Five Daily Gratitudes

Day 29 - Coming Home

Today, I am grateful for:
1. A smile as I woke up today
2. No delays getting home
3. The nice attendant that let me skip to the front of the standby list
4. The small snow flakes coming down outside my window
5. The start of a new year

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As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

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Day 28 - New Beginnings

Today, I am grateful for:
1. A great lunch and great conversation
2. Watching another beautiful Taos sunrise
3. Rasberry hot chocolate
4. Homemade whip cream
5. An great idea for a new book

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How Can Five Daily Gratitudes Increase Your Happiness?
As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

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Day 27 - Lazy Days

Today, I am grateful for:
1.Sitting in the sun all day in my greenhouse reading
2. Getting further along in outlining my new book
3. Talking about a possible new business with my brother
4. Getting to know more about my cousin's new life in Texas
5. Prune pie - a delicious Taos dessert!

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How Can Five Daily Gratitudes Increase Your Happiness?
As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

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Day 26 - Beauty in Unexpected Places

Today, I am grateful for:
1. The vast blue sky of NM
2. Alone time with my dad
3. Learning more about my family history
4. Red Chile from my uncle's orchard
5. Seeing family I forgot I had!

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How Can Five Daily Gratitudes Increase Your Happiness?
As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

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Day 25 - Staying Warm

Today, I am grateful for:
1. A hot cup of Piñon Coffee
2. Lamb chops!
3. A new better WiFi signal
4. Electric blankets
5. Fuzzy slippers

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How Can Five Daily Gratitudes Increase Your Happiness?
As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

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Day 24 - Post Xmas Thanks

Today, I am grateful for:
1. The flakiness of biscochitos
2. My aunts prune pies
3. Being home for Christmas
4. Spending time with my grandmother
5.The stillness of the town as I drive through the empty snow packed streets

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How Can Five Daily Gratitudes Increase Your Happiness?
As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

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Day 23 - Warmth

Today, I am grateful for:
1. My friends making it out of the airports
2. Wood-burning fire places
3. The smell of a smokey fire
4. Snow-capped mountains
5. When sitting in front of a fire the coldness I feel on my back contrasted with the warmth felt in the front of my body

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How Can Five Daily Gratitudes Increase Your Happiness?
As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

How to Start Using Five Daily Gratitudes
Would you like to increases your happiness and improve your relationships, career, and personal development? Then join me in spreading the power of gratitude and optimism to as many people as possible (especially during this anxious economic times) by posting your own Five Daily Gratitudes and sharing the site with others you think would find the site helpful. It only takes a few minutes a day but the positive psychology benefits will last a lifetime.

Day 22 - Here Comes the Sun

Today, I am grateful for:
1. The bright sun shinning through the overcast clouds
2. The drops of water dripping off the icicles on the edge of the roof
3. Great workout with free weights today - oh how I missed you iron and steel
4. The delicious late I am drinking as I write this
5. Finding out I sold many more books than expected at my local bookstore!

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How Can Five Daily Gratitudes Increase Your Happiness?
As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

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Day 21 - Unexpected Findings

Today, I am grateful for:
1. That Cafe Tazza finally has wireless
2. An unexpectedly great conversation with a new friend
3. Finding my original Vanilla Ice tape - "...anything less than the best is a felony"
4. Finding my New Jack City tape - "I wanna sex you up!"
5. A beautiful snow storm in Taos

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How Can Five Daily Gratitudes Increase Your Happiness?
As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

How to Start Using Five Daily Gratitudes
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Day 20 - Things That Bring Back Memories

Today, I am grateful for:
1. The mix tape from a great friend I found in my parents car
2. That the mix tape still worked - It's from 1992 - my god! =>
3. P.M. Dawn - Ha...you know you loved "I'd Die Without You!"
4. Remembering the first time I hear "Pictures of You" by The Cure
5. Yet more Wal-Mart run-ins with blasts from the past - way to funny - and too many babies!

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How Can Five Daily Gratitudes Increase Your Happiness?
As UC Davis psychologist Robert Emmons has demonstrated in his research, "The evidence that cultivating gratefulness is good for you is overwhelming... Specifically, we have shown that gratitude is positively related to such critical outcomes as life satisfaction, vitality, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, hope, empathy, and willingness to provide emotional and tangible support for other people, whereas being ungrateful is related to anxiety, depression, envy, materialism, and loneliness" (learn more here). 

How to Start Using Five Daily Gratitudes
Would you like to increases your happiness and improve your relationships, career, and personal development? Then join me in spreading the power of gratitude and optimism to as many people as possible (especially during this anxious economic times) by posting your own Five Daily Gratitudes and sharing the site with others you think would find the site helpful. It only takes a few minutes a day but the positive psychology benefits will last a lifetime.