Naming things you are grateful for everyday, wherever you are today, especially on hard days, keeps you moving forward toward healing. 

Cancer survivorship is a rollercoaster. Some days are great and some days are, well, not so great. Even on the not so great days acknowledging what we are grateful for can lift our spirits.

My mom used to do a valentines day project where the day before valentines day her classes would make valentines with lines on them. Their homework was to write a nice thing about every student in their class. Then on valentines day they would write that nice thing on the person’s valentine as they were passed around the room. It didn’t have to be a big thing. It just had to be kind. Gratitude is a little like that.

On a bad day you could be grateful that you made it through the day. Or you could be grateful for a pretty sunset or a few minutes petting your dog. Gratitude does not have to be huge, it can be an acknowledgement of something small or nice on an otherwise challenging day. 

I love the idea of a gratitude jar. When you have a thought about what you are grateful for, write it on a slip of paper and drop it in a gratitude jar. Then even on those challenging days when the things we are bothered by outweigh the things we are grateful for you can pull an item from the jar for inspiration. 

What are you grateful for today?

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