Gratitude 5

Eileen Falcon

Description

Want to start seeing life differently? Read this book and find out how to change your attitude towards gratitude and feeling more peaceful, more willing and accepting of life on life’s terms.
Need a gentle reminder about shifting your mind set regarding “attitude of gratitude”. This book will show you that you have plenty of things to be grateful for, if you take the time to look for and acknowledge it. During the most challenging time of her life, the sudden passing of her father, Eileen was able to process her grief through gratitude. She was shown that you could find everyday things to be grateful for while maneuvering through the grieving process. She started to look for and acknowledged her gratitude by writing down 5 things to be grateful for every day. In 90 days, she came up with a new way of looking at life, finding acceptance of it all and learning to be happy despite what life threw at her. Today, she shares that mindset of gratitude with countless others and is blessed by watching others changing their way of looking at life.

Sujets

• Praise
• Honour
• Self-help
• Appreciation
• Value
• Honor
• Gratitude
• Grace

Informations

• Publié par: Balboa Press
• Date de parution: 20 décembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9798765235942
• Langue: English

Extrait

GRATITUDE 5
 
How to improve your mindset in 90 Days!
 
 
EILEEN FALCON
 
 

 
Copyright © 2022 Eileen Falcon.
 
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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.
 
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ISBN: 979-8-7652-3593-5 (sc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3595-9 (hc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3594-2 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022919885
 
Balboa Press rev. date: 12/20/2022
 
 
 
 
 
For my parents,
Katie and Will
Your unconditional love, support, and belief in me was always there, even on days when I did not believe it or could not receive it.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Gratitude
Introduction
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Acknowledgments
Leo: You told me when I was twelve years old I would write a book “someday.” That “someday” has arrived. Thank you for being the sweet gentleman that I would visit and doodle with while hanging out with you.
Dad: You would always ask me if I was “happy.” I would lie and say yes so you would not worry about me. Your sudden passing woke me up to life. Because I wanted to honor you, I worked very hard at discovering what happiness means to me. Thank you for loving me the way you did and being my rock. You are always on my mind and in my heart.
Mom: You are a tough act to emulate. I know you are proud of me. You will always be my biggest role model in how to carry myself with grace and dignity.
My Five Children: You are the reason why I took the step of courage, changed what I could, and left the rest up to God.
My Grandchildren: You have given me a new definition of what love means. Thank you for blessing my life.
My Sisters: Thank you for being the first foundation in my life that I can count on no matter what .
Susie: Thank you for accepting my request to be my accountability partner and motivating me on Thursday afternoon check-ins to keep my word in working on this project. How great is our God , my friend.
Spiritual Warrior Tribe: Karen, Kathy, Karen, Sue, and Tracy, your reaction was priceless when I told you about my goal. I am forever grateful for your love, support, and belief in me.
Raquel: Thank you for being my “work daughter,” for always listening to my crazy ideas, and being beyond supportive.
I saved the best for last. To my husband, Dan: your belief in me regarding anything I want to do in my life is immeasurable. Your faith, encouragement, support, selflessness, and, most importantly, your love sustain me on days when I do not believe in myself.
Gratitude
• the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness
• the feeling or quality of being grateful
Introduction
This book has been created to show you that a multitude of things to be grateful for is all around you, if you choose to look for it.
We become bogged down with our schedules and overwhelmed with responsibilities. Bills, sickness, worry, and fear strain our relationships with ourselves and with others. We can be sidetracked by unexpected bumps in the road, like medical emergencies, the loss of a job, or the death of a parent, sibling, child, or friend. We may struggle with divorce, infidelities, alcoholism, or drug addiction. The nightly news, social media’s endless posts about violent acts, and other people’s negative attitudes can cause us anxiety. The list is endless.
How do we find, look for, or even believe in gratitude when life gets to be too much? Is gratitude possible when we have had a certain mindset for so long, or are surrounded by negativity in people, in the news, on social media, or in co-workers, neighbors, people on the road, or even in our own homes?
Gratitude starts with a decision. It starts with deciding to either look for, and usually find, the negative, or to look a little deeper and find the positive, find the gratefulness. It starts with deciding that we do not want to add to the already negative situation or mindset around us.
We can decide to be more peaceful, a little more accepting, a little more grateful. We can decide to see things differently because how we have been seeing things is not bearing fruit and is no longer working.
It’s a process and it won’t be changed or fixed overnight. It does start with making a simple decision to look for and acknowledge the good in our lives despite the negativity surrounding us.
I have been doing a gratitude list for the last twenty-two years, since my father’s sudden passing. I was thrown into a world of grief that was so unbearable, I wanted to rip open my chest, pull my heart out, and not feel. I wanted to run away and not have all the labels that held me down: wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend. I wanted to run away, act out, be someone else, and not feel this loss that I felt would be with me forever.
On many sleepless nights, I would lie there in the middle of the night, silently crying (after all, I didn’t want to wake the five kids) and beg my God to stop the pain, bring my father back, and tell me it was all a cruel joke.
I would clean the house in the middle of the night, do laundry, mop the floors, all while moving around in a fog thinking if I could just wake up from this nightmare, everything would be okay again. I couldn’t see how I was going to go on or move forward in life, and I truly thought the pain of my broken heart was my new normal.
My mother was a blessing in helping me process my grief. Friends encouraged me, let me cry with them, and shared their own lessons of loss. I lost myself in books that helped me understand the stages of grief and know that someday the pain would lessen.
I didn’t think that would ever be possible until I read one day that I could find gratitude, even during pain. I truly thought that was an oxymoron. How could that be possible? How could I be grateful when all I could feel was pain or all I could think was, My father is gone…now what?
I decided to start making a gratitude list of five things (because of my five children) for ninety days. If I truly didn’t feel better mentally, then I was running away and not looking back. In the beginning, it truly felt foreign looking for things to be grateful for. The lists consisted of the basics, like my healthy children who made me laugh, that I was able to get out of bed, that I felt good taking a shower, and so on. Then I was able to start appreciating my health, my body parts that worked on their own, my car in the driveway, and the food in the refrigerator. Eventually, I started looking for gratitude in all parts of my day. I was able to engage with life again, not be bogged down with sadness, and even laugh and smile at times.
I started sharing this mindset with others who were having difficulty with gratitude. I created a gratitude circle with some of my friends. We would text our lists to each other. Not only was I coming up with five, I was also able to read six other lists. Imagine being able to read thirty things to be grateful for each day. I started realizing that I could find gratitude everywhere if I chose to see it and appreciate it.
On the following pages, you will read hundreds of reasons I have found through the years to be grateful.
At the end of the book, you will be asked to take the Ninety-Day Challenge. It has been said that if you can do a gratitude list of five things every day for ninety days consecutively, you will have a different attitude and a healthier mindset, and others will be attracted to it and want to become a part of it.
This book is a challenge for you to engage with your life, to start seeing the gratitude everywhere around you, and then start living in grati tude .
I don’t know about you, but I believe this world would benefit from a little more gratitude, a little more kindness, and a little more love from each one of us.
Join me on this challenge!
In gratitude,
Eileen
Gratitude 5

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A friend who is willing to listen
A nice morning walk at my favorite park
Answered prayers
Asthma medication
A sunny spring day
An unexpected kiss
A childhood that wasn’t filled with abuse
A new quilt
Afternoon naps
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