives. I’ve also done some writing on this in my own upcoming book geared toward socially and ecologically/environmentally conscious individuals and those in nonprofit and “idealist” professions. Due to the high rates of burnout, etc., this type of thinking is especially pertinent. I’ve drawn from the work of individuals like Stephen Post (Institute for Research on Unlimited Love), and your thoughts complement many of his.

Thanks again for visiting my site at http://idealistcoach.com, and I look forward to reading more at your excellent site in the future!

Wow, you are rockin’ on your blog, guy. Great stuff you are sharing—thanks for writing it. I’m especially “thankful” that you’ve written about gratitude. The extent to which we feel grateful in our lives greatly determines the quality of our everyday experiences, I believe. Such a simple thing that makes a tremendous difference!

I talk about this in my upcoming book, Everything Matters, Nothing Matters (hitting bookstores on April 7!) and I’d like to add to your comments a little something I share with my readers: I ask them to pay special attention to the things they say and the words they use. After all, our voice is our song that we sing to the world. Are you singing a song of gratitude? Or is it an oh-woa-is-me-type ballad?

I’ll use an example from when you were coaching me, Tom. I felt an inner nudge at that time to replace the word “deadline” with “lifeline”—which better reflects how I feel about meeting my work goals. They are my livelihood, so their coming to fruition isn’t a dead end, it’s a “live beginning.” I encourage anyone reading this to play with making up words to express the gratitude that you are feeling. When I saw a group of dolphins in Hawaii last year, I got so excited that I blurted out to my son, “What an endolphin rush!” What words can you replace or invent that more adequately reflect what you are grateful for right now in your life? Happy Thanksgiving!

What a terrific blog, so inspirational and in harmony with the Universal Laws. I love it.

I am grateful that you visited my blog: http://www.AbundantAttitude.com and for your kind words.

You will always be blessed! I look forward to visiting often.

Nicole

In Balance,

Shann