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- AgingCare.com
- July 24, 2012
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By Anne-Marie Botek, AgingCare.com Editor
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.”-John Milton
Epiphanies and awe are not the things that we discuss in our day-to-day conversations. More often mentioned are the annoying, embarrassing, frustrating moments: the Monday morning meeting where your boss rips apart your project proposal, or the fact that you came home to find your dog, haunches-deep in the overturned garbage can.
“When we are feeling scared, worried, or overwhelmed in life, it’s hard to find our gratitude,” says Karol Ward, LCSW, a licensed psychotherapist. “Our minds feel caught in a loop of anxiety, which makes us view the world through a darker lens.”
How does one get beyond this world of stress-induced irritation? Is it possible to experience “everyday epiphanies,” even as you find yourself staring at life through a barrel of obscure blackness?
Milton thinks so—he even tells you how to do it with one, simple word: Gratitude.
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Gratitude Gives You Wings: 6 Tricks For Rising Above Negativity originally appeared on AgingCare.com.
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very useful tips, thanks for sharing
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+ add your ownThank you for sharing
I am always thankful for when I am exhibiting an attitude of gratitude!!!
good reminders
great reminders! I thank mother earth and her creatures daily
Good article, I enoyed reading it. All are excellent tips to help me gain more gratitude. Thank you.
All is true. Be thankful for the day given to you .
For the depressed, it's kinda impossible to look for light at the end of the endless tunnel that is gloomed with downs and bitterness and the sarcastic voices that follow.
Just to look at the situation which could get far worst than it presently is, you might get to thank your creator for the senses that are endowed by Him. Verily, after every storm, there's sunshine.
For the depressed, it's kinda impossible to look for light at the end of the endless tunnel that is gloomed with downs and bitterness and the sarcastic voices that follow.
Just to look at the situation which could get far worst than it presently is, you might get to thank your creator for the senses that are endowed by Him. Verily, after every storm, there's sunshine.
For the depressed, it's kinda impossible to look for light at the end of the endless tunnel that is gloomed with downs and bitterness and the sarcastic voices that follow.
Just to look at the situation which could get far worst than it presently is, you might get to thank your creator for the senses that are endowed by Him. Verily, after every storm, there's sunshine.
Im grateful for this Care2 Site... and of course many other things...
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