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When was the last time you genuinely expressed love and gratitude for the people and experiences in your life that have shaped you into who you are today?

It is not always easy to take time out to express what you are truly grateful for, especially during the holiday season, when you have an endless to-do-list. But it is during this time of year that offering gratitude can help make holidays even more special.

In this article, and the accompanying video, we are going to look at the benefits of gratitude for those of us who are 60 and over. I will also share seven simple but profound ways to express your gratitude during the Thanksgiving season.

Why Is Gratitude Important?

Gratitude involves acknowledging and being thankful for the people, experiences, and blessings you have.

Gratitude helps shift your focus from what may be lacking or challenging to what you already have and cherish.

For women over 60, gratitude can be particularly important for several reasons.

Perspective and Contentment

As we age, we may face various changes and challenges. Practicing gratitude helps shift our perspective from what we don’t like to focusing on the positive aspects of life. It cultivates a sense of well-being and helps us find joy in the present moment.

Mental and Emotional Well-Being

Gratitude has been linked to improved mental and emotional well-being. It reduces stress, anxiety, and depression, while promoting positive emotions, resilience, and overall life satisfaction.

Relationships and Connection

Expressing gratitude strengthens relationships and fosters deeper, more loving connections. It allows you to acknowledge and appreciate the people who have supported you throughout your life. Gratitude also inspires kindness and generosity, strengthening your bond with others.

Self-Reflection and Personal Growth

Gratitude prompts self-reflection and introspection. It encourages you to consider the lessons learned from past experiences and appreciate the wisdom gained over the years. Gratitude journaling prompts can help facilitate this self-reflection.

7 Ways to Express Gratitude During Thanksgiving

Gratitude is not something to express only during special occasions. Gratitude is a year-round practice of recognizing and appreciating the positive aspects of your life.

When it comes to the holidays, especially Thanksgiving, you are provided with a unique opportunity to deliver more joy to not only yourself but to those you are spending quality time with.

Here are seven effective ways to express gratitude during the Thanksgiving season:

Gratitude Journaling

Start a gratitude journal and write down three things you are grateful for each day leading up to Thanksgiving. It can be as simple as appreciating a beautiful sunset or cherishing time with loved ones.

Gratitude Letter

Write a heartfelt letter of gratitude to someone who has made a positive impact on your life. Express your gratitude for their presence, support, or any specific ways they have contributed to your well-being. You can choose to send the letter or read it aloud to them during your Thanksgiving gathering.

Gratitude Sharing Circle

Gather with friends, family, or a community group and create a gratitude sharing circle. Each person takes turns expressing what they are grateful for, allowing everyone to reflect on positive aspects of their lives.

Acts of Kindness

Engage in acts of kindness as a means of expressing your gratitude. You could volunteer at a local charity, help a neighbor in need, or offer your skills and knowledge to others. Sharing your time and energy can bring a sense of fulfillment and appreciation to yourself and others.

Gratitude Meditation

To cultivate a sense of gratitude and inner peace, practice gratitude meditation. Find a quiet space, close your eyes, and focus on the things you are grateful for. Reflect on the blessings in your life and allow yourself to fully experience the feelings of gratitude.

Create a Gratitude Jar

Decorate a jar and place it in a prominent location in your home. Encourage family members and guests to write down things they are grateful for on small pieces of paper and place them in the jar. Read the notes during your Thanksgiving gathering and celebrate the collective gratitude.

Share a Gratitude Meal

During your Thanksgiving feast, take a moment before the meal to express gratitude. Encourage each person to share something they are thankful for or create a gratitude prayer or blessing to say collectively.

Gratitude Is Transformative

Gratitude is a beautifully uplifting practice that can be expressed throughout the year and embraced at any age.

Being grateful is a state of mind and has the power to shift your focus to the positive aspects of your life. It also transforms the most mundane moment into a joyful, life changing experience.

Please feel free to share in the comments how you express gratitude and be sure to include how gratitude has positively shaped your life after sixty.

I invite you to join me in the video where I will share additional insights on the benefits of gratitude, including seven journal prompts to help you integrate gratitude into your Thanksgiving holidays.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Have you turned expressing gratitude into a year-round tradition, or do you only do it around the Thanksgiving holidays? Do you notice a difference in your mindset when you express gratitude for people, events and things?

Author James Thurber, who had very poor eyesight, once wrote a hilarious story called “The Admiral on the Wheel” about a time when he was forced to spend a few days without his glasses after his maid stepped on them and broke them.

The Land of Imagination

Far from bemoaning the loss of his sight, he spent those days in a world of glorious fantasy. As he described it:

“The kingdom of the partly blind is a little like Oz, a little like Wonderland, a little like Poictesme. Anything you can think of, and a lot you never would think of, can happen there.”

In his case, he spotted “a noble, silent dog lying on a ledge above the entrance to a brownstone house in lower Fifth Avenue.” It sat there, unmoving, for three whole days. “No ordinary dog could have got up on the high ledge above the doorway, to begin with; no ordinary people would have owned such an animal. The ordinary people were the people who walked by the house and did not see the dog.”

When he eventually got new glasses, Thurber did not want to look to see what “prosaic object” his fantasy dog actually was. He surmised the disenchantment would be too hard.

The Reality of Bad Eyesight

I remember that story very clearly as I have been pretty short-sighted throughout my life, and now that I’m of an age there’s that wretched business of having to use magnifying glasses for the slightest thing, like reading the price of something in the supermarket, or checking messages on my phone.

This has led to the occasional Thurber-like mistake on my part, when I was in too much of a hurry or too lazy to get out my glasses to respond to a phone message, and I’ve received the odd “??” “Huh?” or even laughing emojis [] from friends wondering what on earth my latest message was meant to convey.

I like emojis and I use them a lot, but not always accurately. I once sent a emoji rather than a emoji at the end of a message, which resulted in my friend sending a series of frantic messages demanding to know what the matter was and total confusion on my part. (We are still friends, just, but it took her a while to see the funny side.)

Taking It with Humour

On a (slightly) more serious note, James Thurber – whose faulty eyesight was the result of an accident with his brother when they were children – is a great reminder that even in adversity there can be an upside.

He became properly blind in his later years, which is nothing short of tragic for a writer, yet up until then he still managed to enjoy his “Wonderland,” where a flower pot or an aircon unit could be mistaken for a dog. Or an Admiral with a full-blown beard and in full-dress uniform riding a bicycle can suddenly emerge in the middle of the road while he was a passenger in a car (see the short story for the fuller version).

Thurber’s writing has dated, some of it, and would no longer be considered quite correct in 2023. But he still makes me laugh like no other writer.

The full story about the Admiral and the Dog can be found at https://studylib.net/doc/6645949/james-thurber.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

How poor is your eyesight? Has it provided you with great imagination to compensate? What have you “seen” due to bad eyesight? Have you had funny experiences with text messages and other things where good eyesight is often necessary?