What if you began and ended each day with an expression of gratitude for the blessings in your life? Through prayer, journaling, or a phone call, how might that intentional ritual affect the quality of each day? What if each experience of gratitude was like a drop into the pool of your life, sending ripples in all directions? How far might those ripples spread? In contrast, what if gratitude was an infrequent blip on the radar or it was expressed only in times traditionally recognized as occasions to “give thanks”? How would that lack of gratitude impact your life? If I were to name one thing that has transformed my life, hands down it would be a deep experience of gratitude.
In one of the darkest moments in my life, I began a practice of gratitude. (more…)
The practice and state of Gratitude connects us on a deep level to all beings and to the Universe. We can feel how full and fulfilled we are, what a gift life is and how much we are loved. While many of us may not have grown up in an environment that supported gratefulness and generosity, we can take simple regular steps to bring our awareness to the abundance we live in. There’s too much time spent in our experience on what we don’t like, what we wish would go away, what circumstances we dislike. (more…)
By Tove Cecile Fasting
This article about showing gratitude might as well been titled The shortest way to a happy, fulfilling life. Because the habit of showing gratitude every day actually will make you happy. And very quickly, too!
Oh, I hear you, you say you have nothing to feel grateful about! You never manage to meet a decent man, your job is crap and your rebellious teenage daughter calls you all kind of words I wouldn’t repeat here. Besides, you’re behind on the bills and your vacation this year will be spent taking care of your aging parents. (more…)
