The gratitude jar (DW#657)
Today’s practice can become a meaningful family ritual and has the potential of transforming the home environment from one of complaining to one of gratitude.
1. Find a glass jar or a box.
2. You can decorate it with your family as you wish.
3. Keep the jar in a prominent place in a busy zone of your house such as the kitchen or front hall way. Keep a stack of notes and pens next to the jar.
4. Make it a ritual for each family member to write three notes of gratitude a day and put it in the jar.
The notes can be about mundane things (a hot cup of coffee, spare toilet paper) or important things (doing well on a test, hearing from an old friend)
5. At the end of the week, you may take out the contents of the jar and have people read out the slips of paper and share what family members were grateful for during the past week.
Over time, you may find that the atmosphere of the family subtly shifts and that an attitude of gratitude becomes the norm, especially as family members are inspired by the gratitude shown by other family members.
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