Thank You Power

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone!

There is a new book called " Thank You Power " by news

anchor Deborah Norville and its on my to be read list

as I am an avid reader. Today, while reading the

February edition of Guideposts magazine, there was an

article about Deborah and her new book. The book is

about how gratitude makes a huge difference in peoples

lives. People have been able to go on in their lives

while facing heart stopping obstacles and the most

difficult circumstances with smiles on their faces and

with optimism. In the article about Deborah and her

book, I came upon something that is relevant to all of

us on this forum. Deborah learned the power of

gratitude at a young age. She spoke about how her

parents taught her to say " thank you " at a young age,

and to always send thank you cards for things. Yet

there is something in her life that caused her to be

very grateful. You see, her mother had RA. Deborah

talks about RA and the difficulties of living with the

disease. She talks about how excited she was at the

end of the school day, to find her mothers car in the

parking lot to pick her up. Because of her mom was in

the pickup line , she was feeling pretty good that

day, which meant it was a good day for her. She

speaks of how she grew up celebrating the days that

her mother was, if not completely pain free atleast

she was pain reduced. She would cheer for her mother

on the days her mother would do something like put on

lipstick, or clothing with hard to fasten buttons. Or

when her mother would have enough energy to get a head

start on dinner. When she was growing up treatment

options were limited and not very effective. Being

picked up from school and big dinners were something

to appreciate.

This was one of the most beautiful articles I have

ever read! Since writing this book, Deborah has

received emails from a man that survived a pulmonary

embolism who now surprises restaurant patrons by

paying their tabs for them. Or a man who was able to

go to church for the first time in 40 years! Its

amazing the studies that were done in this book! There

were three groups. They were each assigned randomly

once a week to focus on: lifes hassles, things for

which they were grateful, and ordinary life events.

The group who focused on gratitude were happier. They

reported fewer negative physical symptoms. They spent

an hour a week exercising more than people who focused

on hassles. Deborah herself has suffered for years

with migraines. She began to make a daily habit of

writing down things for which she was grateful. Her

migraines have decreased almost to the point of

disappearing. Her energy has increased. I think this

is so amazing! And what inspired her was a mother, who

was chronically ill with something we all suffer from!

I just wanted to share this with you all!

Wishing you all reduced pain!

in Michigan

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