I’ve talked about really reaching out to people from your past and taking the time to thank them for their influence in your life. Today let me share a fun way I’ve discovered to do that. Flow Book for Paper Lovers. I’ve found the book several times in a Barnes and Noble store, but I cannot find it on their website. I say this because the online version of the book (it’s a one-inch thick magazine with a substantial binding) at Amazon is, ah yeah, really expensive and if you have a Barnes and Noble membership card and you can…
Read MoreEXPRESSED GRATITUDE: A BLESSBACK®
A BlessBack®* is an expression of thanks given to those in your past who have had a positive influence in your life. It is an exchange of blessing between two parties: the giver and the receiver. As you live the BlessBack life, you will discover that at various times you may be a giver and at other times a receiver; sometimes you may experience both giving and receiving at the same time. BlessBacks are different from random acts of kindness. Most often, a random act of kindness is being kind to someone in a spontaneous way. A BlessBack, on the…
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Step-by-step instructions and a free downloadable pdf for you to use. I had the privilege to speak on gratitude at a women’s morning event at Faithpoint Lutheran Church in New Prague on Saturday, April 27. After I spoke, my sister-in-law, Debbie Trewartha instructed us all on a fun and easy craft. I loved her idea to use it as a May Day Basket of Gratitude. Use them to give to your children, a friend or place them on co-workers’ desks while they are at lunch or in a meeting. Or, pretend you are a child again and place one…
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