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Develop Gratitude
Adapted from Healing Without Fear, by Laurel Ann Reinhardt (Inner Traditions, 2002).
Gregg Braden calls gratitude “the lost mode of prayer.” In many ancient and recent spiritual texts gratitude is considered to be one of the most powerful modes of prayer. It certainly helps to bring us back into the heart space.
Gratitude has been shown to be an effective antidote to fear, insecurity, anger, and disconnection. Find out the simple steps to developing your own gratitude practice, here:
At the end of every day, make a list of all of the things for which you are grateful: include ongoing items such as family, health, abundance, and divine love, as well as events that happened that day.
If you have trouble finding something for which to be grateful, remember that the gratitude does not need to be about something large or profound or personal; it just needs to be sincere.
Some days the most profound gratitude might be for a sunset, or the taste of dark chocolate on your tongue. Many sources also tell us that it is important to be grateful for things that seem not to have happened yet. The attitude of trusting that they are about to happen has powerful impact upon us and the universe that supports us.
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add your comment »Yesterday I was finding it hard to understand my 86 yr old mother. Just then I told myself, she is still here and I can still enjoy her company. She has a BIG heart and I will never forget how much she cared for us as we grew up. Not everyone my age (62) has a mother alive like I do. Who knows what we will be like when we are older. I pray for every human being and that we all will treat each with great respect, gratitude is real.
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Yesterday I was finding it hard to understand my 86 yr old mother. Just then I told myself, she is still here and I can still enjoy her company. She has a BIG heart and I will never forget how much she cared for us as we grew up. Not everyone my age (62) has a mother alive like I do. Who knows what we will be like when we are older. I pray for every human being and that we all will treat each with great respect, gratitude is real.
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Gratitude is a very powerful instrument. It will chase the "blues" away, and mend a broken heart as well. This morning, while being tempted to complain about the house I live in, the woman whose home is her car flashed across my mind then, I began to give thanks to my creator for the roof over my head. As I viewed my mother's remains, my heart was broken, and heavy with sadness, but as I began to thank my creator for blessing me to even know her, the pain and heaviness could no longer linger. For me, gratitude definitely promotes a winning attitude, and a state of wellbeing as well .
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