365gratitude: Natalie Merchant

Friday, February 18, 2011

Natalie Merchant - Kind and Generous

Hi Friends,
I haven't written a single thank you note this week, because that's the kind of week it's been. In and out of Chicago, running around, putting out small fires. You know the drill. But the spirit is still with me, and I want to send a special thank you to my sisters and my 365Gratitude friends. As my sister Loranne said, generosity is the sister of gratitude, and these gals have it in spades. The way we keep up with each other in little ways throughout our days, and those little gestures that mean so much.

To quote Natalie:
You've been so kind and generous, I don't know how you keep on giving
For your kindness I'm in debt to you
and I never could have come this far without you
For everything you've done, you know I'm bound,
I'm bound to thank you for it ...

Love,
Rita

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Carol CastleFebruary 18, 2011 at 4:14 PM
I'm a direct recipient of the kindness from my sisters this week. Thank you...
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WELCOME TO 365 Gratitude Project!

Gratitude: Noun; The quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful.

Thank you. Two little words. A simple idea, not particularly new, or inventive, but put to use, powerful. In recent years, this term has taken on a whole new meaning for many people, being written about in self-help, law of attraction books that are presently on the bookshelves today.

The latest book to utilize this simple, but profound idea is "365 Thank Yous" written by John Kralik. In it, Mr. Kralik documents his experience in taking the noun gratitude, and transforming it into a verb through the simple process of writing one thank you note a day for an entire year, and in the process, he transformed his life. His simple act of daily gratitude expressed to those he loved and appreciated gave him a more joyful and loving life. This was the inspiration for our blog, 365 Gratitude.

We are a group of seven women, living in various regions of the United States, committed to the practice of gratitude in our lives in 2011. And, in doing so, to further share the experiences with each other, and you, through this blog. Each of us have claimed a single day of the week to send a thank you note to someone and write in this space about it. To learn more about each of us, see the about page to the right.

We encourage you, dear reader, to offer your own reflections on the role of gratitude in your life.