Smiley Saturday - Gratitude Dance

12. April 2008, 10:00 amSmileySaturdaylightening

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This week I am flogging some material from Suzie at The Abundance Highway. I hope she doesn’t mind. :) Suzie has some FABULOUS material on her website so if you haven’t already visited, I would highly recommend you do.

I LOVE this quote she included in a recent post on Gratitude.

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” –Melody Beattie

Cultivating an attitude of gratitude is something I think we’re often lacking in our Western culture. How often do we think “if I just had X, THEN I would be happy”? When in reality, we already HAVE an abundance.

So this week for Smiley Saturday, I’m challenging each and every one of you to:

1. Write down what you are grateful for (this can be a private thing - it doesn’t have to BE what your Smiley Saturday post is about - just a general challenge to all of my readers to try this)

2. Play the following video clip

3. Join in the Gratitude Dance

Just watching this video full of happy people is SURE to make you smile. But don’t just WATCH. Get involved!!!! :)

Wishing you all the BEST Smiley Saturday you’ve had yet! :)

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12 comments:

  1. Gemisht, 12. April 2008, 12:28

    Yay - I’ve finally done a post for Smiley Saturday. And linked to it.

    Have a great Saturday.

     
  2. Sharon, 12. April 2008, 13:23

    Great clip!

    Hope you are having a great Saturday.

    Sharon.

     
  3. Kez, 12. April 2008, 13:50

    ROFLMAO - loved the “yeehaw” guy with the tow truck :)

     
  4. Widdle Shamrock, 12. April 2008, 22:38

    Sorry, I had already done my Smiley Saturday before I read yours.

    Such a cool dance !!!!!

     
  5. Maggie, 13. April 2008, 0:58

    I think my post this morning is a bit too introspective for a Smiley Saturday topic but I do like the idea of cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude. We have many things to be grateful. I’ve always figured if I have a roof overhead, food on the table, clothes on my back, great circle of close friends and family add in a dash of meaning employment I’m doing good. What more could you truly ask for?

     
  6. Jennifer Robin, 13. April 2008, 4:25

    Great video. It did the job; I’m smiling!

     
  7. Sarah (Genesis Moments), 13. April 2008, 6:22

    I’m dancing my tooshie off and lovin’ it!! Happy Smilen’ Saturday!

     
  8. JoLynn Braley, 13. April 2008, 10:33

    Hi, I agree with that! Suzie does have some great stuff over on The Abundance Highway - always an enjoyable read! :)

     
  9. Suzie Cheel, 13. April 2008, 13:08

    Thank you for putting this up and the link, I am still working on SS, might be next week now, will include this in my gratitude post today.

    Have an abundant weekend

    Suzie

     
  10. Lis, 13. April 2008, 18:15

    Hi Jodie,

    I have finally posted a pic of my pink pacel from Lizzie!
    Sorry we were a bit slow in geting to it!
    -hugs-
    Lis

     
  11. Dorothy Stahlnecker, 14. April 2008, 1:31

    I was having a very unsmiling day and this made me feel better. Thanks for posting and I wish you a great week.

    Dorothy from grammology
    remember to call gram
    http://www.grammology.ocm

     
  12. Sunday Gratitude | The Abundance Highway (Pingback), 14. April 2008, 21:08
     

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