World Gratitude Day: Show your thankfulness to all great things in these ways on this day

World Gratitude Day is celebrated every year on September 21 to bring people together to be thankful to each other. So, here are 9 ways you can celebrate this day to show your gratitude.

By Deblina Chatterjee

Updated on Sep 22, 2020 | 10:13 AM IST | 4.2M

World Gratitude Day: Show your thankfulness to all great things in these ways on this day

World Gratitude Day is celebrated on September 21 annually to bring people in the world together and be thankful to each other. This day is observed to show gratitude to others where people arrange different activities for gratitude. This celebration was first started in the year 1965 in Hawaii where officials at an international meeting decided to have one specific day in each year to show gratitude for all the wonderful things in the world.

Next year, many attendees of the gathering celebrated this day in their own countries. Since then, people across the globe have been celebrating this day to show their gratitude. Here are some ways to celebrate this day and show gratitude to all the great things in the world.

World Gratitude Day 2020: How can we celebrate this day to show our thankfulness?

1.Send your loved ones a thank you note to show your gratitude to them.

2.Talk to your kids to know to what things they are grateful for. In this way, you can encourage them to be thankful for every nice thing in their life.

3.Have lunch or dinner with your family to have some good time with them so that you can share your feelings of being grateful to your family.

4.Join an NGO to work there as a volunteer to help others.

5.Join your friends online for a conversation on the things that you all are grateful for.

6.Raise funds to help the needy people to show your gratitude for this life.

7.Be grateful to your natural environment as well. You can write a blog on how we can save our environment from getting damaged and share it with everyone.

8.Gift something to your parents. They are the main reason for who you are today. So, make them happy and show them your gratitude for having them in your life.

9.Create your own gratitude journal. Make a list of all the things that you are grateful for and keep it with you. Increase the list every year on this day to notice all the positive things around you.