Feeling grateful

Noticing the good things in your life, and the people behind them.

Where it sits on the wheel

Grateful is in the middle ring, under Connected. Further out: thankful, appreciative and moved.

Name three small things you’re grateful for today.

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Connected (one ring in)
Grateful notices the good in your life and who’s behind it; connected is feeling part of something.
Loved (also under Connected)
Loved is receiving care; grateful is noticing and valuing what you’ve received.
Tender (also under Connected)
Grateful looks at what you’ve been given; tender is a soft care you feel for someone else.
Thankful (further out)
Thankful is usually about one gift or kindness, and wanting to say thanks. Grateful can be a wider, lasting feeling.
Appreciative (further out)
Appreciative is recognizing the value of something or someone; grateful adds a sense of having received it.
Moved (further out)
Moved is when gratitude, or something else, touches you deeply, sometimes to tears.

Grateful is one of the 104 words on the Slow Days feelings wheel, and the list of feelings has them all. The wheel isn’t a test or a diagnosis.