Gratitude Watch 2009-01-05

Welcome to Gratitude Watch.
Gratitude Watch is an eye on the internet for news, articles, videos, and other items, all focusing on the subject of gratitude. For more on my intent on these postings, see About Gratitude Watch.
So … let’s rock!
• This is The New Stuff •
Harry W-B at UW-Maniac (University of Wisconsin, Madison) gives us “Happiness, Gratitude, and Our Capacity for Greatness.” In this article he points us at the January edition of the online magazine Yes!, to the article “This is Your Brain on Bliss” by Matthieu Ricard, a former cellular geneticist and current Buddhist monk who works with the Dalai Llama. Harry also points us at a PDF article of some work done by Prof. Richard Davidson on the same area.
This very same issue of Yes! Magazine gives us “How Thankful Are You?” an online quiz by Stephen Post and noted gratitude researcher Michael McCullough, a quiz that gives us our gratitude score and a chance to calculate our happiness.
(Hmmm … looks like I need to do some work …)
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Jonathan at The Year of Gratitude gives us “Gratitude and Marriage,” a celebration of the rewards of a continuing to nurture a successful marriage.
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Julie Obermiller at Sunny Side Up gives us a gratitude two-fer: “Saying ‘Thank You,’” some thoughts about “gratuitous thanks” and how it is not enough; and “Eating humble pie,” where one person’s misery is another person’s gratitude … and can turn the first person’s misery into gratitude.
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Dlynthomas at My Little Slice of Heaven offers “Word or words of the year,” wherein she tries to pick a word for the year, and settles on five. (The duck came down because she included the Secret Word.)
(If you’re old enough to remember “the duck coming down,” well, I am too. We can’t be that old …?)
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Monica M. Deer at Wisdom for Women gives us “An Attitude of Gratitude for 2009,” an excellent overview of down-to-Earth gratitude, with a prayer that brought a smile to my face.
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Luke at LukeFord.net gives us a candid “Christina DeRosa Interview,” in which the sexy actress of Zane’s Sex Chronicles offers her thoughts on thrills, speeding tickets, spirituality, religion, and … (yes) … gratitude.
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Tammy at A Cricket in a Garden offers “Who would I rather be?” in which she gives us some reflections on fear, the intentions of others, and gratitude.
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Soulsearcher at Calliope gives us “An Attitude of Gratitude,” in which a reflection of a less than pleasant past galvanizes the need for gratitude in the present.
• Oldies but Goodies •
DailyOm gives us “The World in a Bright Light,” reminding us that the universe, if we meet it half-way gratefully, wants to shower us with blessings.
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Even the U.S. Army understands the power of gratitude: FreedomTeamSalute.com gives us an opportunity to honor someone with a Freedom Team Salute commendation.
Thanks to Michelle at Shay’s Mom for pointing me to this one.
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YouTube user mypartofthething give us Sinead O’Connor and her song “Thank You for Hearing Me,” a expression of gratitude that, if we’re fortunate, we can relate to.
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If you have a substantive original posting about gratitude (please see my “About Gratitude Watch” page) feel free to email me a link through my contact page, or “tweet” me on Twitter.
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Stay tuned for the next Gratitude Watch.
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Posted: January 5th, 2009 under Gratitude Watch.
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