Pick someone you’d like to start a tradition with. Who is it? What would the tradition be? Anything goes.
Pick someone you’d like to start a tradition with. Who is it? What would the tradition be? Anything goes.
Name your favorite tradition for each season, e.g. drinking hot chocolate in winter.
Come up with three silly new traditions for the world. Or for aliens on another planet!
If you could create a new tradition for our family, what would it be? Or how would you change a family tradition we already have?
How has your understanding of gratitude changed over the years? What did you feel most grateful for when you were younger? And today?
Gertrude Stein said, “Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.” Describe the most creative way you’ve ever expressed thanks to someone, or someone has expressed thanks to you.
Novelist Marcel Proust, “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Who are your ‘charming gardeners?’ Why?
When is it especially important to say ‘thank you?’ Do you notice when people thank you, or forget to thank you?
What is your favorite thing in the world to do? Why? How would you feel if you couldn’t do it anymore?
Talk about two things for which you felt thankful or grateful for today.
How do you feel when you receive thank you cards from your friends or when they say ‘thank you’? Why?
Who is your favorite storybook character? What do you imagine he or she feels thankful for?