Gratitude ABCs For Everyday Life
Find happiness by being grateful every single day
As encouraged by a therapist who is a licensed marriage and family therapist, this stress-relieving gratitude ABC activity can bring appreciation, hope, and joy into your life.
A Gratitude ABC List is exactly what you may think. You choose something to be grateful that starts with each letter of the alphabet. This mindful activity can be done alone, as a game with friends and family, all in one sitting, over time, and over and over again.
Being grateful helps us realize the good in life, see the rainbow after the rain, find the silver lining, and embrace positivity.
Here is a Gratitude ABC List to inspire you and get your creativity flowing. Following the list are detailed ideas and concepts surrounding each word.
Airplanes Beds Colleagues Drinks Energy Family & Friends Grandparents Home Ink Jackets Kindness Love & Like Music No Opportunities Physicians Quotes Remembrance Sunshine Transportation Understanding Vibrancy Writers X-rays You Zamboni
Feel inspired by these words and think up your own!
Thinking deeply about each word helps us find even more gratitude and joy within. On tough days, it is often very hard to find a smile or anything to be grateful for. Maybe coming back to your own thoughts in this list will help you get through those days.
As you will see in the explanations below, some words have more than one meaning or lead to other connected thoughts. Let your mind and creativity wander through this space of happiness and joy.
Here is deeper meaning to each gratitude word…
Airplanes. Be grateful for airplanes that allow you to travel, allow you to see your loved ones, allowed your loved ones to move to their new home country, allow people from one place to help people in another place.
Beds. Comfortable beds promote the good sleep that we need for health and productivity.
Colleagues. To have kind and supportive colleagues is an honor.
Drinks. Drinks, especially water, hydrate our skin and bodies and allow us to move and exercise throughout the day.
Energy. Be grateful for the personal energy that you have as well as the electricity and gas that power your home.
Family & Friends. It is a wonderful feeling to appreciate great family and friends every day.
Grandparents. Grandparents brought us into this world and are part of our histories; be grateful for each one of them.
Home. A haven of a home is a huge gratitude ABC.
Ink. Ink brings so many benefits to the world — communication, color, art, love notes, signatures, tattoos, and more.
Jackets. Be grateful for a nice, warm jacket when it’s cold outside.
Kindness. Spreading kindness will make the world a better place.
Love & Like. Be grateful to find any type of genuine love or like in your life.
Music. It is amazing how simple notes combined together in beautifully complicated ways can bring such joy to people all over the world.
No. Realizing that you can say no to the people and things that no longer bring you joy or serve you is life-changing.
Opportunities. Be grateful for every opportunity, big or small.
Physicians. Physicians and other health care workers work hard to make people feel better and lead healthier lives.
Quotes. Reading inspirational quotes can motivate us to do better.
Remembrance. Being able to remember and honor our loved ones and ancestors is a privilege to be grateful for.
Sunshine. Oh the sunshine! The beautiful sunshine! It brings warmth, soothes joints, elevates mood, provides a fun environment for picnics and gatherings, and increases vitamin D production.
Transportation. Every mode of transportation is essential to connecting people to people, places, animals, and things. First responders use transportation to save lives.
Understanding. Be grateful for those who understand you and help you through tough times.
Vibrancy. Enjoying vibrant colors and cities and towns bring richness to live.
Writers. Writers bring communication, education, entertainment, and so much more to the world.
X-rays. X-ray machines and other medical technology help improve quality of life.
You. Readers and writers like YOU give meaning to Medium article creators. You are appreciated by so many!
Zamboni. Zambonis, and other sports equipment, make it possible for athletes to reach their full potential as well as bring entertainments to sports lovers everywhere.
Discover things and people to be grateful for every day.
What are your Gratitude ABCs?