Gratitude. What a powerful word. This word means a lot during this season, with Thanksgiving right around the corner. But, we strongly believe that gratitude should be recognized in your daily life all year. Do we follow this usually? Well, no. We let our own thoughts get in the way of that, we over think things, we focus on others successes instead of our own, and we let negative thoughts rule our day. 

We created & shared this Gratitude Journal template last year not only because it is fitting for the Thanksgiving season, but Ali, one of WCE’s co-founders, experienced the need to search for gratitude while her youngest daughter had been in the hospital for a total of 12 days because of an emergency appendectomy and complications from it. With other health issues happening in the household as well, her and her family were in dark place. But, they pulled themselves out of it because of all the people that came to their aid to help in any way they could. Her family, her friends, the nurses, the hospital staff, the doctors. This created positive energy that she then projected onto her daughter. It made Ali realize the importance of gratitude.

2020 has been a rough year for most people, so we know that nearly everyone can relate to the tough times that Ali experienced last year and most likely and unfortunately on a greater scale. This year has tested us on so many levels and it has and continues to put us in situations where it is hard to find the good or something to be thankful for. But, it is important to find those things to help keep us moving forward.

Gratitude also carries over to our professional lives. Always focusing on the negative aspects of our mistakes or what we could have done will not help us achieve our goals. Finding the silvering lining in each of our days to help project us forward towards where we want to be is vital, especially during such strange and often lonely times. We need to be at peace with the process and realize all that we have to be thankful for around us ~ even though sometimes it doesn’t feel like there is anything.

Please download the template here: WCE Gratitude Journal and follow the steps on the journal page.

Start creating the life you deserve, by finding some light in the life you already have.