What exactly is a gratitude journal?

A gratitude journal is a journal that you are only allowed to write positive thoughts into. If you can, everyday, write in your gratitude journal at least five things that you are grateful for that day, and usually before bedtime, so you can go to sleep thinking positive thoughts about the day that has just passed.

The things you could be grateful could range from the courteous service at the car wash, the help of a friend, to the love of a family member, to the hand of god rocking you gently, anything counts really.

Of course, writing in your gratitude journal is much easier after you have had a great day. If you have had a bad day, you still have to write five things down that you are grateful for. It’ll be a lot tougher, but you still have to find some and write them down.

But that’s the point.

You start a gratitude journal to help yourself find the positive things in life. It teaches you to look for the positive in an otherwise dreary day.

So it’s on the terrible and depressing days that the journal does its work. Even though times have been tough, you have still been able to find things about your life that you are grateful for. Though they may only be small things like dew drops and kittens, you still forced yourself to find a silver lining in a dark cloud of a day.

On a good day, it still teaches you to be grateful for all the good things that have happened to you. It’s a win-win situation.

A gratitude journal is such a wonderful and needed thing. There are few things in life that force you to regularly look at your life and be thankful for all the good things that you have been given.

Start one today, to remind you of all the great and positive things in your life.

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