We are grateful to have you as our friend, John Howard, a man who helped the fastest woman on a bicycle (Denise Mueller) enjoy her "day in the sun." And nobody's beaten her record yet. When's the biopic on Denise? ;)
two things: First: grateful theory.. If you write things on a regular bases (once a day, once a week, whatever works for you) that you are grateful for. Don't make them too big, don't say 'My family' you can go six days straight and name a different family member.
Or chocolate ice cream.. or the kitchen light; the rear sproket on (one of your) bikes.. after a year of this.. you will grateful for all the things you are glad to have.
Two, make people mix at parties. A friend, when he was my roommate, and I would have parties... what always happened was there were groups: his family, my work friends, his work friends, my theatre friends, his old neiborhood friends, my ... ect. and they stayed in those groups
U N T I L
limbo. We got out the limbo sticks, with a boombox that played clypso and went into the back yard.. Only a fraction of the party did the limbo BUT everyone enjoyed it
AND people were no longer in their groups.. his work friend was standing next to me.. If you had your eye on someone you found attractive, you found a way to be next to him/her
and now the party really cooked because people were mixing it up.
you could do this with partnering people up in games.. etc
So well stated Patty
We are grateful to have you as our friend, John Howard, a man who helped the fastest woman on a bicycle (Denise Mueller) enjoy her "day in the sun." And nobody's beaten her record yet. When's the biopic on Denise? ;)
two things: First: grateful theory.. If you write things on a regular bases (once a day, once a week, whatever works for you) that you are grateful for. Don't make them too big, don't say 'My family' you can go six days straight and name a different family member.
Or chocolate ice cream.. or the kitchen light; the rear sproket on (one of your) bikes.. after a year of this.. you will grateful for all the things you are glad to have.
Two, make people mix at parties. A friend, when he was my roommate, and I would have parties... what always happened was there were groups: his family, my work friends, his work friends, my theatre friends, his old neiborhood friends, my ... ect. and they stayed in those groups
U N T I L
limbo. We got out the limbo sticks, with a boombox that played clypso and went into the back yard.. Only a fraction of the party did the limbo BUT everyone enjoyed it
AND people were no longer in their groups.. his work friend was standing next to me.. If you had your eye on someone you found attractive, you found a way to be next to him/her
and now the party really cooked because people were mixing it up.
you could do this with partnering people up in games.. etc
Thanks for sharing this! Great sociological observations. A very happy New Year to you!