gratitude Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

Otherwhere: Grateful It’s Over

Yeah, so I know I wrote a whole post about being grateful and I am, truly and all. But today, two days after I wore myself out cooking for 14 people and a baby, I have one more thing to be grateful about–and that is that Thanksgiving is over. At about noon on Thursday, after […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago01/22/2016

Gratitude Uncategorized

Gratitude, Schmatitude: Writers, Let’s Complain Instead

Today is Thanksgiving day in the United States. For those of you living in other parts of the world, our Thanksgiving is a day to feast and be grateful (never mind that it is slowly getting co-opted by big box stores trying to sell Christmas stuff early). It began waaaay back in the day, when […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago01/22/2016

Gratitude holidays

Thanksgiving: No Whining on the Yacht

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, a day to eat too much turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes, and show our gratitude for, well, everything. And because of that, I highly doubt that many of you are reading blog posts or newsletters today. So I'm going to keep things simple today, with a reminder […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 years ago11/03/2015

Happiness holidays

Are You Grumpy about Gratitude?

It is hard to talk about gratitude without sounding trite. I mean, who hasn't heard Oprah talk about how important gratitude is, and how using it changed her life? And with Thanksgiving (in the US) bearing down on us, chatter about gratitude is all over the place. It's easy to get grumpy about gratitude. It's […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

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Yet Another Post on Gratitude

In the United States, tomorrow is Thanksgiving day. News flash, right? Not. If you're anything like me, and I like to think that you are, your inboxes and online readers are probably clogged with bloggers and marketers telling you all about gratitude and why it's so important. And even I jumped onto the bandwagon yesterday, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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What About This Thing Called Gratitude

As you know, gratitude is all the rage these days. I think it started a few years back when Oprah said on her show that gratitude was responsible for her success, that once she began writing down what she was grateful for, her life turned around. I've had a rocky relationship with gratitude. I love […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

Give Thanks for Being a Writer

Everyone and their uncle are writing thank you posts and sending out newsletters telling about how grateful they are today. Don't get me wrong,this is a good thing–I'm all for gratitude, especially now that I've figured out being grateful doesn't mean settling. (This is generally where I get hung up on my spiritual journey, misunderstanding […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

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