Seven Ways to Magnify Gratitude
by Susan Tate

Celebrating and magnifying gratitude is a wonderful practice that brightens the light of wellness wisdom that resides within each of us. What would it feel like if you let gratitude be your guide as you laugh, love, play, and pray your way through this day?

Here are seven ways to magnify gratitude. Feel free to add to this list as you create your celebration of thankfulness this month—and beyond.

1. Start the day by giving thanks. As you open your eyes, you might say, “Thank you God! I get another day!”
   
   
2. Don’t complain. The universe typically provides us with more of what we speak or think about each day. So the more you complain, the more you’ll find reasons to complain! The more gratitude you acknowledge, more things to be grateful for will appear in your life.
   
   
3. Consider keeping a gratitude journal. Having a gratitude journal by your bed and writing just a few things in it each night can be a beautiful closure to the day.
   
   
4. If journaling isn’t your thing, call to mind ten things you are grateful for before drifting off to sleep.
   
   
5. Write and send thank you notes, not just for something given to you recently but to acknowledge appreciation for something someone did for you in the past.
   
   
6. Don’t wait for Thanksgiving or a special holiday to express gratitude, love, or appreciation to those you love. Call someone now. You’ll make at least two people feel better.
   
   
7. Consider gratitude as a way of being. The suggestions above offer things to do that are supportive in developing the practice of gratitude. The next step is to know you can go even deeper and allow yourself to be the place where gratitude flourishes.