I saw an idea on facebook that I really liked and decided to do with my children. We decorated two jars with stickers tonight--one for us and one for a friend. The jars will be our "Gratitude Jars." On a small piece of paper, we will write something that we are thankful for every day in 2013 (hopefully daily...at least weekly...). On New Year's Eve, December 31, 2013 we will read all of our gratitude papers to remember all the things we have to be thankful for. We are very excited to use our gratitude jar!
A quote from one of my favorite picture books:
“The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.
The more we say thanks, the more we find to be thankful for.
And the more we find to be thankful for, the happier we become.
We don't give thanks because we're happy.
We are happy because we give thanks.”
― Douglas Wood, The Secret of Saying Thanks
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