AEE 285: Why You Should Count Your Blessings in English

Published: March 12, 2015, 5 a.m.

Today get some strategies for how to cultivate more gratitude in your life in English!

Today’s quote:

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”

- Willie Nelson

 

 

Vocabulary from the quote:

  • To count your blessings: To pay attention to the good things in your life
  • My whole life turned around: My whole life got better, changed direction

 

How can you cultivate more gratitude in your life?

  • Keep a gratitude journal every day, write down your “blessings” and what you are grateful for
  • Focus on the good things that you have in your life, not the bad things
  • Set an alarm on your phone. When the alarm goes off you can think about what you are grateful in that moment.