Thankfulness

Yesterday I was working with one of my clients and we were discussing feelings and how we act to different feelings like how we act when we are happy or excite and then how we act when we are sad or angry. One of the things that we talked about is being thankful and what we are thankful for in our lives. He had a hard time coming up with some things that he was thankful for in his life and that really got me thinking. Sometimes we do have a hard time thinking about the things in life that we are thankful for. Its almost as if we are unsure if we are thankful for certain things. Other things we just take for granted and don't even think about when it comes to being thankful for them.

It's almost like what are the daily things in life that we experience that we take for granted. What are things that people do for us that we don't even think about being thankful for. Even when we do realize what we could be thankful for we have a hard time expressing that we are thankful for these things. How often do we tell our moms we are thankful for the things they do for us, or tell dad we are thankful he fixed the car or whatever. How often do we come home and tell our spouse thank you for cooking dinner, taking out the trash, or doing a load of laundry. How often do kids hear thank you for doing chores or anything they do? I think we need to hear and say thank you for things more often. We should tell people we appreciate them and are thankful for not only the things that they do, but also for them as the people they are.

Give it a try, tell at least 2 people a day you are thankful for them,I know I am going to take the Thankfulness challenge starting by thanking you my readers.