Gratitude must be produced

Happy Thanksgiving.

My entire family comes over today. Four kids between us, six grandkids including a four-month-old. Some in-laws too. This is the place to come now and I'm so grateful for it. I also understand it won't go on forever.

Guys miss the whole grateful thing sometimes.

I wrote A Gratitude Journal for Men a few years ago because I kept seeing men treat gratitude like another task. Like something they have to go do. Just be grateful. That's all. But in our fast-paced world, the daily activities fly by and get forgotten.

So today I'm sharing some of my favorite gratitude quotes and a little scotumtary in between.

Featured Story

I had a real feeling when I got up to record this.

I was feeling very grateful. Maybe it's the time of year. But I wanted to dive into what I haven't thought about lately. Not just expand on all the things I'm grateful for, but recognize the ones I've been missing.

Sometimes it's hard to admit you don't live in gratitude.

That's why the wisdom of others is so cool. Little things we blow off turn out to be really big. I've got regrets. When someone tells me they have no regrets, I say liar. Maybe you've found a way to deal with them, but we all have them.

Usually my regrets involve little things I didn't pay attention to that turned out to be really big.

Important Points

Enjoy the little things because one day you'll look back and realize they were actually the big things all along.

If you're not thankful for what's in your hand right now, you won't be thankful for what you're going to get either.

Gratitude must be produced, discharged, and used up for it to exist at all, like electricity that disappears if not actively generated.

Memorable Quotes

"Enjoy the little things. For one day, you may look back and realize they were the big things."

"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get."

"Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity. It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Write three things you're grateful for before bed each night to reset your brain and build the gratitude habit.

Stop treating gratitude like another task on your to-do list and just be grateful for what's already in your hand.

Look for the little things today because they're probably the big things you'll remember years from now.

Chapter Notes

1:14 - Family Thanksgiving and feeling grateful this morning

1:49 - Why guys miss the whole gratitude thing

2:34 - First wisdom: enjoy the little things quote

3:39 - Collection of gratitude wisdom from great thinkers

5:37 - Gratitude is like electricity, produce it or lose it

6:24 - Buddhist proverb: enough is a feast

7:11 - Transform common days into thanksgivings

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