Your Invitation to A Season of Gratitude

Personal Development Carnival: 10-22-06 Edition Choose Gratitude

October 22nd, 2006 by Nneka -- Bookmark on del.icio.us

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Season of Gratitude
In the US, family and friends gather on the the fourth Thursday of November every year to celebrate Thanksgiving. As I was planning my post schedule, I thought about doing a gratitude list that day. Then I thought, why not make November the gratitude month and do a post everyday on a gratitude moment. I started to get really excited about the whole idea. Well, what about doing a list everyday?

The idea grew bigger and bigger. At one point, I wanted to challenge myself to write a daily gratitude list of 100 items everyday. However, I thought that it would get repetitive after a while. So then I thought, hmmm, why not involve the whole community. It would be a great way to put the spiritual principle of gratitude into practice. It will also give ourselves, the blogging community, the chance to gather as a virtual family and share our Thanksgiving feast.

And so, A Season of Gratitude: 30 Days of Thanksgiving was born. I’m doing it in the style of Problogger’s Group Writing Project.

For 30 days leading up to Thanksgiving, from Tuesday, October 24th (tomorrow) through Wednesday, November 22nd, Balanced Life Center will be all about gratitude and thanksgiving.

I invite you to partake in the Thanksgiving feast by submitting your own gratitude moment through the contact form. Every day I will post the list of submissions and do another post about my own gratitude moment.

How to Participate
Here?€™s how you can participate.

1. Write a ?€˜gratitude?€™ post

Be as creative as you?€™d like. Posts can be funny, serious, long, short, a list, a story, pictures, video, from the recent past, or nostalgic. You name it. Just 2 requests:

Remember to be thankful.
Keep it clean and family friendly.

Be as creative with the title.

You can let your readers know you’re participating by putting a link back to this post in your post. You can even use the logo. It’s not required, but it is greatly appreciated (thank you ). It will also help to share the energy.

2. Let me Know about your post

When you post your Gratitude Moment, let me know about it by sending me an email via my contact form.
Put “Season of Gratitude” in the subject Line.
Make sure you include your name (as you want it to appear in the list), your post title and the URL to your post (not just to your blog?€™s front page).
Submissions will be accepted through 3PM Eastern Standard Time on November 21st.
Submit only new posts.
You don’t have to participate everyday, but when you do, please submit only one post per blogger per day (not one post per blog).

3. I will post 2 links to your post
One on the day your gratitude moment is listed, and one on the Season of Gratitude page.

4. Go Around the Table (Surf, Surf, Surf)

Share in the Thanksgiving feast. Surf the submissions received, leave comments, make connections with other Balanced Life Center readers and enjoy reading what others have to say.

5. Pass the Sweet
Potatoes (Link, Link, Link)

Share with your readers gratitude moments you found interesting, thought provoking, funny, or inspiring by linking to other submissions.

Join me in the first ever Season of Gratitude!

Entry Filed under: Spirituality, Personal Development, Gratitude

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17 Comments Add your own

1. Lyman Reed | October 22nd, 2006 at 10:28 pm

What a fantastic idea, Nneka! I look forward to participating, and to reading all of the posts that you’ll be linking to.
2. Nneka | October 23rd, 2006 at 8:08 pm

Lyman, I look forward to your full participation. It will be very interesting to see this evolve.

I’m glad you want to be a part of it. Thanks for stopping by.
3. Creating a Better Life &r&hellip | October 23rd, 2006 at 10:29 pm

[…] I’m grateful that I’m breathing. I’m grateful for my wife. I’m grateful for my stepson. I’m grateful for God. I’m grateful for my apartment. I’m grateful for my regular bi-weekly paycheck. I’m grateful for my computer. I’m grateful for the mountain ranges that I get to see everytime I drive home from work. I’m grateful for the ability to make a difference in the lives of others. I’m grateful for my sobriety. I’m grateful for my stomach. I’m grateful for my blogs. I’m grateful for all the other blogs out there that add to my day. I’m grateful for Firefox. I’m grateful for Microsoft. I’m grateful for IBM. I’m grateful for President Bush. I’m grateful for the Democratic Party. I’m grateful that I live in a country where both the President and his opposition can speak freely. I’m grateful for the Green Party. I’m grateful for the Libertarian Party. I’m grateful that I’m not a member of any political party. I’m grateful that I was able to tell myself that I wanted to write a gratitude list, and I did it! I’m grateful to Nneka for starting the A Season of Gratitude project. […]
4. Why Do So Many Americans &hellip | October 29th, 2006 at 9:04 am

[…] This has been submitted to the Season of Gratitude Series. You can participate by sharing your gratitude moment, reading about others, or commenting. Click here for details. If you liked this post, give it an UP click on Reddit. […]
5. How This Blog Attracted 1&hellip | November 2nd, 2006 at 12:13 am

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9. The Marketing Minute&hellip | November 22nd, 2006 at 1:19 am

Indulging in my own gratitude

I try very hard to make every post in this blog about you. The reader. The businessperson. The marketer. The writer. I want to infuse value, insights and fresh ideas in every post. So I hope you�ll forgive me this
10. Legal Andrew » You &hellip | December 10th, 2006 at 10:10 pm

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11. Edward Mills | December 15th, 2006 at 2:55 pm

Hi Nneka

What a wonderful concept. I wish I had found it earlier. I would have included it in the Law of Attraction Carnival on Gratitude back in November.

And now, amongst so many other things, I’m also grateful that I’ve found your site!
12. Giving Gratitude&hellip | January 3rd, 2007 at 4:48 pm

[…] But, like I tell Lady Glynis, I’m ignorant, not stupid. Sometimes I do open up enough to get the message, so when I start seeing things like Christine Kane’s Practicing Gratitude, and reading books like the Science of Getting Rich, which makes gratitude a centerpiece of creation, and now seeing Nneka’s series A Season of Gratitude and Steve’s powerful post on learning to give love, rather than just expressing it, even I start understanding. […]
13. Ask Dan and Jennifer&hellip | March 5th, 2007 at 7:28 pm

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16. wangwei | April 29th, 2007 at 4:47 am

I’m grateful that I’m breathing. I’m grateful for my wife. I’m grateful for my stepson. I’m grateful for God. I’m grateful for my apartment. I’m grateful for my regular bi-weekly paycheck. I’m grateful for my computer. I’m grateful for the mountain ranges that I get to see everytime I drive home from work. I’m grateful for the ability to make a difference in the lives of others. I’m grateful for my sobriety. I’m grateful for my stomach. I’m grateful for my blogs. I’m grateful for all the other blogs out there that add to my day. I’m grateful for Firefox. I’m grateful for Microsoft. I’m grateful for IBM. I’m grateful for President Bush. I’m grateful for the Democratic Party. I’m grateful that I live in a country where both the President and his opposition can speak freely. I’m grateful for the Green Party. I’m grateful for the Libertarian Party. I’m grateful that I’m not a member of any political party. I’m grateful that I was able to tell myself that I wanted to write a gratitude list, and I did it! I’m grateful to Nneka for starting the A Season of Gratitude project
17. Grateful, My Love&hellip | July 17th, 2007 at 10:05 pm

[…] My friend Nneka invited the world to contribute a post about gratitude this month as those of us in the US are celebrating Thanksgiving. Gratitude is a large part of Bruce and my life — at each evening meal we give thanks for at least one thing from our day AND we take time to verbally acknowledge each other and ourselves too. This ritual is deeply satisfying. […]