>> One of the ways that my family and
I practice gratitude is something that we've been doing
recently in the last couple of years is something that we call silver linings.
Silver linings is a way for us to talk about the bad things
in a way that we try too find some good things in the bad things that happens.
So at the dinner table we'd talk about the highs and
lows of the day, the ups and downs and when an adversity is shared.
When something bad happens to one of the kids, or Mary and I.
We'll talk about it at the table and at the end of the conversation
we'll have a discussion together as a group about is there an upside?
Is there a silver lining to the bad thing that happened?
And it's not an easy conversation at first because it's an odd conversation.
It's not a conversation that you typically have at dinner or really any time.
But we have noticed over time that as a family we're able to talk about and
brainstorm ideas and it's been really really nice.
For example, Liam let us know that
he made it on the basketball team that doesnt have any of his friends at all.
And to a fifth grader that's obviously a big deal.
Fifth graders want to be with their friends and
he was disappointed about that and so we talked about his disappointment,
but at the end of the conversation we talked as a family about a silver lining.
Is there an upside to this challenge he has?
And by the end we together came up with this idea that maybe it's
an opportunity for him to get new friends and
he had that in his mind when he went to the first practice.
And he did meet so many friends at that first practice and
I think that was a really nice thing for him and a really nice way for
us to express gratitude as a family in a different way.
>> So one of my favorite things to do is take walks in the historic neighborhoods
of Philadelphia.
We have some great national parks.
And one of the ways that I practice gratitude is
by taking pictures while I'm on my walks of the trees and the beautiful homes.
So that when I'm not outside I can look back and just experience
the emotion that I was experiencing when I was taking those walks.