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The dictionary defines it as “the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful.” It struck me that in my quest to teach my students the importance of gratitude, I had forgotten to take the time to find it within myself. Each day I am early to rise and go through the motions of my morning, preparing myself for what lies ahead. These gratitude activities can be used as a part of your class’ daily gratitude practice, or as stand-alone activities. Make a Gratitude Tree. A wonderful way to expose your students to a daily gratitude reminder is to create a gratitude tree. It’s a simple and beautiful concept. NYC Raises its Green Fingers to the World. Posted by Kelly on October 16th, 2007: So we really like this idea of the green finger - the vision of thousands of green fingers raised around the country on a single day this fall, united together to work on a common cause that day, each with their own reason for being there hidden beneath their index finger. HRT, originally known as Honolulu Rapid Transit and Land Company, officially came into being on July 6, 1898, the same day on which Hawai'i was annexed to the United States. On that day both houses of the Hawai'i legislature approved the company's request for a franchise to operate an electric railway system in Honolulu. GRATITUDE AND KINDNESS CLASS BOOKS. We do a whole class project based on Random Acts of Kindness. This is a simple page to send home with students. The task is to simply write about an act of kindness they have done or seen in the past.
Thanksgiving always gives us time to reflect where our level of gratitude is. This article, written by a dear friend of mine, helps put things in perspective for us.
How can we enjoy closer, warmer associations with our children, our neighbors, and our business associates?
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May I suggest that the magic word is gratitude. Gratitude is the prelude to love. It is the key to love. It is love in action.
Many weeks ago a dear friend gave me a challenge I both needed and accepted. It was this:
Pray to have your heart made into a vessel overflowing with love.
Act upon prayer by giving of yourself to at least one person every day.
Remember that gratitude is the key to love.
I felt inadequate to carry out this challenge, so I fasted for increased strength. Then wonderful things began to happen.
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In our home my gratitude for my husband made him the most important man in the world. Our nine-year-old son responded gladly to my appreciation for him. Twelve-year-old Linda called me “kooky,” yet she melted into happy smiles whenever approached by the new me. It was our 14-year-old son who really convinced me that I had a magic formula. Communication with Jeff had been most aggravating; the wall between us was thick and hard and had caused me great concern. Yet during the following week, in a brief note, Jeff wrote, “Mom, it has been nice to be able to talk to you lately.” The fruits of gratitude were in our home.
Opportunities to test this magic in other places presented themselves one after another. The local seminary principal invited me to substitute in a New Testament class for two days. The subject was miracles. At the end of each of seven class periods, I challenged each student, using gratitude as the key, to go out and perform a miracle in the life of someone else. The next day a boy confessed, “I tried it. Everything about my day went smoother. The nice part was how it made me feel.”
Invited to teach a Relief Society cultural refinement lesson on the problem of communication, I again shared the idea of the magic of gratitude and gave the women the same challenge I had accepted. The three statements were displayed on a chart, and one vivacious young mother pleaded to take it home and hang it in her kitchen. Weeks passed before I saw her to ask her what effect the magic of gratitude had had in her life.
“It completely changed my attitude,” she declared. “My children appeared to be human beings again instead of monsters. Other people’s failings became inconspicuous and I could and did enjoy them for what they were. Doing the dishes was the same but I was different. Now I am learning to be grateful every day for every experience.”
The day I taught a lesson to my Primary class on how to pray, I learned another important truth about gratitude. I had explained that after approaching the Father in a reverent way, we should thank him for our blessings. And suddenly it seemed so clear to me. People who take time to truly pour out their hearts in gratitude, who frequently count their blessings before him verbally and praise him for his goodness, are the ones who talk to him in an easy and personal manner. Isn’t this the way all great prophets have approached their Maker?
A schoolteacher asked me to teach her third grade class for a week. She left a complete lesson plan but warned of certain children who would be sure to upset my rapport. Again I determined to use the magic of gratitude. I studied the difficult children, concentrating on all the good I knew about them. Whenever I could, I expressed appreciation for them—and they became my friends and helpers.
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There isn’t a word in all the English language with more magic in it than the word gratitude. Love makes fertile the soil for things to blossom and to grow, and love begins with gratitude. Accept the challenge. Take this magic formula into your heart and convert it into a never-ending chain of happy relationships.
The Magic of Gratitude was written by Gerry P. Anderson and was first printed in the Ensign, March 1971.