301 Things To Be Thankful For (7 Gratitude Exercises)

By Chris Cucchiara,

(Don’t miss the list of quotes I wrote for you on gratitude! 501 Quotes About Gratitude and Appreciation)

Gratitude is one of the most blissful feelings you can experience. There is a small amount of other feelings that can bring you this feeling of bliss. It also alleviates pain and suffering because we are no longer focused on ourselves. We are truly putting our thankfulness out into the universe.

And what you give out, must come back. It is a perfectly straight two way street. The more we are grateful and thankful for what we have in our life, the more we will experience this. From people and life itself.

Often times if we simply look around, we can find things to be grateful for. Things that could have been right in front of our face. Or directly behind our backs. When you truly think about it, there are literally hundreds of things you can be grateful for.

I truly recognized this fact when I was writing this article! Some things are significant and others not so much. Regardless, it feels good to count your blessings.

That is why I wrote this article. To remind myself and you that there is so much to be thankful for in this life. And when you start seeing these things in plain sight, you can literally feel wealthy right now. Recognizing that we have it pretty damn good. Better than many people in the world.

Below are 301 things to be thankful for. Giving you some ideas that you can use when when you have your gratitude sessions!

As well as a few good gratitude exercises that can help you maximize your time in gratitude!

Enjoy

15 Benefits of Gratitude & Thankfulness

There are actually scientifically proved benefits of gratitude that one can reap in. Besides simply feeling good and happy while feeling gratitude.

Some of the main benefits of gratitude include:

1. Making your a happier person.
2. Improve your relationships
3. Help you sleep better
4. Increase your self-esteem
5. Give you better health
6. Lessen depression and suicidal thoughts
7. Create better heart health
8. Increase your energy
9. Give you better time management and productivity
10. Help you become more social
11. Make you kinder
12. Less materialistic
13. Increase physical and emotional resistance
14. Cause you to be less jealous
15. Help you become more goal oriented and achieve your goals 

That, my friends, shows you the true power of gratitude. How it can transform your life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually!

You can’t say this for many things! Especially things that are completely free.

The list below will give you a jump start in reaping all the benefits of gratitude starting today! Making your entire life better because of it.

301 Things To Be Grateful For

Oxygen

Lets face it, if the oxygen gets cut off, we are OUTTY! It is something we can easily take for granted. But for anyone who has ever had anxiety or panic attacks, you know the value of a good amount of oxygen in your lungs!

Friends

One good and real friend is better than a billion fake friends. Who is that one person who has your back? Who when you were down and out, they were right there with you and for you? Reach out to this person and express your gratitude towards them ASAP.

1. Payday
2. Yourself and your perseverance and ability to make it this far successfully.
3. Cell Phones
4. Coffee
5. Your ability to express love.
6. Love
7. The life lessons that have helped you.
8. Shampoo and Conditioner
9. Sunsets
10. Sunrises
11. Roads to drive on.
12. Phone upgrades
13. Good Health
14. Medicine To Heal You
15. Gas to get you where you need to go.
16. Your car.
17. Public transportation for when you don’t have a car.
18. The ocean that gives us food to eat.
19. Pets
20. The Armed Forces
21. Electricity
22. The ability and opportunity to get your education.
23. Haters because they make us work harder to prove them wrong.
24. Your senses.
25. Having a partner in life.
26. Weekends when you can let lose!
27. Your parents.
28. Aunts and Uncles
29. Cousins
30. Your religion and the freedom to practice it.
31. Extra car keys.
32. Uber
33. Money in your bank.
34. Credit cards that help you pay for things.
35. Savings accounts to promote savings for retirement.
36. Personal development books and authors to help you grow as a person.
37. Mirrors to get your looks on point!
38. Hot water to bathe in.
39. Clean and filtered water.
40. Grocery stores to make shopping easier.
41. A good pair of pants that fit just right.
42. Razors and shaving cream to keep some or all of your body smooth.
43. Music. The ability to ease your pain and help you escape and become more happy.
44. Your home.
45. GPS
46. Freedom of speech.
47. The ability to read and write.
48. Laughter and smiling.
49. The sunshine.
50. Books to get knowledge through.
51. Online schooling and classes.
52. Smoothies
53. Blogs that you enjoy to read.
54. Pain to teach you lessons and enjoy pleasure even more.
55. Holidays.
56. Air conditioning.
57. Chairs to sit at and tables to work and eat from.
58. Teachers of all sorts.
59. Modern and Eastern medicine.
60. Inventors making our lives easier.
61. Warm clothes for the winter and clothes for summer to enjoy the beach.
62. Beaches
63. Mountains
64. Wifi
65. Challenges that make you more tough and give you more perspective.
66. Energy drinks.
67. The ability to get free information on the internet.
68. Personal development seminars.
69. Trees
70. Fire to cook with and keep warm with.
71. Your previous vacations.
72. People who work at restaurants that cook you food so you don’t have to cook that night.
73. Rain to wash away things and grow newness.
74. Your past achievements.
75. God
76. Paper to write on
77. Netflix
78. Your favorite TV shows and actors
79. Movie theaters
80. The ability to reinvent yourself
81. Therapists who have helped you let go of your past.
82. Motivational Quotes to keep you pumped up!
83. Candles that make your house smell good
84. The stars to look at during the night.
85. Good plumbing
86. Dishsoap
87. Puffy clouds
88. Cameras to capture beautiful moments.
89. Your unconscious functions of your body like breathing and your heart beat.
90. People that are organ doners, just in case you every need one!
91. Happy hour.
92. Coupons so you can get better deals.
93. Closing sales.
94. People who have helped you in life.
95. Hugs and kisses.
96. Candy
97. Fresh fruit
98. Rainbows
99. Lightening and thunder storms.
100. 3 day weekends.
101. Alarms to get us up on time.
102. Playlists that you use for various things in their life.
103. The snooze button
104. Funny jokes and comedians to make us laugh.
105. Pools and hot tubs.
106. 24 hour hour grocery stores and restaurants,
107. Drive-throughs
108. The gym
109. Washers and dryers
110. Drinking a nice beer.
111. Hammocks to nap in
112. Steams and saunas
113. Massage therapist to ease your tension.
114. Clean sheets
115. The ability to learn new languages
116. Doors
117. Shoes to keep your feet safe
118. Spare tires when you get a flat
119. Tow services
120. Cops that keep us safe
121. Firemen
122. Your barber or hairstylist
123. Hiking trails
124. Things that make your car run better and faster
125. Buttons to keep your clothes on!
126. Sex
127. Your spouse or significant other
128. Fireplaces
129. Camping
130. Dishwashers
131. Farmers markets
132. The life giving forces that keeps our plants and trees growing
133. The ability to communicate
134. Ice cream
135. Pizza
136. Google search
137. Planes and trains
138. Family recipes
139. Dodo picker uppers for your pets.
140. Spell-check and auto-correct.
141. Dog breeders that give you the chance to own a puppy!
142. A nice cake.
143. Audible or audiobooks in general.
144. Babysitters
145. Sauces that make your food taste better
146. Instant oatmeal and instant coffee
147. The ability to visualize.
148. Meditation
149. Pajamas
150. Your favorite sports teams.
151. Good co-workers
152. The mailman.
153. Spotify and music streaming services
154. Amazon Prime
155. Fit-bits and calorie trackers to keep your diet on point.
156. Caller ID
157. The fact that you can turn off your “read” notification so people never know if you are ignoring them LOL!
158. Headphones
159. Air fresheners
160. Colognes and perfumes
161. The ability to set goals to make a better future for yourself
162. Children to remind us to smile.
163. Freewill
164. Our passions that have been given to us.
165. Freedom of speech
166. The president
167. Lotion
168. Sports stadiums
169. Teachers for your children
170. Binder paper
171. Cereal and milk.
172. Bags to carry your stuff around.
173. Car washes
174. Notifications about new articles from your favorite content sources
175. TiVo
176. Tax season if you are getting money back.
177. Experts we can learn from to cut the learning curve.
178. Road rules to keep us safe
179. The ability to think
180. Home videos
181. Password Savers
182. Shoelaces
183. Drycleaners
184. Stop lights and stop signs
185. Hats
186. Fingernail clippers
187. Phones cases to keep your smartphone from breaking
188. Email lists to be on that provide you value on a regular basis
189. Air Conditioning
190. Heaters
191. Car AC and Heaters
192. Insulation in your house
193. The rain
194. Glasses or contacts
195. Libraries that give us knowledge
196. Free movie sites
197. Your favorite songs
198. Surprises
199. Cuddles
200. The freedom and ability to vote
201. Finding something you had lost
202. Random Acts of Kindness
203. Forgiveness and people who have forgiven you
204. Your passions
205. People that believe in you
206. Generous people in your life
207. Having exact change when paying for something
208. Sunny days when the weather man said it was going to rain
209. Raises at work
210. Chocolate
211. A nice comfortable chair or couch that you love so much
212. Carpet under your feet
213. When we spring forward and have more sunlight deeper into the night
214. Your great boss if you have one of those LOL
215. Your pillow
216. Your doctor
217. Friends that are more like family
218. Brunch on Sundays
219. A good sermon from your pastor
220. Christmas gifts and Christmas in general
221. Flowers
222. Your favorite place in the city or in the world
223. Your first good memory
224. Your favorite scent
225. Ripe foods ready to eat
226. Pizza delivery
227. Good workout classes
228. Seeing an old friend
229. Popping bubble wrap
230. Surprise parties
231. New family members when someone gets married
232. Weddings that you have gone to
233. Getting out of your comfort zone
234. A nice cup of tea
235. When someone else folds your laundry
236. Your dentist
237. Fresh organic vegetables
238. A clean kitchen
239. Your goals and dreams that give you hope for a better future.
240. The opportunity to be alive right here and now
241. Water filters
242. Homemade food
243. The auto save when your computer goes down.
244. Traveling to new places
245. Free air to put in your tires at the gas station
246. Diversity in the world
247. Sleeping naked
248. Hobbies that keep you happy and sane.
249. Hot and ready pizza from Little Ceasers
250. A warm smile from a stranger on the street
251. Your ability to reinvent yourself
252. Listening to old good music from your past
253. The people in your life that allow you to be yourself
254. Sand on your feet at the beach
255. Cheap coffee refills
256. The dollar store
257. A great conversation
258. Winning on scratcher
259. Road trips
260. Juicers to make good juices
261. Diet plans to get you back on track
262. Old art
263. Classical music
264. The Cloud to save things for you automatically
265. The movie or book that inspired you to go after your goals and dreams
266. Hitting rock bottom which helped you become a stronger version of yourself
267. Dating apps
268. Apps on your phone
269. Good parking spots
270. Motivational speakers
271. Pet shops to pet fluffy dogs
272. Finding shells on the beach
273. Pie
274. Good insurance to keep you safe
275. Online shopping
276. Black Friday deals
277. Sleeping in
278. Having a vision so powerful that you don’t need or want to sleep
279. Binge watching or binge reading
280. The seasons changing
281. A good nap
282. Babies
283. Post offices and post officers that get your mail out and to you
284. Noise cancelling headphones so you can act like you “can’t hear” people LOL
285. When your favorite song comes on the radio
286. Learning something new
287. People that remember your name out and about
288. Web hosting for your blog or website.
289. The new friends you have made.
290. The breakthroughs you have had.
291. Credit card memory services so you don’t have to put in your credit card information for online purchases every time.
292. Clocks
293. Your jewelry
294. Concerts
295. All the times you didn’t get caught speeding!
296. Free trials that you opted out of before it was time to pay!
297. Bartenders who make your favorite drinks
298. Your prayers that have been answered
299. The fears that you have conquered.
300. Bucket list ideas that you have checked off.
301. Astrology services that have told you so much about yourself and about your sign!
302. This site! PERSONALDEVELOPFIT.COM

7 Gratitude Exercises And Resources

Feel Each Thing Your Are Grateful For For A Minute 

Tony Robbins talks about how he starts his day off with thinking about three things he is grateful for. He talks about he starts with an easy one like the smile of one of his kids. Then he feels it deeply. And then moves onto an even more significant one. Then lastly the most significant. This can be something like the relationship with your creator. Or the love you feel when you thinking about your spouse.

Gratitude Journal

Journal out about the things you are grateful for. This is another opportunity to feel what you are grateful for completely. Allow yourself a complete brain dump. A stream of consciousness.

Just keep writing what comes to mind. Don’t judge it. Allow yourself to feel the emotions that come up. No matter what they are.

Focus on 3 to 5 things at a time. And really expand on them.

Feel each one deeply for a minute or so. Or more if you are on a roll. Especially when you are touching upon the people you are grateful for. They are more important than things we are grateful for. Allow yourself more time for the people you are grateful for.

Also, don’t overdo this gratitude exercise. It is more about quality over quantity. Journal about what you are grateful for a few times per week. But really savor the process. Instead of just trying to knock it out daily. This way it doesn’t become a task. More so just a good habit.

Keep this journal on you as well. That way if you find that you are down and out that day, you can whip it out and give thanks. Or if something pops in your head, you can jot it down right then and there.

This will help you realize it’s power and significance in your life. And be even more grateful for it.

Resource: How To Start A Gratitude Journal

Create A Gratitude Jar

This is just like a piggy bank. But you write the things you are grateful for on a little slip of paper and slip it into the jar. Making deposits on the things you are grateful for.

This is more of a visual thing to have. Allowing you to look at it anytime you are at home. It is a great reminder to both add more things to it. And simply recognize all the things you have to be thankful for.

Resource: How To Create A Gratitude Jar

Think About 3 Things You Take For Granted

At the end of the day, when we think about the total opposite of things we can get a good perspective. For example when we are in fear, we need to think of the times when we acted courageously. It is a gentle reminder of the feeling of courage to smash through our fears.

Some when it comes down to gratitude, a good thing to do to real feel grateful is to think about a few things you take for granted.

Then you become grateful for those things. Deeply grateful. Something as simple as the fact that you have a car and don’t have to walk or ride public transportation.

Show Your Gratitude Instead of Feeling It

Write letters to people. Text them. Leave sappy voicemails for them. Reach out to people you are grateful for. Organizations or businesses that you are thankful for. Teachers, cops, hell even the post office for mailing out your mail!

Things That Went Well In The Recent Past

There are always positive things that happen to us on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis. You can find tons of things to be grateful for if you look back on your past this way.

Go On A Gratitude Walk or Run

Cardio! No way right?? Haha but on a serious note, simply walking around and becoming mindful surroundings can show you at least a dozen things you can be grateful for.

I honestly did this while writing this article. I looked around and simply used my senses to probably offering you twenty different examples of what you can be grateful for! It works well, try it!

Conclusion To Things To Be Thankful For

So there we are my friends. A list of things to be grateful for. I hope it served as a list of examples of gratitude that you can use to see the things in your life that you are thankful for.

Share with me what your favorites were. As well as if you have any good things to add that we can all be thankful for. Maybe something you take for granted for have become more thankful for recently!

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