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About Gratitude Squared

I’m Mary and write on my blog, Gratitude Squared. I prefer creativity with artistry sprinkled with bits of philosophy, previously a university scholar, compassionate for others, and deeply involved in advocacy and inclusion for human rights for people with disabilities. In 2017, I was diagnosed with a serious illness and prepared to die. However, nearly five years later I am very alive and extremely grateful to see life’s joys daily. Even with a recurrence in 2022, I love sharing aspirational and inspirational messages, and want to help you find your own gratitude. Thank you for going along this journey.

Gratitude Circles – Audio

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By February 17, 2021 GratitudeSquared.com was taking off! People were talking. People were excited. Gratitude Circles were forming. This posting, only one month later, is classified as #GratitudeLite following a classification system posted on February 28, 2021 titled, Your Choice: Gratitude Zero, Gratitude Lite, or Gratitude Ultra. Many older persons can no longer read. Many persons with various disabling conditions do not read. Busy people like to listen “on the go”. Mary has recorded some of her postings for such people. It is truly a different experience to read about gratitude than to listen to gratitude expressed. People like both formats to stimulate their senses. Enjoy this audio version of the text that was first shared on February 17, 2021, titled Gratitude Circles.

Gratitude Circles

When Life Feels Like a Maze – Dog Video

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During the winter of 2021, Indiana had a lot of snow. Rather than see the snow as blocking the day, Dan had some fun designing a maze for his dogs. This post is classified as #gratitudezero following the categories posted on February 28, 2021 in a post titled, Your Choice: Gratitude Zero, Gratitude Lite, and Gratitude Ultra. I hope this video brings you JOY!

When Life Feels Like a Maze – Dog Video

Nature Gives Us Joy and a Forest Bathing Soak

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I offer this post during the wintertime for any person suffering from a Nature Deficit Disorder caused by a dark, gloomy, cold, chilling winter in some parts of the country. This gratitude post is categorized as #gratitudeultra following the classifications I described in a post on February 28, 2021 titled, Your Choice: Gratitude Zero, Gratitude Lite, or Gratitude Ultra.

Nature Gives Us Joy and a Forest Bathing Soak

How Did I Get to Gratitude? My Audio Story

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This is my story of my journey to gratitude. I classify it as #gratitudelite according to a posting on February 28, 2021 titled, Your Choice: Gratitude Zero, Gratitude Lite, or Gratitude Ultra. You will learn that initially I started a You Tube Channel now titled, GratitudeSquared & Aspiring Thru Healing to Health. Later I began to blog about Gratitude because I am healthy after a very serious illness. Enjoy the audio/video now. This video is offered for persons who do not like to read or who are on the go, or have disabling conditions and enjoy listening to information.

How Did I Get to Gratitude?

Look Up to the Clouds!

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We need to spend more time looking up in life. This posting talks about looking up and is classified as #gratitudelite according to the classification system I described in my post on February 28, 2021 titled, Your Choice: Gratitude Zero, Gratitude Lite, or Gratitude Ultra.

This audio/visual display is provided for people on the go who like to listen rather than read, and/or for an individual with a disabling condition who can not read. Please enjoy the clouds for a brief moment while listening and remember, in the future, look up!

Look Up!

Pets Give Us Joy (Audio)

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This post first appeared on February 27, 2021 before I developed the system to classify different types of #gratitude in a post on February 28, 2021 titled, Your Choice: Gratitude Zero, Gratitude Lite, or Gratitude Ultra. I classify this post as #gratitudezero although it approaches #gratitudelite if you spend much time thinking about the statistics presented.

This posting is an audio version for persons on the go who do not have time to read, or may have disabling conditions so that they can not read. Enjoy this post and give gratitude for our pets as well as our children.

Pets Give Us Joy

Maybe The Best Dog Day Ever – Yum!

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Barley ate the same dog food everyday for years. Finally, he had something different. This post is classified as a #gratitudezero following the categories described in the February 28, 2021 posting titled, Your Choice: Gratitude Zero, Gratitude Lite, or Gratitude Ultra. Enjoy this example of pure dog gratitude!

Best Dog Day Ever!

Mask ON, Mask OFF (Audio)

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Are you trying to decide whether or not to wear a mask? On March 11, 2021, I posted 10 reasons to wear or not to wear a Mask. Wearing a mask is, in part, part of a cultural phenomena, as is gratitude. See my post titled, Be Mindful: Gratitudes are Cultural Phenomena on March 3, 2021.

This posting is categorized as #gratitudelite following a classification system that I described in my posting on February 28, 2021 titled, Your Choice: Gratitude Zero, Gratitude Lite, or Gratitude Ultra.

The following audio and video post is for the reader who does not have much time to read, or may have a disabling condition, or who is simply on the go. Remember, YOU have the choice: Mask On, or Mask Off. Have gratitude that you have that choice!

Mask ON, Mask Off

Gratitude Hunters (Audio)

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On March 10, 2021 one of my followers spotted a car and sent me this photo. It is amazing to watch this #gratitude community grow and share. Below is an updated audio version of the first posting. Following my February 28, 2021 posting titled, Your Choice: Gratitude Zero, Gratitude Lite, or Gratitude Ultra, this post is #gratitudezero.

I invite everyone to continue to “hunt” for gratitude in your life. Enjoy this story! And, enjoy listening to the story rather than reading about it!

#GratitudeHunters