Today is Thanksgiving. Here are four questions to ask yourself, to help you feel grateful for your ordinary life.
1. Do you suffer chronic or intense physical pain?
2. Have you recently received heart-breaking news?
3. Have you done anything that makes you burn with remorse?
4. Is every member of your family safe?
It’s easy to forget to be grateful for the most important foundations of daily life.
On a less transcendant note, if you’re worried about overindulging at the dinner table today, check out thirteen tips for staying in control of holiday eating.
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If you’re coming via today’s New York Times or Zen Habits, welcome!
I’m very GRATEFUL to Henry Fountain, who wrote about the Happiness Project in his article, Let Us Give Thanks. In Writing. The importance of the emotion of gratitude to happiness is a fascinating subject.
One of my favorite blogs, Zen Habits, featured a guest post from me: Take this quiz: Are you an under-buyer or an overbuyer? I have to admit, I think it’s pretty funny.
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