<div><p><b>... that had a significant and positive influence on your life.</b></p></div><div><p>These can be coaches, mentors, professors, bosses, family members, or anyone else. Call those people to mind and think about how they made a difference in your life.</p></div>

Identify 3 people

<div><p><b>Identify 3 things that you feel grateful for and appreciate about your life.</b></p></div><div></div><div><p>These things can be based on the past, present, or future. No category or thing is too big or small to appreciate, however, being specific might be helpful.</p></div><div><h2></h2></div>

Things you feel grateful for

<div><p><b>Identify 3 things that you feel grateful for about your present--right now--experience.</b></p></div><div><p>Be in the here-and-now. Right now, what can you appreciate about your experience? Think about the environment, the time you're taking for your own wellbeing, the chair under your legs, anything that relates to the now.</p></div>

Grateful about your now

<div><p><b>Create a thank you message to those 3 individuals.</b></p></div><div><p>A great way to feel appreciative is to think about sending a thank you letter. You can write and send one if you want, or simply construct one that you would imagine sending to these people. Connect to that appreciation while thinking through your message.</p></div>

Thank you message

<div><p><b>Identify the 1 thing that you are most appreciative of and feel it in your heart.</b></p></div><div><p>Allow that warmth, love, appreciation, and gratitude to wash over you.</p></div>

Identify the 1 thing

<div><p><b>Identify 3 things that you appreciate about yourself.</b></p></div><div><p>Pick things that are meaningful. These can involve your personality, your qualities, your actions, or anything else directly related to yourself.</p></div>

Things you appreciate about yourself

<div><p><b>Identify 3 things that you take for granted but are actually very thankful for.</b></p></div><div><p>This is the time to reflect and discover which of those you value the most. </p></div>

Things you take for granted

Thinking back to childhood, I recall a feeling of spaciousness in which time didn't exist. Those hours spent playing outside and running around the neighborhood created a buoyant experience that only knew it was time to go home by the growl of my stomach or the orange setting sun.

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