Positive & Thankful Cycology

Positive Cycology™ is a lifestyle brand started in 2011 with an idea about being seen on the road. Let's hear it in Kat's, the founder of Positive Cycology, own words:

 

"As a cyclist, the road is often full of scary interactions, negativity and vulnerability. How odd as the joy of riding a bike is the exact opposite experience! Every time I'm on my bicycle I say to a motorist "Thank You For Seeing Me" as a intentional act of kindness to plant a seed of awareness and visibility for all of us on the road."

 

Another great project out there!

Thank You Water

This is impossible not to share - how cool is the idea of the Thank You Water? The Australian company is a "social enterprise" giving everyone an opportunity to change the world and fight the world water crisis by choosing their product: each bottle sold provides a one months worth of safe water to someone in need somewhere in the world. 

P.S. Loving their cute and stylish images and bottle labels too!

3 Years Later

3 years and almost 3 months without a daily written gratitude journal and it still feels like it's the first day of the rest of my life. Gratitude is magic and I am in control.


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Thankful for Dancing

Anyone else here who is thankful for dancing?

The Way to Look at Things

"I thank green lights for staying green when I'm running late!" - via PostSecret.com

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Guest Blogging for The 'Thank You' Project?

I have been sharing both my thankful journey and its outcomes for a little over 3 years now, and even though I could always find a thankful thing to blog about, there's only so much of my personal story that I can share. 

With all of the 24 amazing things that have happened to me thanks to this gratitude journal, I can't help but wonder - what is your experience with giving thanks?

Have a story to tell? Want to share? How about doing so via this space? Let me know if you want to!

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What Kind of Coffee Are You Thankful For?

I'm thankful for a hot Americano on most of the chillier days for keeping me caffeinated and warm, for black coffee with milk for keeping my thinking sharp and my stomach full in between meals at work and for iced lattes with skim milk when it's hot outside for the feeling of refreshment and for keeping me company during my leisury city walks.

 

What kind of coffee are YOU thankful for?

Thank You, and Have a Nice Day

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Thankfully on Pinterest

Is it any surprising that I have a thankful board on Pinterest?

Gratitude is a Fabulous Life Sweetener

Need the sweetener recipe? Try this - some of my ideas and take aways from my own gratitude journey.

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Thank Someone Special: Lou Ruvo Brain Institute in Las Vegas

The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health opened in 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. In addition to being a place helping people fight neurocognitive disorders (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis and more) and being a remarkable architectural structure (do take a look at the facility photos!), the center's building was also found to be a thankful place - the wall was spotted and photographed by Flickr user pony.rojo.

P.S. Isn't this a great new addition to the not so serious Thankful Person’s Guide to Places to Eat, Shop & Play? All thankful places featured here on TTYP are filed under the special tag.

Tool: Printable Thank You Notes

Little pretty printables from Buttoned Up - printable thank you notes! And a fun idea along with the free cards: print these out, trim on the lines and place them on plates at Thanksgiving (or any!) dinner, or even just use them next time you're gathering with friends or family. Encourage your guests to write what they are most thankful for. Then place the notes in a bowl and let everyone pick one out and read it out loud. Your own words of gratitude sound differently when you hear them said by another person (just like reading someone else's thanks is a magical feeling too), so the little exercise in gratitude is guaranteed to be a heartwarming experience!

Always Thank Your Cab Driver

Good idea made even more convenient! Although a little bit less polite, I would say. Remember the cabbie napkin? Here is the cabbie hoodie, courtesy of Wildfox. 

Remember: in case of an emergency, turn to gratitude. And always thank your cab driver.

Grateful Tableware

Came across sweet and very grateful tableware by the company called Blessings Unlimited. They make place mats with the words 'let your heart be grateful' written on them, 'gratitude' plates, salad plates and mugs, 'grace and gratitude' plates and many more! My favorite would have to be this antique teal 'gratitude' plate (see below) - there is "begin with giving thanks" printed underneath.

Meet Marco: Our June "Quote"

Marco is the creative director of an international agency/design studio and is featured as the June "quote" in the Thankful Calendar 2012. I met Marco online when I discovered his video on Vimeo about the smoke in Moscow posted over a year ago. During our conversations I learned that he was an American living here in Moscow with his daughter - the life he blogs about in Impressions of an Expat. It wasn’t right away that I realized Marco was also a published writer, but ever since I saw his novel on Amazon and decided to ask for some writing tips, I have been all the more thankful to have come across that video – Marco has always been ready to help and give the best advice!

“ I am thankful for leftover Chinese food & a fresh breeze.”

Marco on his featured quote:

"I try not to overthink things. Julia asked me for a quote about something I am thankful for and in that exact moment, I was tucking into a bowl of cold leftover ginger chicken that I had cooked the night before. Food, and cooking is a major part of my life. Cramming people into our tiny kitchen and stuffing their bellies with surprise and delight is my idea of a great Saturday night. No matter how difficult life gets, scrambling some eggs or rolling out some fresh pasta brings me back to center. It makes me whole. It makes me useful. In that same moment, I was checking my watch to see how if it was time to get my daughter from kindergarten. Spying her playing with other children, and her face when I find her at the end of the day is a blessing. Then, that breeze came in the windows. That’s life. Sometimes it can be that simple, that uncomplicated."

Gratitude: the Tattoo Edition

Having come across other grateful people with thankful tattoos, I, of course, had to share. Maybe I'm biased, but I just feel like this kind of ink has extra meaning, and seeing these photos just makes me wonder what these people's stories are...

Ladies:

 "and I thank you" - via flickr user alexjadekershaw

Why not...

#futuregratitude

Travel Value

The Sartorialist reader made a valuable point here, but Mr. Scott made a better one. It reminded me of the value of travel besides all the obvious ones, and for that I'm thankful today. 

“ I love how travel opens my eyes to other places and cultures but it also shakes me out of the day to day numbness of seeing my own culture and how special it can be. ”

Forgot that for a moment... But next time I travel and then go back, I resolve to remember.

Question Existing

             “ If you woke up tomorrow 
                        with only the things you’d given thanks for 
                                   T O D A Y ... 
                    What would still be in your life? ”

Makes you think, doesn it? Do you see a connection to this Nietzsche piece here like I see it? 

P.S. Originally posted on the ThankfulFor blog.

Doggy Gratitude

Why do dogs wag their tails? According to the awesome Spott's Canine Miscellany, a pawrody by Mike Darton, the reason is as follows:

“ Dogs wag their tails to communicate. When they're alone, they do not wag their tails no matter how they are feeling. So the wagging of a tail is the delivering of information, and it is certainly not the simple radiating of enjoyment that many people suppose it to be. Very often, in the presence of a human, a wagging tail is a conscious expression of gratitude - for attention, for food, for an anticipated pleasure. ”

As if I needed another reason to love dogs! And who do you think we have to thank for me coming across this awesome piece of info? It's the fabulous Ellinelle who sent me this lovely book as a gift a while back. I have the most amazing blogger friends!

The image is a cool 'Dog Gratitude' card from maggiesstationery.com