A Woman's Respite

  Creating A Gratitude Journal Taking your gratitude to the next level means that you are expressing your gratitude in the written word. If you are using a planner every day, you could add one statement of gratitude in your planner every day. Spending 10-15 minutes of your day at the beginning or at the end of the day, brings so many benefits to your life!  Otherwise, creating a gratitude journal is your best bet. Here are all the reasons that a gratitude journal will make your life better than you could ever imagine. Reasons To Create A Gratitude Journal 1Your emotions will be happier When you write in a gratitude journal, you are creating positive emotions. You are focusing on the positive rather than on the negative. It trains your brain to look and seek positive emotions. “Give thanks with a grateful heart.” – Psalm 107: 1 2. Gratitude increases happiness By boosting your happiness with life, you increase your overall happiness.  “You are my God; I will give thanks to...

 Focusing On Gratitude Do you follow the world or follow your faith-based basics? The social media platforms focus on everyone sharing the things that are going on in their lives. In many cases, that means trying to up share the latest trips, cars or what people have acquired. In the beginning, the social media platforms were meant to be a way for family and friends to be able to communicate. And I still believe that is still true. I love seeing pictures of my family and friends. I love being able to communicate with people that I love. But we are also thrust into a platform where influencers are the new grail of how we must dress and what we must look like in order to be considered the model of perfection. This is especially true of our youth, more so than any other generation. Society has become a must have rather than a thank you for what I have society. Think about what happens when the new iPhone are released. Thousands line up to get the latest version when in reality there i...