I’m spending the morning completing my “Gratitude Challenge”. We should always feel grateful, but during a week where sharing these sentiments is widely accepted – why not create a list so you won’t forget anything.

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Gratitude is one of the highest emotions when looking at emotional intelligence.
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It’s only second to LOVE.
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Just one thought of gratitude can pull you away from more negative emotions like anxiety, fear, jealousy.
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Try it!
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I am grateful for (and in no particular order) …

1. My Health
2. My Parents
3. My Husband
4. My Kiddos
5. Living in the Mountains
6. Omazing friends
7. My dogs Rudi (Kraemer and Kloe)
8. The music of the world
9. The ability to travel
10. Yoga
11. Coffee
12. Snuggly Puppies
13. Fresh Snowfall
14. Emotionally Intelligent People
15. Yoga Pants
16. Veggie Pizza
17. Good Story Tellers
18. Bright Colors
19. Hockey Everything
20. Audible reading to me
21. Cozy Socks
22. Whatever Olin Says
23. A pen that writes nice
24. Coffee
25. The Voices In My Head
26. Moments of Clarity
27. My keypad that doesn’t make a lot of noise.
28. A cool breeze during a summer run
29. Solice of the trails in the woods
30. Camping
31. Biking
32. A starry night
33. Camp Fires
34. Elder People
35. Experience & Life Lessons
36. Silence
37. A twinkle in the eye
38. Nicely organized desk
39. Neatly stacked paper
40. Coffee
41. Unsuspecting gift giving
42. Teachers
43. MN “nice”
44. Swedish Pancakes
45. Sushi
46. Fearless people
47. Fearful people who ask for help
48. Saunas
49. The Grateful Dead
50. Meta Yoga
51. Talk to Text
52. Energy
53. Sunshine
54. Clean Drinking Water
55. Coffee
56. Popsockets
57. Clean Dishes
58. Sunrises
59. Sunsets
60. Family Dinners
61. My super smart adult son
62. For childhood religious experiences
63. Trivia Pursuit
64. Meatless meals
65. Sledding hills
66. Coffee (with Chocolate)
67. Twinkle lights
68. For those who help others (seva)
69. For being raised on a farm
70. Happy Hours
71. My sisters
72. My brother
73. My sister and my brothers’ friends
74. Live music
75. Jazz music at dinner
76. Football Sunday
77. My neices and nephews
78. The colors of the desert
79. The flow of our lakes, rivers and oceans
80. For recycling
81. Little Boy Hugs
82. Candles
83. Mantras
84. Fluffy Beds
85. Skype/Facetime with grandparents
86. Birds coming to my window each morning
87. Seeing your breath in the cold
88. Trolls, Fairies and Pixie Dust
89. Imaginations
90. The feeling of putting your feet up
91. My strong sense of smell
92. Little Girl Dreams
93. Coffee
94. Family Movie Nights
95. The ability to create
96. For 4 seasons
97. For love
98. For Cookies
99. For My Life
100. For You!

(Come back for a complete list of 100 by Thanksgiving!)

xo,
Juli Rathke

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