100-Day Gratitude Challenge
Day 25: Give Thanks to Your Benefactors
Time for a happy dance…
You’ve completed the first 25 days of the 100-Day Gratitude Challenge! Here’s your checklist for the next 25. Plus, scroll down for some celebratory dance party music.
Reflect
Every living human is part of a rich lineage of other humans — hands that build cities and bridges, scientists who cured and prevented diseases, philosophers and theologians who helped us see the world anew, farmers and sailors, musicians and poets — who made life as we know it today possible. These are our ancestors. Without them, our lives would be different. Many benefactors preceded us, and many are with us as caring humans who guide us, nurture us, and enrich our lives. Every living human is part of a web of cooperation, care, and the shared goal of survival. Which known and unknown humans contributed to who you have become?
Practice
Identify three people instrumental to your life. At least one should be living. Reach out to one of your benefactors and thank them for the gifts they’ve given you. How does knowing you are a beneficiary of other people’s lives enrich your own, and how does this invite you to help others?
Bonus Resource
Enjoy a 3-minute dance break! We’re dancing along with you…