Thankful

I am so grateful for the abundance found in small things....my daughter's bright smile...this pile of apples gathered from our tree...enough for pie to complete tonight's dinner with friends. It is Thanksgiving Day and gratitude is in the air and definitely on my mind. And so I thought I would share a few resources on that topic here.

• The Arts and Healing Network's current issue of AHN News is dedicated to gratitude and includes a review of CD set by Angeles Arrien on Gratitude which has touched me deeply -- her use of storytelling is captivating.
• Jennifer Lee's recent e-newsletter was also full of gratitude resources including this iPhone App for tracking gratitude and this great web site.
  
• Christine Carter has a great blog post about inspiring Gratitude within families and teaching it to children. I love some of the ideas she has for creating gratitude calendars and using photographs to honor people.
• Shopping at the Paper Source yesterday, I saw that Chronicle Books has published a new Gratitude Journal - a nice way to track daily one's thankful moments.