Starter: Ashley survey
Gratitude as a source of happiness and meaning?
TED Talk: Want to be happy? Be grateful.
Gratefulness brainstorm on post-its:
Make a good size list of things you are grateful for. Try to go beyond the obvious things. EVERY BRILLIANT THING!!!
TELL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU APPRECIATE THEM!!!!
Write some postcards or letters to express gratitude to other humans that add value to your life. Get specific and lift their spirits! In doing so, the idea is that your own spirit gets lifted as well!
Journal #10:
Respond to the TED talk. What are you taking away from these ideas? Do you buy the concept that gratefulness yields happiness and not the other way around? Is there a place for any of this in your own personal philosophy of Happiness and Meaning?
AND/OR
Reflect on your own relationship with gratitude. How does gratefulness impact your own life and your own happiness?
WORK TIME
Read Into the Wild (next lit circle February 17)
Read ahead on Transcendentalism” Excerpts from Walden (due Tuesday, February 15th)