Funny how uncomfortable it can be to publicly declare what you’re grateful for.  For me, I want to shout it from the rooftops.  But many of us are pre-programmed from childhood to not talk about positive things going on for us because it could look like it’s boasting.  Most of what I’m grateful for I recognize comes as a result of the love and support of others, yet I take responsibility for the fact that I create and nurture those relationships.  It’s very empowering to be able to examine my achievements, large and small, and take ownership for them.

If this is awkward for you, I encourage you to share your successes more often.

At Thanksgiving this year, everyone passed a pomegranate and took their turn to share something, or a few things, they were grateful for.  To keep things light, folks might want to interject humorous asides, but the pomegranate was used in the sacred fashion of the Indian talking stick and it symbolized, it’s the holder’s turn to speak now.  As all eyes were on the person sharing, thoughts of boastfulness disappeared, and each of us were able to share in the joy of the accomplishment for each other. 

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