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RufusACanal · 01-12-2008, 09:35 AM

Starting this morning, I am keeping a small notebook in my back pocket for a daily Gartitude list. I already carry enough junk around that I asked my Wife for a Batman Utility Belt for Christmas; she thought I was joking! My magically forgetting memory keeps me away from gratitude, so to provide further memory loss, I will list each morning my gratitude for this new life, no matter how repetitious it maybe. I need reminders. I need repetition. So instead of preaching it, I will enact it.

My name is Ron and I am a recovered Alcoholic; I say this at every meeting I attend and I introduce myself to newcomers or folks I do not know in recovery the same way. Why? There are a variety of reasons, but the most importnat reason is that I remember who I am. The notebook will remind me what I have been so fortunate to be a part of on a daily living basis.

I have shared on several occasions that I work for a Cemetery and Funeral Home company. Every day I drive and walk through 100 acres of individual interments. On many occasions, family members and friends will stop by to see their loved one. It is a one way conversation. The decedent has forever lost the ability to interact; this speaks volumes to me and with this in mind, I decided to take some action.

RufusACanal · 01-18-2008, 06:37 AM

On waking, I pray I for those I know and love, those I know and don't love and those I don't know; I next make my list of gratitude. Proactively searching through the day for gratitude will most assuredly help keep ego small and self-pity nonexistant. How do I know? I did it yesterday and it worked, I am doing it this morning and it works. Nothing magically expect the feelings! I will be forever be in bondage unless I am willing to accept life on life's terms. One way to break the chains of insanity and fear is to take action, now.

bonsai12 · 01-18-2008, 06:45 AM

They say a grateful heart never drinks. I always lose my notebooks maybe I’m just not keeping them close enough to my heart, thanks for the thread.

RufusACanal · 01-18-2008, 08:39 AM

How does a gratitude list work, where do I start?

1. Thank you God for allowing me to wakeup this morning.
2. Thank you God for opportunities to learn.
3. Thank you God for my Wife
4. Thank you God for my employment
5. Thank you God for my abilities
6. Thank you God for health
7. Thank you God for friends
8. Thank you God for you.

RufusACanal · 01-18-2008, 12:34 PM

If I make Gratitude a part of my day at the beginning, how can I have a bad day?

01-12-2008, 09:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
RufusACanal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 1,872	Daily Gratitude List Starting this morning, I am keeping a small notebook in my back pocket for a daily Gartitude list. I already carry enough junk around that I asked my Wife for a Batman Utility Belt for Christmas; she thought I was joking! My magically forgetting memory keeps me away from gratitude, so to provide further memory loss, I will list each morning my gratitude for this new life, no matter how repetitious it maybe. I need reminders. I need repetition. So instead of preaching it, I will enact it. My name is Ron and I am a recovered Alcoholic; I say this at every meeting I attend and I introduce myself to newcomers or folks I do not know in recovery the same way. Why? There are a variety of reasons, but the most importnat reason is that I remember who I am. The notebook will remind me what I have been so fortunate to be a part of on a daily living basis. I have shared on several occasions that I work for a Cemetery and Funeral Home company. Every day I drive and walk through 100 acres of individual interments. On many occasions, family members and friends will stop by to see their loved one. It is a one way conversation. The decedent has forever lost the ability to interact; this speaks volumes to me and with this in mind, I decided to take some action.

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01-18-2008, 06:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
RufusACanal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 1,872	On waking, I pray I for those I know and love, those I know and don't love and those I don't know; I next make my list of gratitude. Proactively searching through the day for gratitude will most assuredly help keep ego small and self-pity nonexistant. How do I know? I did it yesterday and it worked, I am doing it this morning and it works. Nothing magically expect the feelings! I will be forever be in bondage unless I am willing to accept life on life's terms. One way to break the chains of insanity and fear is to take action, now.

01-18-2008, 06:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
bonsai12 Banned Troll Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 97	They say a grateful heart never drinks. I always lose my notebooks maybe I’m just not keeping them close enough to my heart, thanks for the thread.

01-18-2008, 08:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
RufusACanal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 1,872	How does a gratitude list work, where do I start? 1. Thank you God for allowing me to wakeup this morning. 2. Thank you God for opportunities to learn. 3. Thank you God for my Wife 4. Thank you God for my employment 5. Thank you God for my abilities 6. Thank you God for health 7. Thank you God for friends 8. Thank you God for you.

01-18-2008, 12:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
RufusACanal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 1,872	If I make Gratitude a part of my day at the beginning, how can I have a bad day?

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