Make a List: Ronit’s Gratitude Examples List

So now you know about why it’s important to be grateful and how you can get yourself into a state of gratitude with not much effort and in a very short time. You just need to make a list of 100 things you are grateful for.

Many of my clients say this is not an easy exercise. They can think of 10 or 20 things, but not a 100. So I give them examples of my own gratitude. Usually, when I start sharing my gratitude list with my clients, they say, “Oh, yeah, I’m grateful for this too”.

I truly believe that all people have lots of things to be grateful for and if they struggle to find these things, it is only because they haven’t practiced doing it and maybe they need ideas.

I wasn’t in a state of gratitude all my life. Lucky me, at the age of 16, something (not very nice) happened to me and helped me shift my attitude from blame and complaining to appreciation and gratitude.

From being a high school dropout, I changed to appreciating what I had and being able to recognize my skills and abilities. Within a short time, I got a scholarship for excellence. From that time onward, I changed my life to include an attitude of gratitude!

From my experience, I can tell you that life smiles at me a lot more than before.

My gratitude examples list: 100 things I’m grateful for

I have gratitude for a lot of things in my life. Let me share with you only 100 examples, although I probably have thousands of them. I hope that each one will inspire more gratitude in you too.

1. 1. I am grateful to be alive! I remind this to myself every time I hear about someone who is not with us anymore. Every new day is a present and an adventure. It’s so basic, yet so powerful
   2. I am grateful for my eyes that let me enjoy the beauty around me and the colors in my world
   3. I am grateful for the invention of eyeglasses. I needed glasses most of my life and I do not take them for granted
   4. I am grateful for my arms and legs that allow me to walk and move independently from one place to another. I was born with disability in my legs, so I don’t take for granted being able
   5. I am grateful for being able to hear, to listen to music, and to enjoy my kids’ first sounds and everything else that came afterwards
   6. I am grateful for my sense of touch and the ability to feel warmth and softness. I’m thankful for the feeling of joy when I touch my kids, when their body touches mine, and when I am intimate with Gal.

1. I am grateful for being able to speak freely. I had a polyp on my vocal cord until I was 18. I could not speak without making an effort. At the age of 18, I had a surgery that changed my life. I am grateful that it made my life easier. I am a motivational speaker. Can you imagine me standing on stage without this ability? I can’t!
2. I am grateful for my sense of smell. Every time I light incense or put on perfume, it lifts my spirit and I remind myself to be grateful for it
3. I am grateful for my sense of taste. On my happy list, there is a lot of food that I enjoy and that brings me pleasure. Every time I eat these types of food, my body gets into a state of gratitude with the sound Yummmmmm!
4. I am grateful for my heart that pumps blood and functions properly. We have a friend who went through heart surgery recently, so it was a great reminder of how grateful we are for our healthy heart
5. I am grateful for my lungs that allow me to breath with ease. Let every allergy attack, every cough and flu remind you how easy life can be when you breath easily
6. I am grateful for my immune system that protects me from harm and allows me to stay healthy and active. When others around me are sick, I’m never sick!
7. I am grateful for having a clear mind and for my ability to think and direct myself to a better and better place every day
8. I am grateful for a good night’s sleep. Research shows that sleep is essential for clearing our brain from toxins and helping us organize our thoughts and experiences
9. I am grateful I can afford to take full, hot baths. This makes me sooooo happy!
10. I am grateful for my vegetable garden. I told the kids that food you pick from your garden makes you healthier and is in harmony with the earth
11. I am grateful for my memories. They remind me what I need in order to navigate life safely
12. I am grateful for living in a place with no war. Just ask any person who lives in a war zone
13. I am grateful for being born free. I do not take my freedom for granted
14. I am grateful for living in a democratic country, with freedom of speech and belief. As the state director of a non-for profit organization doing diversity education, I know that freedom of belief should not be taken for granted!
15. I am grateful to be in a place where food is available
16. I am grateful for being born to a family where both mom and dad were (together. I look at all the single parents (mothers and fathers) out there and do not envy them at all!
17. I am grateful for my parents that are still together (have been for 57 years now!). There are so many divorced families out there and they go through such hard times. Lucky me!
18. I am grateful to my parents for teaching me how to live together with the same partner for a long time (mine is 35 years now together with Gal)
19. I am grateful for my dad who taught me how to be wise with money. I owe him most of my great money-managing skills
20. I am grateful for my mom, who taught me courage when she went to complete her education and learned to drive at the age of 50
21. I am grateful for my dad, who taught me to that kindness matters. Even now, at the age of 83, he is still volunteers and help out others in need
22. I am grateful for my dad, who taught me not to accept gender stereotypes and to believe that girls can do anything and men can do gentle art. He also taught me to love art
23. I am grateful for my older sister, who was my inspiration for many years. She inspired me to explore spirituality, alternative health and art
24. I am grateful for my younger sister, Aura, for being my fan when I started writing at the age of 14
25. I am grateful for Gal, who was my friend, partner, husband, father of my children and soul mate for the past 35 years
26. I am grateful for my children, who bring me love, joy and pride every day of their life. I am grateful they are healthy and friendly, wise and sensitive, responsible, courageous, creative, flexible, adventurous, smart… If I had to write a list of things I am grateful for in my kids, I could easily get to 100 just with those
27. I am grateful for all my friends who share this life with me. I have many friends from all around the world and each of them gave me something that I will carry with me forever
28. I am grateful for every day that I get up and the sun is shining. I love the light and the warmth of the sun. I am grateful for its energy. I said that one day I would build myself a house with a glass roof, so that I can see the sun all day long
29. I am grateful for my teachers, both good and the bad. I thank those who were great for inspiring me to be a good person and a good teacher. I thank those who were bad for showing me what not to do and inspiring me to be a different kind of teacher
30. I am grateful to have grown in a place where education was available and free. Learning is not something we should take for granted
31. I am grateful for being a woman and being able to give birth to my children. It is an absolute privilege
32. I am grateful that I can read. I love books, I love reading, and this is what inspired me to become an author and write inspiring books. I’m also thankful to everyone who contributed to my ability to read and my love of reading
33. I am grateful to all the authors of the books I have read. Thank you for enriching my life with your creativity and your wisdom
34. I am grateful to my son for encouraging me to sing. After many years of being afraid to sing, when Tsoof was 12, he said to me, “Mom, you have a beautiful voice”, and I started singing
35. I am grateful to my oldest daughter, Eden, for sharing with me hours of art
36. I am grateful that Eden was so flexible, smart and adventurous and that her character allowed us to travel the world and enjoy every minute of it
37. I am grateful for all fruit, because I am a lover of every kind of fruit
38. I am grateful for the invention of Chocolate…
39. I am grateful that my youngest daughter, Noff, loves cake decorating and art (check out her creations on Etsy) , so we can bond on a common interest
40. I am grateful for my writing skills. I started writing at the age of 14. It brings me tons of happiness and helps me touch the lives of many people around the world
41. I am grateful I can sleep in a warm bed and have a safe shelter. Every time I see people living on the street, I remind myself to be grateful for my bed and my pillow
42. I am grateful to be living in sub-tropical Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I love the weather here and am grateful for all the palm trees around my house and pretty much everywhere
43. I am grateful for computers that made life so much easier to search for information and to type. I still remember having to submit my thesis typed and every small mistake being a big issue
44. I am grateful for copy machines. I remember when copying was soooooooo expensive, and now I can scan, copy and print at home any time
45. I am grateful for dishwashers. We had so many fights at home when I was a kid. I am happy we can put all the dishes in the dishwasher and that’s it
46. I am grateful for spellchecker. For someone living in a second language environment, that’s a savior
47. I am grateful for emails. I loved writing by hand, but communication is so much faster now
48. I am grateful for phones that help me connect with others easily, even if they are on the other side of the world (when you are in Australia, that’s almost everybody)
49. I am grateful and happy for mobile phones that allow me to connect with others even when I’m not at home. Mobile phones also mean less worrying about my kids
50. I have enormous gratitude for GPS. Every time I use it, I ask myself how we ever lived without it
51. I am grateful for the weather forecast. It makes planning so much easier
52. I am grateful for heaters and fireplaces on cold days
53. I am grateful for Skype that allows me to talk to my mom, who is overseas, and ask her for a recipe, without having to worry about the cost
54. I am grateful for my car that takes me from one place to another. Every time we travel far, I appreciate the speed that it takes me. I personally don’t care about the model, as long as it takes me (safely) from one place to another
55. I am grateful for paved roads. I hate mud and am very happy to be able to drive safely and get out of the car clean. Can you imagine having to walk or ride in a cart of a stone road?
56. I am grateful for airplanes. Thanks to them, I was able to travel the world, work anywhere I want and visit my family overseas
57. I am grateful for colorful pens, stickers, pictures… I love anything colorful!
58. I am grateful every time I celebrate (holidays, special occasions) in company. Thank goodness for family and friends
59. I am grateful for my ability to cook and bake. I don’t want to imagine life without the love of cooking and baking. This way, I can also keep my family healthier
60. I am grateful for doctors, although I try to avoid using them as much as I can. Being healthy is always better, but it’s good to have doctors when you need them
61. I am grateful for being wealthy enough to travel the world. It brings me so much joy. I would love to do it all my life
62. I am grateful I can take time off every week and that the weekend where I live is two days long. Some places around the world only have one day off every week, or even none. Don’t take it for granted. That’s another 52 days off in a year!
63. I am grateful to be speaking more than one language. I know that speaking more than one language gives me an advantage and I do not take it for granted
64. I am grateful for hair conditioners. When I was a kid, it took hours to comb my hair and it was sooooo painful. Every day I brush my hair, I am happy about having hair conditioners!
65. I am grateful for soap that keeps me healthy
66. I am grateful for toothpaste and toothbrushes. One toothache 30 years ago was enough to teach me that! Nowadays, we even use electric toothbrushes. Woohoo!
67. I am very grateful for toilet paper. Nothing to add!
68. I am grateful to all the natural therapists I have met in my life, who taught me to care for my health in a natural way
69. I am grateful for rainbows. They make me happy!
70. I am grateful for all the musicians who wrote the music that brought me so much joy
71. I am grateful for my faith. It gives me peace of mind
72. I am grateful for being able and knowing how to meditate. It also brings me peace of mind
73. I am grateful for restaurants every time I don’t want to cook and want to enjoy food I can’t make myself (not to mention not having to clean afterwards)
74. I am grateful for flowers. Looking at them can make my day
75. I am grateful for my creativity. It helps me express myself
76. I am grateful for candles and incense for making my life happy and smelling great
77. I am grateful for the experiences that brought me to where I am now. With all the joy and sadness, pain and pleasure, fear and success, happiness and disappointment, I am who I am and I am proud and happy
78. I am grateful for my job as a life coach, which does not feel like a job, but more like the pure joy of helping people and making this world a better place
79. I am grateful for nature that supports and enables almost everything we do
80. I am grateful for my time management skills. It helps me succeed and gives me more time to enjoy life
81. I am grateful for my love of movies. Gal and I have been going to the movies almost every week for 26 years and it enriches our lives
82. I am grateful to all my clients and readers, who encourage me and support me in my work
83. I am grateful for my positive attitude. It helped me get through many tough times in my life
84. I am grateful for my kind nature. It helps me surround myself with kind people
85. I am grateful for gifts others give me
86. I am grateful for compliments others give me. I think compliments are gifts that should not be taken for granted
87. I am grateful for summer. I love it when it is hot
88. I am grateful for the beach, especially on a hot day, when I feel the sand between my toes
89. I am grateful for ice cream on a hot day
90. I am grateful for holidays away from the regular activities. I am grateful I can afford them. They charge my batteries and I come back from them full of gratitude
91. I am grateful for my determination. It helps me go with passion towards my goals and make them happen
92. I am grateful for all the opportunities in my life. Without them, I wouldn’t be where I am now
93. I am grateful for my courage and strength that showed me I could do more than I thought I could and that I was stronger than I thought I was
94. I am grateful for feeling love and for being loved

I hope this list will inspire you to make your own gratitude list!

With love and gratitude,
Ronit

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