{"id":1092,"date":"2016-11-25T06:50:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2016-11-25T07:07:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T12:07:13","slug":"week-115-six-weeks-to-happyness-count-your-blessings-30-days-of-gratitude-starts-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1092","title":{"rendered":"Week #115 &#8211; Six Weeks to Happyness: Count Your Blessings (30 Days of Gratitude Starts Now!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1102\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1102\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1102\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016-300x231.jpeg?resize=300%2C231\" alt=\"Count Your Blessings (www.spreadhappyness.com)\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016.jpeg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016.jpeg?resize=768%2C591&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016.jpeg?resize=1024%2C788&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016.jpeg?resize=624%2C480&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016.jpeg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016.jpeg?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Count Your Blessings (www.spreadhappyness.com)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016.pdf\">30 Days of Gratitude 2016 (Printable PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Week #115 &#8211; Six Weeks to Happyness:\u00a0Count Your Blessings! \u00a0(30 Days of Gratitude Starts Now!)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greetings Happyness Tribe &#8212; and Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n<p>After what seems like months of division and disagreement in social media &#8212; it was such a joy yesterday\u00a0to see people counting their blessings and expressing thanks for all the things going right in their lives!<\/p>\n<p>Many people have even lamented that they missed the usual barrage of &#8220;Thankfulness&#8221; posts that flood newsfeeds in November.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been guilty of getting caught up in negativity, too &#8212; believe me. \u00a0Everyone who knows me knows that my heart is still very much at home at the Jersey Shore. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been very easily focused on the things I miss, the things I left behind, the things that will never be quite the same again.<\/p>\n<p>And as the holidays approached, it seemed to be getting worse.<\/p>\n<p>And then, I had an idea. \u00a0I wanted to end the year strong. \u00a0On the things that were going well. \u00a0On the things I was thankful for (because, if I&#8217;m honest with myself, there are many!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>In short, I wanted to give myself the gift of gratitude.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So\u00a0I thought, why not make a game of it? \u00a0Today is November 25th &#8212; exactly 30 days to the first night of Hanukkah AND Christmas Eve!<\/p>\n<p><strong>And then I thought, why not Spread Happyness &#8212; and share it with everyone?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So here it is! \u00a0A very simple, one-page calendar that you (or your kids) can hang on your wall or refrigerator and fill in each day &#8212; and a challenge to Count Your Blessings for 30 days straight! \u00a0Think you can do it?!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Happyness Challenge for the week ahead: COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS! \u00a0<\/strong>Give yourself the gift of gratitude this holiday season! \u00a0Download the <span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/30DOG2016.pdf\">30 Days of Gratitude 2016 (Printable PDF)<\/a><\/span> and start counting your blessings today! \u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Come Christmas Eve or the first night of Hanukkah &#8212;\u00a0you&#8217;ll have 30 reminders of everything that is going right in your life! \u00a0(And I will too!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Spread Happyness &#8212;\u00a0Share Freely! \u00a0And start counting your blessings today!<\/p>\n<p><em>11\/25\/16\u00a0by Grace Church<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00a9 Grace Church<br \/>\ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 Days of Gratitude 2016 (Printable PDF) Week #115 &#8211; Six Weeks to Happyness:\u00a0Count Your Blessings! \u00a0(30 Days of Gratitude Starts Now!) 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