November 2009
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Even the smallest moments are blessings worthy of...
This guest post was written by by Stacey Palevsky, staff writer for jweekly.com. Her original article appeared on jweekly.com on Thursday, November 19, 2009.
If you were to read any of my seven journals from the past decade, you would think I was insecure, dark and depressed instead of the effusive and optimistic person I actually am.
I turn to my journals when I am feeling down or confused,...
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Not Feeling the Gratitude? Shift Your Focus
Guest post by Lori Saitz, the Founder and Chief Executive Rabbit of Zen Rabbit Baking Company, which makes the world famous Gratitude Cookie™. The Gratitude Cookie™ is perfect for showing appreciation for valued relationships, whether business or personal. To sign up for F.R.E.E. “Gratuities-Tips on Bringing More Joy to Your Life” and learn more about The Gratitude Cookie™, visit...
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Bringing Thankfulfor to a Preschool!
Guest Post by Heidi Estrin, Library Media Specialist, Nadel Center for Early Childhood Education at Congregation B’nai Israel, Boca Raton, FL
the preschool blog
the temple’s website
I am the librarian and computer teacher for a large synagogue preschool in Florida. Each week I offer story times and computer lab sessions for children ages 2-5, and I look for books and computer...
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Charter for Compassion
We urgently need to make compassion a clear, luminous and dynamic force in our polarized world. Rooted in a principled determination to transcend selfishness, compassion can break down political, dogmatic, ideological and religious boundaries. Born of our deep interdependence, compassion is essential to human relationships and to a fulfilled humanity. It is the path to enlightenment, and...
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Gratitude Trumped Attitude
Not sure how I would have otherwise handled the situation, but I’d like to believe that participating in the Thankfulfor Challenge has made me more inclined toward a gratitude oriented mindset and for that I am truly grateful.
Another thoughtful post about gratitude by Alexis Rodich in her Washington Post blog Woman Warrior.
Read the entire article here.
If you’d like to join...
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Delightful Traces
:: Image credit: Marc Johns, taken from divinecaroline.com, discovered via this post on soulpancake.com, because that’s how the web works.
We loved these words (and the challenge) from Rainn Wilson’s site, SoulPancake. The game is just a little way to leave a personal mark while possibly delighting someone else. If I stumbled onto one of these creations I would likely have a smile...
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Woman Warrior, Washington Post, Thankfulfor =...
Yesterday, tech startup-businesswoman & Washington Post blogger Alexis Rodich featured Thankfulfor in her blog post, inviting everyone to join along in a 2 month Gratitude Challenge. The gist of it is this: for the months of November and December, challenge yourself to write down 3-5 things you are grateful for each day (or each week if you are really under time constraints).
The holidays...
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Do You Need a Happiness Hat?
Ok, in our last post we said “no pain, no gain” but this is taking it to extreme measures to find happiness. Let’s all practice smiling a little more today, sans metal spike in hat forcing it upon us.
HAPPINESS HAT 2009
A wearable conditioning device that detects if you’re smiling and provides pain feedback if you’re not. Frowning creates intense pain but a full smile...