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The effects of gratitude can be overwhelming and Thanksgiving is the time to have it. This year we have tons to be grateful for, surviving the Super Storm Sandy with our lives, maybe even our homes, and if we were really lucky, maybe even our belongings.  Others were much less fortunate and if you are reading this now, you are blessed with a computer, Internet, heat, electricity and more. You may have family who love you, are healthy, you yourself may be healthy, and have enough finances to provide these things. Maybe you have a few of these things or maybe you have much more.  Maybe this year is better than last. Maybe last year was better than this, but we are still fighting the good fight. We are still here and alive. While we may not all be billionaires (yet), we are among the very privileged to not be living on the street or living in a war zone.

Taking the time to be really grateful for all of these things, and the bountiful feast we are about to take part on for this Thanksgiving holiday. It is important for ourselves, for our family and as Americans.

Being grateful will shift your mindset when you are running low on energy and feeling stressed over the holidays.  Yes we all have tons of things to do, maybe tons of things to cook, to organize, travel arrangements to uphold and more. Perhaps your family is or will get on your nerves.

Take a five-minute break and through these times of stress remember what you are grateful for. Write it down if you must.  If you are feeling really down, and this can be done any time of year; set your alarm clock for 5 minutes and write down all that you are grateful for.  You can read this right? You can see, you can hear, you can smell, your arms and legs may or may not be functioning, you may or may not be in full health. You have a roof over your head, you have a lot of things to write down on your list. If you are alive, celebrate that. Continue your list until the 5 minutes are up, read it through and this is scientifically guaranteed to boost your happiness quotient.  After that share some smiles to strangers or lend a helping hand.

Although Thanksgiving is the time to be grateful, we should remember to be grateful all year round. Get yourself or someone else a Gratitude Notebook. Decide that in this notebook you will only write positive things, affirmations, goals, dreams, what you are grateful for and your progress. Refer back to your notebook entries anytime you feel down.

“Give that which you wish to receive.” Deepak Chopra. Give love to get love, give gratitude and respect to get gratitude and respect. Give compliments and well wishes and receive it back.  If you are feeling down, help someone. Make someone else feel better. It can be as simple as sending holiday cards like these –  send gratitude to those you love and write a quick note about what they mean to you.

To share my gratitude with you for subscribing to my newsletter and for supporting my dreams and my journey, I am offering you a Thanksgiving Sale discount this weekend!

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And if you so desire, I would love it if you wrote an email back to me about what you’re grateful for and how I can serve you better!
Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope that inspires you!

Xoxo

Emily