Wondrous Wednesday Contest by @princessmewmew

Wondrous Wednesday - An Attitude of Gratitude

@princessmewmew hits the nail on the head when she says that it is very easy to go to the dark side when we dive too deeply into the problems of the world. Luckily, we have a build in self-help system: Concentrating and remembering the good things in our lives.

That, of course, is not new news but something that people have practiced throughout the centuries and it is a huge part of most religious practices (I can't say all since I am not familiar with all the different religions in the world) and of course or other spiritual philosophies as well.

What is new is that the scientific community is studying gratitude and the impact on our lives - and are finding that our attitude of gratitude is an incredible force to better our lives and our health.

My Ten

1. I am grateful that I saw @princessmewmew's post today and have time to participate in this challenge.

2. I am super grateful for @thealliance and all the wonderful people who are that group. That is where I found this post.

3. I am so happy that I live in the times of the internet and the worldwide connections we can make so easily. Letter writing is and was pretty cool too. But it took weeks or month to get a letter from a far away country. Now, we can talk in real time with each other.

4. I am grateful that I have found Steemit. The connections I have made are wonderful.

5. And I am grateful that the community here on Steemit is so very willing to help each other. Case in point - we just raised enough money for an operation for a woman in Venezuela within a few days. Now we are on to school supplies for kids who have nothing.

6. I am super grateful that my husband found a new job that pays our bills. Takes so much mental pressure off right there!

7. I am so happy that he likes his job and the people he works with.

8. I am happy that we had the means that I could travel to Arizona where he is working now and see more of the country.

9. I am grateful, happy and honored that we were invited to attend a Hopi celebration.

10. I am grateful that I got to see the hawk that you see in the tree above. We got to witness ravens eating the prey the hawk might have dropped and turkey vultures coming in and chasing the ravens away. And that was right out of our door.

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