Gratitude Reflection Exercise: 3 Good Things
This therapeutic exercise is best used daily, at the end of your day. Its aim is to help you reflect on the good things in your life, and so can help you boost your gratitude as well as overall happiness and well-being.
Step 1: Think of any 3 good things that happened today.
Step 2: Use this thread to list them down.
Step 3: While listing them down, also list why the good things happened. This is the most important step of the exercise so do not skip the "why"!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
*subscribes to come to this again at night* xD
The "whys" are so important, yes, Soul.🦋
Currently grateful for this gratitude challenge, *because* it helps to take out some time to simply acknowledge, and reflect on things, even the seemingly 'mundane' ones. So thank*you* for this. You are doing so well.❤
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou
1.) I'm grateful for my partner who supports and believes in me. He went to the college today, is taking care of stuff I was originally going to do, and then told me to rest. It is important to me because I constantly feel like my pain isn't real and that I'm making it all up to get out of things.
2.) I'm grateful for a day of rest. Even though I hurt, I'm happy to have the opportunity to relax and try to regain more strength and feel better. I feel like I don't get to rest or acknowledge that I hurt, I'm so used to sucking it up, and being able to just, rest and acknowledge that I do hurt, and that my pain is real is a lot.
3.) I'm grateful to just have made it this far. This feels like a cheap thing to say, but after going through so much, and hurting so much, I am still here. I have people who love and care about me. I have people who worry about me.
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou thanks for your support!
I am grateful for your community presence because it lifts us all up!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Aw thankyou, Soul, right back atcha!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Apologies for it being only one thing, but I did want to post at least this.
I'm infinitely grateful to my girlfriend for being there for me in this past week.
@callmeGab thank *you* for still sharing! we all start somewhere and I see this as a very positive thing to do.
Glad you have someone supporting you!
@callmeGab
@AriadneLove and @SoulfullyAButterfly
I really need to add how grateful I am to be part of 7 cups. It has made a very significant impart on my life. And nothing has ever felt as good as helping others.
I'm especially grateful to you two for prodding me to come post here despite my strong reluctance to do so.
And I'm grateful to the members that reach out to me and share their pain and confusion with me.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
1. Today it rained- the beautiful shower from mother nature falling into green leaves, and the softness of the world calmed me down.
2. For reading quotes after waking up- so proud of myself. I usually go to the phone immediately after waking up which results in bad mood. But today I did the healthy thing.
3. For helping neighbor fix their phone. I want to be a functioning partner in a relationship, and doing something for someone else makes me feel like I may have a shot at a relationship.
@seashell145 thanks for sharing!
I love how you describe the rain here. This was very mindful and kind of you to try to avoid using your phone right away as well as helping someone else.
I am grateful that you are also joining us here as this community can also help us maintain great connections.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Thank you so much for your kind words, Butterfly!
@seashell145
@SoulfullyAButterfly
1. I finished a fitness exercise that ihave been skipping for a week. I am grateful that I had the strength to do it because i want to be healthier. Recently, i have had emotional and health problems. I think fitness will help me.
2. I am grateful that i can buy the cosmetics i like. I bought a nice face sheet mask. I spent half an hour with it and relaxed. It is important to me because i spent relaxation /spa time with myself.
3. There is nothing else from today, but in general, i feel grateful for my partner. He tries to make me happy and always cares about me in every situation. It is important to me because i want a stsble relationship to feel safe and loved.
- I am grateful for a friend who helped me problem-solve because otherwise, I would be very lost.
- I am grateful to have a great mentor because that motivates me to continue doing what I do.
- I am grateful for myself today: for being patient and accepting in the face of different, challenging views because this way, I can learn how people think and be calm in the face of opposing things.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
I love your gratitudes!
3 good things that happened today. Things that I am grateful for.
- I had a roof over my head and food to eat. I say this and some would think that’s a given, but not in my life right now. My husband and I are OVER OUR HEADS in debt and about to file bankruptcy. Right now I have a whopping $2.34 in my bank account and the fridge is bare. We also just got a late notice on our lot rent. So the fact that I have a roof over my head and has food to eat today, is a good thing and I am grateful.
- My husband and I aren’t arguing yet. Well, he technically is t home from work yet but so far so good. We didn’t argue on the phone today either so that always makes for a good day and for that I am grateful
- My workday went pretty smooth. I actually hate my job and it’s usually pretty boring but some days I struggle just to sit there. This was a good day and I am grateful.
@MissTeeLove
Thank you so much for sharing these things you're grateful for.
I loved reading the second one as I had to select the entire statement and woohoo!! The message was visible.
So, I'll add the 4th thing I'm grateful for today 😊
I read a magical text today and it was fun hehe. ♥️♥️
I spoke to some new people today (yay more friends!), I had a delicious meal, and watched a lot of videos on this 'me' day. I'd say that these things happened because I found the motivation and gave myself a fresh start to the day.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
- I woke up @4:30
I didn't feel like getting up from my bed today. But i remembered that I am doing this to bring a change in my life. I'm glad I didn't listen to my couch potato body.
- I did my yogic practice with the (tamil guidelines)
Today when I logged in online to do my practice, the English instructor wasn't online and I had no choice left lol. I am still glad I managed to do my practices with a tamil speaking instructor. I don't even understand the language lol.
- I have more time to study.
My day started early and I have all the time to spend on my studies.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
3 good things so far today (catching up since I missed day 1!)(and remembering the "why" this time, lol!)
1. I woke up feeling off from a bad dream but quickly recovered because I chose to think of how it could have been a good dream instead.
2. I started this challenge because I want to reinforce my daily routine and carry it on until I can look back and say "wait, it's been weeks! A month! I've done this all every day, and accomplished my big goal of a solid daily routine with yoga, meditation, and journaling."
3. Thanks to joining this, as of this very gratitude, I remembered the key ingredient: "why"! I had started out when I was in therapy months ago beginning to journal each day as much as I could, and it helped so much but at some point, I forgot to keep adding the "why". Simply listing three good things or more each day is nice, but I feel way more on my game now because I have regained this piece of the gratitude puzzle.
