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✨Pep Talks🥰: Choose Gratitude · ✨️Aligned and Thriving: For Teachers🌿

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  Start by sitting comfortably, either on the floor or in a
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  chair, or if you're just getting your day started, just keep me
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  playing on in the background. Take a few deep breaths, let
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  your shoulders relax and just land here.
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  I want you to focus on the simple rhythm of your breathing
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  in and out. Be fully present.
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  Be here in the moment, giving yourself this small minute of
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  pause. Gratitude.
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  It is not something we only pull out when something huge happens,
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  like winning a raffle or hearing that you've got no yard duty
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  today. True gratitude is about those
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  everyday blinking. You'll miss the moments.
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  Think about that first sip of your morning coffee that makes
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  you do a little happy. Sigh.
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  Or the unexpected message from a friend that brightened your day.
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  Or even that split second of quiet before the world really
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  wakes up. Take a deep breath and I want
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  you to think of three things right now that you're grateful
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  for. Don't overthink it.
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  Just let the first three things pop into your head.
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  Have you got them Now? Notice how your body feels and
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  hold those moments in your mind. Does your chest feel a little
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  bit lighter? Maybe there's a hint of a little
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  smile? For me, that's gratitude doing
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  its quiet, powerful work. Here's the thing.
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  Gratitude shifts your focus. It doesn't mean pretending that
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  life is perfect or that the hard stuff doesn't exist.
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  It just helps you to remember that even in the mess, there are
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  still good things happening. If your day is still ahead of
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  you, make it your mission to spot those tiny moments of
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  gratitude as they happen. Maybe it's the warm sun on your
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  face, a shared laugh, or that one lesson that actually went to
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  plan. And if your day is already done,
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  I want you to reflect back. What made you smile today?
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  What was that one moment, no matter how small, that made the
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  day a little bit better? Gratitude isn't another chore on
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  your To Do List. It's a perspective shift.
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  It turns I have to into I get to.
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  And the more you practise it, the easier it becomes to find
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  those little sparks that make life brighter.
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  Now I want you to take one more deep, grounding breath with me.
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  Inhale. And as you exhale, I want you to
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  let these words settle in. I choose to notice and
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  appreciate the good in my life. I want you to repeat that with
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  me. I choose to notice and
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  appreciate the good in my life. Every day holds moments worth
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  being thankful for. Every day holds moments worth
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  being thankful for. I want you to carry those
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  affirmations with you as you move through your day.
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  Be open to noticing all the small joys and letting them lift
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  you up, even when things are getting busy.
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  So show yourself a little gratitude today and hold on to
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  those little moments that will get you through.
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  You've got this, so go and have the best day.