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One mind
No wants
https://youtu.be/7IibzJG_15g?si=Yh4u6dMhhBpaSNKT
My grateful practice helps me bounce back more quickly from stressful and dark times.
Be safe all in the path of the storm, we are expecting 12-18 inches here. I feel grateful that I live 12 mins away from work that has generators/showers
in case we lost power. ❄️
12-18 inches of snow! It looks like we may have about 4 or 5 and I’m overwhelmed.
That’s a lot of snow! While I wish our predicted ice storm would be snow, I don’t think we could handle that much down south! I hope you don’t lose power 🙏🏼
Thankfully the North East does know how to handle it. I do remember living in North KY years ago that wasn’t as much. Ice storms are scary. Be safe!
We’ve been upgraded
to 12-18 inches,
but hopefully no ice.
whoa!
I am not really sure. I do know because of the many “hard knocks” of life I have become more resilient. I am thankful for all the challenging times as I have become strong, resilient & humbled. The difficult times have been worth it, “character building” as they say. I can accept & surrender with more ease. 🙏🏻✨
Stay safe all, who are in the path of “Fern”. 🙏🏻
🕊️♥️
Definitely humbled,
dear PKR. ♥
…strong, resilient & humbled… so true
I’ll define resilience as adaptability, bouncing back into shape after tests and trials. Gratefulness helps me return, again and again, to the beauty and possibility of the present. I am less likely to get stuck in some alluring, dark mindset.
“dark mindset” is a term I find helpful. Gratefulness does indeed always shed light even when darkness is closing in.
Love this. Well said. Are you on social media somewhere to follow? Would be great to connect 🙂
This is my social media 🙂
I’m grateful for my growing faith in god even when I find that there are times where it’s difficult to trust my root people. God’s energy is unlimitted. There’s less of the need to overthink things and expect perfection or things to go my way. God is perfection and always has a way of balancing our wants and needs. With that being said, trusting god has made me more resilient and easier to figure things out for myself. Everything feels more natural rather than forced.
There is much wisdom in today’s quote:
“Gratitude is the confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life”.
— Jack Kornfield
I think resilience goes hand and hand with gratitude.
https://nationaltoday.com/national-compliment-day/
I too,
dear Michelle,
think the Jack Kornifield’s quote
says it all . . .
just look at that little strawberry plant
pushing her way through the crack. ♥
I’m really intrigued by the quote but I didn’t quite understand it. Can you explain it to me please
I think,
dear Claire,that Jack Kornfield
is saying that the same kind of energy
that helps the plant grow in a challenging place,
is the same kind of energy
that can get us through our own challenges. ♥
It makes sense, Michele. The more grateful we are for what we have, the less we expect perfection. This increases resiliency.
The resilience of practicing gratitude has led to my not feeling so desperate, anxious or living out of a sense of scarcity. Practicing gratitude has given me the resilience of hope and knowing I can do what God is calling me to do.
Practicing gratitude has reminded me of the divine being that I am. This has helped me connect to my inner strength, my inner light, a knowing that I am resilient. That resiliency has grown with my practice because I certainly didn’t feel very resilient in the past. Gratitude really has changed my perspective, enabling me not just to see the blessings in my life, but to see bumps on my path as lessons and perhaps even opportunities.
We are facing an ice storm tomorrow, as are many others in the path of this large system moving east across the US. I’d appreciate all of your good thoughts and prayers. I’m hoping it’s not as bad as they’ve been saying. The forecast has shifted a bit but tomorrow is not looking good. I really just don’t want to lose power if it’s going to be below freezing. And I can’t help but think of the wild animals and all of the homeless people. Praying all will be safe.
May you and yours weather well, SunnyPatti.
I thought of you as soon as I heard the forecast. I hope you have the supplies you need to ride it out.
We are prepped and ready and still hoping the power stays on! The freezing rain isn’t supposed to start until almost midnight, but all day tomorrow is wet and in the 20s, which for our spot in the south is pretty darn cold. I finally got word from the studio owner that I could cancel tomorrow’s classes – most of the students had already cancelled anyway. Phew!
I can see,
as can you,
dear SunnyPatti,
how you’ve grown in resilience
with all of the challenges you have faced in the last few years.
They have all put you in a place where you can bloom
to your heart’s content. 🙂
And yes,
I too,
am in the storm’s path,
and will keep everyone in my heart
as it blows through.
Sparrow, your words make me smile. I feel like a big sunflower these days!
Hope you are safe and warm with the passing of this storm 🙏🏼
I’m glad for you,
dear SunnyPatti . . . 🙂
Dear Sunnypatti, praying for you & all that are in the path of this monster storm.
Bless You…🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We are suffering through awful awful bitter cold here. 🥶
P.S. Do you know where the monks are?
Is there a website I can go to?
🕊️♥️
Stay warm, PKR! And thank you for the prayers.
The monks also have a website https://dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-peace/. They plan to keep walking but will stop and take cover as needed (and they are going to need it!!).
Thank you for sharing the monks website. 🙏🏻
There is a facebook page,
dear PKR . . . . . .
https://www.facebook.com/61583528999169/videos/1560179281930991
that has a live feed.
The monks look very cold,
but stopped to extend a blessing to a little girl in a wheelchair.
I believe they will have a safe place to sleep in Raleigh,
but am not sure,♥
Thank you for sharing the monks facebook page. 🙏🏻
Thinking of you, the storm is here right now and it’s very cold. Hope you and everyone around you get through it without too much trouble.
Hope you are safe where you are, Drea! Our issue looks to be ice, which could weigh down the power lines and take it out. Hopefully not!
🙏
Thank you, Michele 💜
Living gratefully reminds me of who I am and where I came from. It strengthens the heart and the mind with reminders of my blessings and the challenges that helped me grow. With these lessons and insight at my core I become more resilient.
Gratefulness for the most part has changed my perspective on my life happenings. I say for the most part because, fear can still creep into the picture. But, grateful thinking has helped me grow and be more resilient for sure. The paragraph below was written by the gratefulness team in 2019 and I copied it into my journal at that time:
“It is especially when life feels too small or big to handle, too predictable or uncertain, that we need the gifts of gratefulness. Gratefulness is a touchstone, offering us what we need not simply to survive difficult times but to appreciate them for their exquisite complexity, buried blessings, rich opportunities, and deep teachings. Grateful living generates sustainable, resilient well-being in our lives, and it is how we can best care for the planet and one another—grounded in love and gratitude.”
Thank you Carol Ann.
Thank you for sharing the quote, Carol! I especially like this part – “Gratefulness is a touchstone, offering us what we need not simply to survive difficult times but to appreciate them for their exquisite complexity, buried blessings, rich opportunities, and deep teachings.” Those deep teaching especially!
Fear still creeps into the picture for me too,
dear Carol Ann,
but as you said
‘grateful thinking’
(I like that)
has helped to build resilience.
We share the journey together . . . ♥
Touchstone is a great way of putting it.
Interestingly, I just submitted one of my assignments where I expressed the relationship between gratitude and resilience. When I live my life gratefully, I’m looking for blessings in the midst of darkness. Therefore, it fosters my resilience. Happy weekend and stay warm, everyone! 💐
My Ngoc, it’s very easy to fixate on all the negatives when things are going badly. Trusting god is helpful. For example, I have difficulty in trusting my root people. As I talked about in my answer with god, I turn my attention to him. He at least helps me shift my perspective and help me better understand that different people are used for different settings. Fortunately, my issue has never been care itself: it’s technique. It’s why I’ve become too good at backstage politics rooted in protection.
Living with and cultivating a continuous grateful heart deepens my faith to know “this too shall pass,” especially the rough patches. The Grace of tenacity I’ve been given leads and feeds a Spirit of resiliency. May all have a peace filled weekend 🫶🏽☮️with warmer temps.
Carla, it’s still freezing tomorrow, but signs of a warm up is coming. I checked the forecast on my phone, and we’re suppose to have a heatwave hopefully starting next weekend as temps bounce into the 20s.
Yes Loc Tran were n a very long stretch of Brrr temps! 🥶I’m very grateful for my little house and working radiator.
Carla, I know what it’s like to have a heating system broken before. I’ve experienced that a few times before in years past. So far, it’s been working well this year, and I’m grateful for that. Often times, a cozy house and working heating system are all that we need.
Living gratefully enables me to find the strength and courage from within, to let go of the past and live strong in the present.
It gives me courage,
dear EJP
to hear that other people
share the same experience of gratefulness. ♥
The first thing that came to mind as I read today’s question is a song lyric, « Don’t worry ‘bout a thing; every little thing is gonna be all right. » When I live in the state of gratitude, that is how I feel, which brings me calm, confidence.
Help me out Friends, who is the artist of that lyric? Thank you.🩷
Thank you Mary, Michele & Sunnypatti, I could distinctly hear Bob Marley’s voice on the refrain, was clueless about the title and lyrics. Cyber Teamwork to the Rescue! Thank you Mary for role modeling asking for help!
Three Little Birds ( Don’t Worry About a Thing ) – Bob Marley
💗💗💗 🐦🐦🐦this song!
Love Bob Marley
and this song! 🙂
I had to give it a listen when I read your comment, so here you go Mary
https://youtu.be/ApAth15BXVc?si=z6dVdc3vQ1kIPlDD
Stevie Wonder
I didn’t realize that Stevie Wonder
sang this song as well,
dear John . . .
thank you. ♥
Bob Marley
These past 3 year and 11 months, around two less months at this site, I have lived more resilient to life’s challenges and complications. Jack Kornfield, along with Tara Brach, came to my attention about the same time as Brother David’s well known video Grateful Day. My addiction therapist had given me a link to an eight week course from Palouse Mindfulness. I am thankful and grateful my addiction to alcohol lead me to places of peace, tranquility, hope, joy, less suffering and resilience. Peace, Love & Light.
It works
if you work it,
dear Joseph . . .
you are living proof. ♥