Personally, gratefulness allows me to change my perspective of life from struggle and difficulty to blessings and lessons. When we learn the lessons we move forward in life. If not then we are stuck in a loop until we learn. We need to learn to grow. Being grateful for everything and everyone in life allows me to detach from that which I cannot control. I feel at peace and I trust that everything happens for a reason and I trust that, in the end, what’s meant for me will come to me. Life is truly beautiful, in it’s chaos and peace. when there’s gratefulness there’s alignment.
A grateful paradigm with which to view life, helps feed that deep-seated joy experienced in this gift of life. And I hope, creates a pleasant experience for the Divine that resides within my soul, this is one of my values.
I may not always be happy, and am sometimes sad, angry or grieving, but these float above that rooted peace and joy, that gratefulness nourishes.
For me
gratefulness and values
are like two peas in a pod,
peanut butter and jelly . . .
they are two arms of the same body.
One comes with the other,
and it doesn’t matter which one
starts the ball rolling.
Living in accordance with my values
brings about a response from me
of gratitude.
I am grateful I have values to live by,
and most of the time
my values
are my priority.
Living with gratitude
polishes up my values and makes them shine,
and more easily accessible.
I never have one without the other.
They are my friends;
they are my angels
and they come almost every time I call them.
They keep me from going crazy with grief,
and they give me hope against all odds. ♥
To love, we need to be sensitive to those around us, which is impossible if we are always racing through life engrossed in all the things we need to do before sunset.
EKNATH EASWARAN
Slow down and remember to smell the flowers. Stop, look and go . I love in Br David’s video he says look up at the sky we so rarely look up at the sky .
I’m letting go of “My Values” and the more I let go of the false self the more only the true universe shows me how to align with wisdom. Im very grateful to slow down and let go . Thank you .
Antoinette, our values change over time too. For example, there’s a good chance that when I get older, I may be more ok with not having autonomy temporarily. It’s just like being a driver on a long family road trip. There are times where rest is necessary. Let another family member take over to prevent accidents. With that being said, I’m working on trusting my people.
Trust in letting go of the human mind. But this is not easy or possible without the means/ method to become Truth in this very lifetime . I have a helper/ guide.
Be happy and free . 💓😉
When in alingnment with my values, gratefulness is right there, as it is essentially woven into and is one with these. Gratefulness can be the door to connect with the values and vice versa if sometimes, some old patterns of disconnection might have taken over. As soon as gratefulness is present in me or as i live my values, connection with all which is appears again to my perspective and nourishes my being and doing and warming the other kindred heart encountered also.. It heals.
“To love, we need to be sensitive to those around us, which is impossible if we are always racing through life engrossed in all the things we need to do before sunset.” Eknath Easwaran
I needed today’s quote as my mind was racing this morning about all the things I need to do. Granted some of these things are helpful and caring to others but when I’m hell-bent for leather, I am not always living with gratefulness as my focus. I realized the tension in my body when I returned from my daily walk and decided that the most important thing I can do today is relax. What gets done or doesn’t get done is not as important to me as how I do it. Life is not a performance. It is a process. We are all learning how to love!
Gratefulness for me is part and parcel with mindfulness. When I’m mindful, I take time to choose before acting. This can help me recognize whether I’m living my values in action.
It’s almost as if they looked at my calendar before choosing this for today’s question. The agenda for my staff meeting always opens with “connection before content”: A question that helps us know each other better as a fully distributed 100% teleworking team, in lieu of hallway conversations and lunching together. Sometimes I choose light-hearted questions, sometimes deeper ones.
Today’s question: What is one of your personal values that you consciously apply in your work? What’s an example of how that shows up?
As today’s quote suggested, one needs to slow down enough to experience things. Gratefulness helps me slow down enough to check in with my values and re-orient.
One of my values is to show up and be there for myself and others. Gratefulness comes into play because I need to be conscious that I can do this with the mind, muscle and resources I have.
My values of treading lightly in this earth and being kind to others (and myself), are enhanced by my practices. And practicing gratefulness gives me a feeling of contentment, in a world of mindless consumption and excessive displays of wealth.
As long as gratefulness is in my continuous stream of thinking, even in the background as a tapestry behind a subject being photographed, my values need no alignment. Gratitude assures they are present. Peace & Love. Namaste.
I resignate with Johann’s answer a few days ago as I vaguely remember. I know what I want and push for it while respecting others. To put in a nutshell, establishing a foundation makes me grateful for living in alignment with my values.
Gratefulness helps me start my day with intentions based on my values. When I remember the stop. Look. Go gives me the pause I need to unconsciously reorder my thoughts in away that follows my values.
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Personally, gratefulness allows me to change my perspective of life from struggle and difficulty to blessings and lessons. When we learn the lessons we move forward in life. If not then we are stuck in a loop until we learn. We need to learn to grow. Being grateful for everything and everyone in life allows me to detach from that which I cannot control. I feel at peace and I trust that everything happens for a reason and I trust that, in the end, what’s meant for me will come to me. Life is truly beautiful, in it’s chaos and peace. when there’s gratefulness there’s alignment.
”when there’s gratefulness there’s alignment.”
I couldn’t agree with you more,
dear Naazneen. ♥
Beautifully said, Naazneen 🙂
A grateful paradigm with which to view life, helps feed that deep-seated joy experienced in this gift of life. And I hope, creates a pleasant experience for the Divine that resides within my soul, this is one of my values.
I may not always be happy, and am sometimes sad, angry or grieving, but these float above that rooted peace and joy, that gratefulness nourishes.
For me
gratefulness and values
are like two peas in a pod,
peanut butter and jelly . . .
they are two arms of the same body.
One comes with the other,
and it doesn’t matter which one
starts the ball rolling.
Living in accordance with my values
brings about a response from me
of gratitude.
I am grateful I have values to live by,
and most of the time
my values
are my priority.
Living with gratitude
polishes up my values and makes them shine,
and more easily accessible.
I never have one without the other.
They are my friends;
they are my angels
and they come almost every time I call them.
They keep me from going crazy with grief,
and they give me hope against all odds. ♥
To love, we need to be sensitive to those around us, which is impossible if we are always racing through life engrossed in all the things we need to do before sunset.
EKNATH EASWARAN
Slow down and remember to smell the flowers. Stop, look and go . I love in Br David’s video he says look up at the sky we so rarely look up at the sky .
I’m letting go of “My Values” and the more I let go of the false self the more only the true universe shows me how to align with wisdom. Im very grateful to slow down and let go . Thank you .
Antoinette, our values change over time too. For example, there’s a good chance that when I get older, I may be more ok with not having autonomy temporarily. It’s just like being a driver on a long family road trip. There are times where rest is necessary. Let another family member take over to prevent accidents. With that being said, I’m working on trusting my people.
Trust in letting go of the human mind. But this is not easy or possible without the means/ method to become Truth in this very lifetime . I have a helper/ guide.
Be happy and free . 💓😉
Today’s Word
was just perfect,
dear Antoinette . . .
don’t you think? ♥
When in alingnment with my values, gratefulness is right there, as it is essentially woven into and is one with these. Gratefulness can be the door to connect with the values and vice versa if sometimes, some old patterns of disconnection might have taken over. As soon as gratefulness is present in me or as i live my values, connection with all which is appears again to my perspective and nourishes my being and doing and warming the other kindred heart encountered also.. It heals.
This is true for me as well,
dear Ose . . . 🙂
“To love, we need to be sensitive to those around us, which is impossible if we are always racing through life engrossed in all the things we need to do before sunset.” Eknath Easwaran
I needed today’s quote as my mind was racing this morning about all the things I need to do. Granted some of these things are helpful and caring to others but when I’m hell-bent for leather, I am not always living with gratefulness as my focus. I realized the tension in my body when I returned from my daily walk and decided that the most important thing I can do today is relax. What gets done or doesn’t get done is not as important to me as how I do it. Life is not a performance. It is a process. We are all learning how to love!
”What gets done or doesn’t get done is not as important to me as how I do it.”
Thank you for this,
dear Carol Ann . . . ♥
Gratefulness for me is part and parcel with mindfulness. When I’m mindful, I take time to choose before acting. This can help me recognize whether I’m living my values in action.
It’s almost as if they looked at my calendar before choosing this for today’s question. The agenda for my staff meeting always opens with “connection before content”: A question that helps us know each other better as a fully distributed 100% teleworking team, in lieu of hallway conversations and lunching together. Sometimes I choose light-hearted questions, sometimes deeper ones.
Today’s question: What is one of your personal values that you consciously apply in your work? What’s an example of how that shows up?
I shared a link to Brene Brown’s exercise on living into our values https://brenebrown.com/resources/living-into-our-values/.
As today’s quote suggested, one needs to slow down enough to experience things. Gratefulness helps me slow down enough to check in with my values and re-orient.
One of my values is to show up and be there for myself and others. Gratefulness comes into play because I need to be conscious that I can do this with the mind, muscle and resources I have.
My values of treading lightly in this earth and being kind to others (and myself), are enhanced by my practices. And practicing gratefulness gives me a feeling of contentment, in a world of mindless consumption and excessive displays of wealth.
“. . . . in a world of mindless consumption . . . .” no kidding Charlie.
OMG,
dear Charlie . . .
you speak my language. ♥
Gratefulness is one of my values. It helps me stay in the present and live life more peacefully, breath by breath.
Gratefulness is very grounding which helps me live in alignment with my values and its a good way to start and also end your day.
https://nationaltoday.com/national-pumpkin-cheesecake-day/
Now you got me thinking about pumpkin cheesecake 😋
As long as gratefulness is in my continuous stream of thinking, even in the background as a tapestry behind a subject being photographed, my values need no alignment. Gratitude assures they are present. Peace & Love. Namaste.
Wisely said,
dear Joseph . . .
Gratitude has become part of who you are,
and not just the subject of the song. ♥
I resignate with Johann’s answer a few days ago as I vaguely remember. I know what I want and push for it while respecting others. To put in a nutshell, establishing a foundation makes me grateful for living in alignment with my values.
Gratefulness helps me start my day with intentions based on my values. When I remember the stop. Look. Go gives me the pause I need to unconsciously reorder my thoughts in away that follows my values.