Monologues for women | "The Gratitude List" by Gabriel Davis
The Gratitude List
Monologues for women
by Gabriel Davis
Maggie is speaking to a girlfriend who is struggling with finding peace and happiness in her life. Maggie, it seems, has found the answer in gratitude lists ...
You need a gratitude list. It will literally change your life.
So for awhile Steve and I were going through a rough patch. And Steve's a fixer, right? He got all these books on happiness and how to be more fulfilled in life. One of the things all these books said was keep a gratitude list. You know, it's scientifically proven to increase your level of satisfaction with your life.
At first I was skeptical. Steve was adamant it would fix us and everyday was making these gratitude lists of "10 things I'm grateful for" and reading them to me.
His lists were like, "I'm grateful to have a beautiful wife to share my life with. Grateful for her smile that lights me up inside, grateful for her lips that kiss me so softly, grateful for her mind that engages me..." Etcetera, etcetera to 10 everyday. And everyday he'd be like, "let me hear yours." And everyday I didn't have one, I couldn't think of anything.
But good old Steve has never left a project unfinished in his life. He just kept on the way he does, quietly, calmly, steadily, endlessly encouraging me to write one. Sort of like Chinese water torture. Haha.
So finally, I'm like, ok Steve! And I write a list and I read it to him.
Things I'm grateful for:
-The quiet intimacy of taking bubble baths alone
-Earplugs and the lock on the bathroom door
-A comfortable bed to sleep in
-The sound of Steve sleeping nearby on the couch
-Sex; doing it for myself with myself
-Lots of closet space, with Steve's stuff in the spare room
-Spending more time with my family, who never liked Steve
-Knowing that the female life expectancy is longer than the male's
-Steve's family history of heart disease
-Inspiring stories of second marriages
So after I read my list to Steve, he's all critical of it, like "That's only 9 things and you're supposed to have 10" and then he began weeping uncontrollably. Not long after that Steve filed for divorce. I added another item to my gratitude list
10- Getting divorced from Steve!
I can't say enough about these gratitude lists and their power to improve your life and lift your mood. I've never been happier!!
You need a gratitude list. It will literally change your life.
So for awhile Steve and I were going through a rough patch. And Steve's a fixer, right? He got all these books on happiness and how to be more fulfilled in life. One of the things all these books said was keep a gratitude list. You know, it's scientifically proven to increase your level of satisfaction with your life.
At first I was skeptical. Steve was adamant it would fix us and everyday was making these gratitude lists of "10 things I'm grateful for" and reading them to me.
His lists were like, "I'm grateful to have a beautiful wife to share my life with. Grateful for her smile that lights me up inside, grateful for her lips that kiss me so softly, grateful for her mind that engages me..." Etcetera, etcetera to 10 everyday. And everyday he'd be like, "let me hear yours." And everyday I didn't have one, I couldn't think of anything.
But good old Steve has never left a project unfinished in his life. He just kept on the way he does, quietly, calmly, steadily, endlessly encouraging me to write one. Sort of like Chinese water torture. Haha.
So finally, I'm like, ok Steve! And I write a list and I read it to him.
Things I'm grateful for:
-The quiet intimacy of taking bubble baths alone
-Earplugs and the lock on the bathroom door
-A comfortable bed to sleep in
-The sound of Steve sleeping nearby on the couch
-Sex; doing it for myself with myself
-Lots of closet space, with Steve's stuff in the spare room
-Spending more time with my family, who never liked Steve
-Knowing that the female life expectancy is longer than the male's
-Steve's family history of heart disease
-Inspiring stories of second marriages
So after I read my list to Steve, he's all critical of it, like "That's only 9 things and you're supposed to have 10" and then he began weeping uncontrollably. Not long after that Steve filed for divorce. I added another item to my gratitude list
10- Getting divorced from Steve!
I can't say enough about these gratitude lists and their power to improve your life and lift your mood. I've never been happier!!