Name _______________________________

 

 

A. Read the below poem.

B. Review your pet peeve list and ask yourself how could the peeve be seen in a different light. For example: people singing at the top of their lungs during ballads at concerts.  I could think, “I’m happy that I was at the concert in the tenth row.”

C. On separate sheet join the left and right hand columns so that you create a Gratitude Poem of your own in the style of the below poem.

 

Use the below sentence structure to build your poem by plugging in a pet peeve from the left-hand column and a positive transformation from the glass half full column.

 

Be thankful for…..because it means…..

 

Example:

Be thankful for people singing at the top of their lungs during ballads at concerts because it means I was at the concert in the tenth row.

 

 

One Thanksgiving Ann Landers published in her column a list of things to be thankful for that had been sent to her from someone else. Here is how that list read:

 

*"Be thankful for the clothes that fit a little too snuggly because it means that you have enough to eat.

 

Be thankful for the mess you clean up after a party because it means you have been surrounded by friends.

 

Be thankful for the taxes you pay because it means you are employed.

 

Be thankful that your lawn needs mowing and your windows need fixing because it means you have a home.

 

Be thankful for your heating bill because it means you are warm.

 

Be thankful for your laundry because it means you have clothes to wear.

 

Be thankful for the space you found at the far end of the parking lot because it means you can walk.

 

Be thankful for the lady who sings off key behind you in church because it means you can hear.

 

Be thankful when people complain about the government because it means we have freedom of speech.

 

Be thankful for the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means you are alive."