A Gratitude Jar is very easy to make - mine is an old pesto jar, which I washed out and decorated. You then take strips of paper and on each strip, write something which you are grateful for. It can be anything at all - to start off with, you might think of obvious things like being grateful for your health, your family, your home etc. Then you might start to think outside the box - are you grateful for the flowers you pass on your way to work? Or the fact that you have clean running water in your home?
You can also be grateful for your nice hair, or your new car - for things which seem materialistic.The idea is simply to be grateful, and the ritual of writing something down gives you the opportunity to take a moment just to appreciate the things which you might normally take for granted.
In 'The Secret', gratitude is part of a larger plan, but I think this is a great thing to do in its own right. Its important to be grateful for what we have and I find that the process actually makes me feel very happy and lucky. It puts me in a much better mood, than sitting around moping about things I don't have.
Of course, you could have a gratitude diary or note book, or poster - whatever works for you. The great thing about the jar, is that its transparent. So, even if I don't take the notes out, just looking at the jar full of paper reminds me instantly that I have so much to be grateful for.
You can watch Kathleen's video on gratitude here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3dYj3fdUMI
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