THANKSGIVING IS ABOUT MORE THAN FOOD
It’s About Showing Gratitude
Celebrate your challenges. Sometimes struggles and battles in our lives can weigh us down. But when you persevere and continue to push forward, you will find success. Challenges help you improve your abilities and resilience, so celebrate the progress you’ve made. Showing gratitude for challenges and negative experiences allows us to acknowledge humility and appreciate growth in our lives.
As we prepare for our Thanksgiving feasts, Thursday night football games, and Black Friday shopping, take some time to show gratitude for those around you and for what you have. Here are a few ways to practice gratitude this month.
Appreciate everything. Get into the habit of being grateful for the little things in your life. It can be easy to acknowledge the “big” things, but nothing is too small to be thankful for. You can be grateful the weather is nice and sunny, that you received the package you’ve been waiting for, or that you got out of bed today. Don’t leave out anything when practicing gratitude. Practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is the ability to be fully present and aware of what’s happening around you. So, instead of being
Keep a journal. Writing down the things you’re grateful for will remind you of all the great things you have when other things aren’t going so well. So, keep a journal about what you’re grateful for each day or week — even if it’s just small things at first. Your perspective on life will change, and it will get easier to see the good things and to feel grateful for things you were likely overlooking.
overwhelmed by what you need to do tomorrow or next week, focus on the present moment and enjoy the time you spend solo or with your loved ones. Live in the moment and take one day at a time. Tomorrow will surely come, and you only have a limited amount of time in the present.
Showing gratitude is something we should do every day, all throughout the year — not just during the holidays. So, try to practice mindfulness and gratitude using these tips! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Let’s Go Team USA!
JOIN BRIAN IN WATCHING THE FIFA MEN’S WORLD CUP
You would never know it to look at him, but Eagle & Fein Managing Attorney Brian Eagle is a HUGE soccer fan. He cheers on the Indiana University Men’s Soccer Team, the Columbus Crew and Chelsea, and every four years he carves out time in his schedule to attend as much of the month-long FIFA Men’s World Cup tournament as he can. He has attended each World Cup from 2006-2018 as he has traveled the world watching soccer. Since the event moved from June/July to November/December, he will not be travelling to Qatar but will be cheering on the U.S. from home as the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 2014! If you are not a soccer fan, you can think of the World Cup as the international Super Bowl of soccer. FIFA, the international soccer governing body, hosted the first men’s tournament in Uruguay in 1930, and the Uruguayan team took first place followed by Argentina in second and the U.S. in third. Every four years since that first competition, 32 of the best men’s teams from around the world — made up of players based on their nationality — have faced off in the hopes of winning millions of dollars in prize money. In 1991, FIFA added a complementary Women’s World Cup tournament, which is also held every four years, although on different years than the Men’s World Cup.
(they won in 1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019), but the Men’s National Soccer Team has never won a World Cup. Last World Cup, they didn’t even make the cut of 32 teams — but this time is different! In March, they qualified for one of the 32 slots at the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying event. Someday, perhaps the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team can bring home the Cup. This year’s FIFA Men’s World Cup kicks off on Nov. 20, and is set to last 28 days. The U.S. Men’s Soccer Team is playing on Nov. 25 (Black Friday) at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. They will face off against England in what should be an incredibly exciting and competitive match. Brian will tune in, and you can join him by watching on FOX or Telemundo. U.S.A., U.S.A.!!
Competition to make it to the World Cup is fierce, and winning is even harder. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has a great World Cup track record
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