YOUR 2025 BRAIN BRAWN MINI RESOLUTION GRATITUDE PRACTICE • WEEK 2

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This week, we present to you perhaps the toughest gratitude topic to conquer: trials in life.

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Gratitude for All
Gaining Perspective from Things that Challenge Our Happiness

“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, American Author

We hope you’ve being finding it easier to see the good in life and be grateful for what is abundant and joyful when you take a moment to write it down and really appreciate it. But tough times and tough people can sometimes cause us to take a step back from our gratitude practice.

This week, we challenge you to dig deeper and write down a reason to be grateful for each of challenging people and/or circumstances you’ve faced.

How have they benefited you? What life lessons did they teach you, in what ways did they make you stronger and more resilient, or force you out of your comfort zones into new ways of thinking and seeing?
 
This teaches us to be grateful for it all—not just for the things that seem “good” on the surface.
 
And at the end of this week, we encourage you to look back over your gratitude log and take some time to reflect. How have your entries made you feel? Is it getting easier to write 1-3 items each day?

See you next week to conclude this month’s mini resolution!