Grateful Sunday

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Grateful Sunday: George Saunders Commencement Speech on Kindness

Today's Grateful Sunday is a commencement speech by George Saunders at Syracuse University. We think you'll enjoy it very much, especially since the topic is on kindness. CCA also sends a big congratulations to everyone graduating in the Class of 2014!


Here is an article written about the speech and the full transcript here.

Happy Easter!

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Grateful Sunday: Daylight Savings Time

I'm grateful for the return of Daylight Savings Time! Some people hate losing an hour, but I am doing happy yoga poses in my driveway because I think it's so great! While it sounds silly, time outdoors helps keep me balanced and focused, and the return of DST means I still have an hour of sun when I get home from work. Yippee!

Ancient but true, a daily "constitutional" is good for everyone! Happy Sunday!

--Erica

Grateful Sunday: Lisa

Living in a fast paced, technology thriving society these days can certainly distract us from being thankful for the things that we are all guilty of taking for granted.  We are surrounded by iPhones, iPads, iMac and "i-stuff," when often the "little things" in life are forgotten.  Don't get me wrong, technology is a wonderful tool, and I use it everyday.  I am finding that I have to force myself to slow down, and soak in all that God has given me:  the ability to walk and talk, read and write, having a place to call home, a car to drive, air in my lungs, food to eat.....Of course there are so many more, but you get the idea.  For these things, I have a grateful heart.

-Lisa

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Grateful Sunday: Jeannie's Gratitude Box

- Jeannie

Grateful Sunday: Grandparents & Pizza

Shierry & Her Grandparents

I am grateful for grandparents and pizza. The evening before each of Shierry's surgeries, all four of her grandparents come to our house for a pizza party. Shierry will have to overcome many hardships, but, in so many ways, she is the luckiest girl in the world to have them in her life. Also, pizza is delicious and eventually she will know that.

-- Rachel

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Grateful Sunday: 7 Cardinal Rules of Life

I can't find the original source for this graphic, so I decided to simply pay it forward.

Grateful Sunday: VUCA

VUCA is an idea straight from one of my business classes that I like to remember when practicing gratitude.

VUCA stands for a situation that is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. In a recent lecture, I heard this term and the key message was "in VUCA you can find opportunity." If you find yourself in a VUCA situation, remember this is the area of opportunity. Be flexible and be open to change and look for the opportunity within the uncomfortable situation.

I got this awesome picture sent right to my inbox from PhotoYOLO. It's like my ZENbox.

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Quote from Thomas S. Munson

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Grateful Sunday: Stephen

Behind the face is a heart that I left in San Francisco.

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