⚡️ I've Been Doing Thanksgiving All Wrong

For everyone who’s ever struggled with gratitude on Thanksgiving, or just needs a little inspiration for dinner table. I wrote this for you.

Sometimes Gratitude Feels Hard

We are taught that Thanksgiving is about being grateful for what we have. Every year my Mom asks everyone at the table to take turns sharing something. Sound familiar?

I love this tradition, but it often feels like we’re just going through the motions year after year. Sometimes I’m feeling it, sometimes I just blurt out something easy: my health, family, or dogs.

But honestly, what is authentic gratitude supposed to feel like? Should we feel warm and fuzzy inside?

What happens if we’re not feeling overwhelmed with gratitude, does that make us ungrateful?

What if someone else talking about their gratitude makes us feel like we just didn’t get enough done this year?

I have felt every single one of these. Woof.

Some of us may also find it difficult to find things to be grateful for: there are terrible wars going on affecting all of us, and economic and political uncertainty.

But gratitude is stronger than despair, hate, or helplessness. Gratitude isn’t passive either. Haven’t you noticed that when you’re grateful it drives you to inspired action?

A New Way To Feel Gratitude

So my friend, my approach this year will be different.

This year, I’m going to be grateful for things that haven’t happened yet. YES! Sounds crazy right? Hear me out.

The first step to achieving a big goal is to first imagine it. To believe it is possible for us.

Before I met Michelle, I first imagined my ideal relationship. And that’s the moment it actually became possible for me to meet her, and recognize us from how I imagined.

I know it’s a little crazy, but we’re living proof this method works!

Your Secret Weapon

Now Michelle and I have imagined huge goals for 2024.

And this Thanksgiving I am grateful for the possibilities we have imagined together.

I’m grateful for my courage to dream big. Because that is the first step to making our dreams a reality.

So if you’re not feeling easily inspired by gratitude this year, join me in my crazy optimistic club, and let’s step into imagination to see what’s possible for you this coming year. 

P.S. When you feel excited about the possibilities of the future, you just may find it easier to be more authentically grateful for what’s in your present. 

P.P.S. I'm grateful for you for reading and joining me on this adventure this whole year. You'll be in my thoughts tomorrow and when more exciting things start coming in the issues you’ll know you were part of the process.

The Bottom Line

We can choose to be grateful for what is present, and also for what we wish to welcome into our lives.

In this issue I offer you not a challenge, but an invitation. I invite you to bring gratitude into your past, present, and future.

Share with your loves ones what you’re grateful for now, for all the possibilities you’ve created with your imagination, and for all the good things yet unknown heading your way.

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That’s all for now my friend. Happy Thanksgiving and as always…

Keep living your Great Adventure.

Jim Wall