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15 Beads For Happiness

Written by: Laura Posey

Article Overview: Thanksgiving is the American day to reflect on our blessings and gifts. It is a time for family and friends to gather together and name the things they are thankful for in their lives. What would happen if we did that more often? A few years ago when I was in Greece, I picked up a string of beautiful red and silver beads. There are 15 of them, strung on a lovely silver chain and tied off with a silver tassel. The Greeks use them as prayer beads but I’ve developed a new use for them.

15 Beads For Happiness

Thanksgiving is the American day to reflect on our blessings and gifts. It is a time for family and friends to gather together and name the things they are thankful for in their lives. What would happen if we did that more often?

A few years ago when I was in Greece, I picked up a string of beautiful red and silver beads. There are 15 of them, strung on a lovely silver chain and tied off with a silver tassel. The Greeks use them as prayer beads but I’ve developed a new use for them.

The beads stay at the head of my bed and each night as I crawl into bed, I reach out and pick them up. I roll the beads in my hand, feeling the intricate carving on the silver and feel the weight and smoothness of the stone beads.

Then I carefully select the first bead next to the tassel and think about something that happened in my day that I am thankful for. Sometimes that thing is a client or a new order. Other times it is my dog. Yet other times it is someone new I met or someone who has been in my life for a long time. I’ve even been thankful for the food on my table or just a solid roof over my head on a rainy night.

As I could off the beads, one by one, I count off the things I am thankful for. As I reach number 15, I am always smiling and sense of well-being and calm has settled over me. It is the perfect mood to be in as I drift off to sleep.

Doing this nightly ritual has helped me sleep better that I ever have in my life as well as making me happier during the day.

See if you can find your own way of counting your blessings each night (your fingers will work just fine for this task!) and let me know how it changes your life.

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