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Have you played it? It's a game for a person or for a carload.
Someone begins, "I'm grateful to God for. . . " And he or she shares something. Then the next
person gives gratitude for something. This goes on for 5 minutes or more until you reach your
destination. There's no loser. Everyone feels happy after expressing gratitude. And sometimes you
discover amazing things.
My 5-year-old granddaughter and I played the gratitude game when she visited us. I found out she
was grateful to her friend Josh. . . and "the other Josh". She was grateful to go swimming at the pool.
She was grateful to have a daddy who played with her and to a nice mommy.
She would begin the gratitude games as soon as we settled into the car to drive somewhere. Playing
it with her, I tried to be honest and not just say something fast. I really stopped to think. What was I
grateful for at the moment? That our country was not at war. That we had plenty to eat. Playing the
game made me more aware of the good things in my life.
A friend of mine was having a tough time seeing that there wasn't any good in his life. I suggested to
my friend that he take a few minutes before going to bed and write down all the good things he could
think of that happened during the day.
Later he told me what happened. He couldn't think of anything good. But he persisted until he was
able to write a few things down.
The next morning he decided to look for signs of good during the day. He sat down on his front
steps. A robin(知更鸟)landed on the grass. In his words, it began"doing a little dance", preening
(整理羽毛)and cleaning itself. He watched the entire show. It was delightful. He realized that if he
hadn't been really looking for good, he would never have noticed the robin and would have missed what
to him was a remarkable display.
That evening he filled several pages with recordings of good that had happened during the day and
things he was grateful for. Gratitude had made a huge difference!
1. The purpose of the gratitude game is to __________.
A. let people share their gratitude to God
B. discover amazing things in life
C. make people realize the good things around them
D. practice people's skill of expressing themselves
2. From the description by the writer, we can know that her granddaughter __________.
A. spoke much faster than the writer
B. enjoyed the gratitude game
C. finished the game within five minutes
D. doubted her honesty
3. What was the problem with the writer's friend?
A. He saw nothing worth his appreciation.
B. He had lost his purpose of life.
C. He had trouble remembering what had happened during the day.
D. He found it hard to play the game.
4. The story of the writer's friend tells us that __________.
A. life is meaningless to a person who doesn't know how to give gratitude
B. one can always find relief in nature when he is in depression
C. gratitude plays an important role in changing a person's character
D. it's not difficult to find good things in life if one starts looking for them