Long Story Shortz - My Gratitude Jar - Written and Narrated by Kristin Wiens

[Music] my gratitude jar written and illustrated by me Kristen wans my teacher Miss Lane is always trying to make the world a better place in the fall our class visited a home for old people and read them our poems in the spring we planted flowers at the park near our school and once a week we go on litter Patrol yuck Miss Lane says it's important for everyone to do their part one day at school Miss Lane gave everyone a jar this is your gratitude jar she said gratitude means being thankful it's a good idea to take take time every day to remember to be grateful you can be grateful for big things like when you make a new friend you can be grateful for little things like when someone Smiles at you there is no right or wrong way to be grateful every day we will take a few minutes to stop and pay attention to what we are grateful for at that moment we will write it down and put it into our gratitude jar why are we making gratitude jars I asked Miss Lane said there are two reasons one reason is that when we take time to be grateful we feel happier what is the other reason I asked you will have to wait and see she said we spent the afternoon decorating our jars I put blue polka dots all over [Music] mine the next day we all wrote down something we were grateful for I asked Miss Lane again what is the other reason for our gratitude jars she said wait and see in a few weeks our gratitude jars were full of things we were thankful for most days I wrote down one thing some days I wrote down two one day I wrote down three things I was grateful for it was a very good day I asked Miss Lane again what is the second reason for our gratitude jars she said wait and see I am grateful I found a quarter on the ground I am grateful I got an invitation to Benjamin's birthday party I am grateful we can play soccer outside at lunch a few days later I had a very bad day when I got out of bed I stepped right on top of the castle that I had built the night before it hurt a lot and wrecked the castle I spilled my oatmeal all over the kitchen floor I had to clean it up all by myself we were out of my favorite bubblegum flavored toothpaste I had to use the mint kind the mint kind hurts my mouth then my brother called me shrimp I hate it when he calls me shrimp when I got to school I was grumpy when I got my gratitude jar I had nothing to write now Miss Lane would be mad now my day would get worse I needed a complaint jar not a gratitude jar there is nothing to be thankful for today I told Miss Lane I am not grateful for this morning I am not grateful for school and I am certainly not grateful for my brother it sounds like you had a rough start to your day said Miss Lane some days are like that so today is the day you get to learn the second reason for your gratitude jar even though I was grumpy I still wanted to know the second reason Miss Lane said today instead of writing a new gratitude you get to open your jar and read all of the gratitudes you have already written that's it that's the other reason that doesn't seem very important try it and see before you open your jar you might want to take a few deep breaths when I have a bad day taking a few deep breaths always helps it makes me feel a bit calmer see if it helps you too I took a big breath in and slowly blew it out I took a big breath in and slowly blew it out I took a big breath in and slowly blew it out I think it did help I felt a little calmer I opened my jar and took out the gratitudes one by one I read them all then I started to understand the second reason I felt less grumpy I remembered that not all days were bad days lots of days were good days the last note in the Gratitude jar was not one that I had written it was from Miss Lane I am thankful for Jacob he helps make the classroom a happier place that made me smile I picked up my pencil and began to write I am grateful for my gratitude jar and Miss Lane the end Northstar path.com order a copy of my gratitude jar at www.n norstar paths. and follow us on Twitter [Music] subscribe to long story shorts on YouTube and check out our other videos

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Length: 7min 43sec (463 seconds)

Published: Tue May 24 2016