I am already happy I am here, writing this reflection, and remembering that even though every day is different and has its own share of beauty and less pleasant aspects, we should never forget that every day is a gift.
Hmmm…not sure if my living gratefully starts ripples, I hope so.
So maybe be more conscious of or present to how I live gratefully, so to see more opportunities for action that flows out of a grateful heart?
I believe
that I put whatever is in me
out into the world,
whether it be positive or negative.
I make the choice whenever I can
to breathe out gratitude.
I don’t see people every day,
but I breathe my gratitude out to my husband,
to the cats who live with me,
to the grass and the gardens,
to the trees and the cobblestone borders I put in twelve years ago . . .
to the birds and the breeze.
Just as a stone thrown into a pond leaves ever-widening ripples,
I believe that my gratitude
does indeed find its way out into the world . . .
in a bird’s song,
or a breath of air that brushes someone’s cheek.
Sharing with my spiritual book-study group today that it is World Gratitude Day and expressing my gratitude for them…also sending the same appreciation to you all as my online community of grateful living!
giving thanks to all people I encounter today , which was easy as i met dear friends who came to celebrate the birthday of one of my dear friends. Also offering a smile to the guests unknown to me and said thank you to those I had the chance to speak to for their being and sharing this day and this celebration with each other. It was a happy celebration. Thank you all who share and who visit here also. May you all have a beautiful sunday.
I could most definitely stop , look and go which would help to create more awareness of the wonder life truly is.
The challenge before us is this: to treasure and preserve the independence given to us and learn to integrate it in an all-embracing interdependence.
BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
There’s a lot going on in the world right now- actually there always has and always will. All I can do is change myself and my mind each moment.
I can start a ripple of gratefulness today with myself by acknowledging all & everything I am grateful for as I go about my day.
I am grateful for this site & all the kind, gentle, thoughtful folks who participate here.
Thank you All….🙏🏻
🕊️♥️
I can start a little ripple by letting friends and family know how grateful I am that they’re in my life. Starting right here. Thank you all that contribute and share here. It’s such a beautiful community. And thank you all at Grateful Living for maintaining this wonderful resource. 🙏
Today, Ngoc and I will be performing music at the Landmark Center in St. Paul for the moon festival. I’ll be playing the piano while she’ll be singing. Piano brings me a laid back style and also more money to support me dining out with Ngoc in the future as well.
My lovely wife Cheryl and I are in Ventura County, Ca. We are heading home by way of Tucson in a few hours. Our son lives there. We stopped on the way to visit a bit with my brother and his wife in Flagstaff, Az. My folks are in assisted living here, dad 93, step mom 89, and we visited with two of my sisters and my widowed sister-in-law. Also went to my high school reunion, 50 years and my first. This part of the world is very chaotic. The bulk of people seem to really practice othering. Always somewhat wary of the others. But if a person speaks with a smile, the wariness seems to melt a bit. That is how I have tossed a pebble in the pond to begin a ripple of gratefulness, on this DNA trip through the southwest. Peace, love and may we all spread some gratefulness and kindness today. Namaste,
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I am already happy I am here, writing this reflection, and remembering that even though every day is different and has its own share of beauty and less pleasant aspects, we should never forget that every day is a gift.
Hmmm…not sure if my living gratefully starts ripples, I hope so.
So maybe be more conscious of or present to how I live gratefully, so to see more opportunities for action that flows out of a grateful heart?
I believe
that I put whatever is in me
out into the world,
whether it be positive or negative.
I make the choice whenever I can
to breathe out gratitude.
I don’t see people every day,
but I breathe my gratitude out to my husband,
to the cats who live with me,
to the grass and the gardens,
to the trees and the cobblestone borders I put in twelve years ago . . .
to the birds and the breeze.
Just as a stone thrown into a pond leaves ever-widening ripples,
I believe that my gratitude
does indeed find its way out into the world . . .
in a bird’s song,
or a breath of air that brushes someone’s cheek.
Everything counts. ♥
Sharing with my spiritual book-study group today that it is World Gratitude Day and expressing my gratitude for them…also sending the same appreciation to you all as my online community of grateful living!
giving thanks to all people I encounter today , which was easy as i met dear friends who came to celebrate the birthday of one of my dear friends. Also offering a smile to the guests unknown to me and said thank you to those I had the chance to speak to for their being and sharing this day and this celebration with each other. It was a happy celebration. Thank you all who share and who visit here also. May you all have a beautiful sunday.
I could most definitely stop , look and go which would help to create more awareness of the wonder life truly is.
The challenge before us is this: to treasure and preserve the independence given to us and learn to integrate it in an all-embracing interdependence.
BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
There’s a lot going on in the world right now- actually there always has and always will. All I can do is change myself and my mind each moment.
I can start a ripple of gratefulness today with myself by acknowledging all & everything I am grateful for as I go about my day.
I am grateful for this site & all the kind, gentle, thoughtful folks who participate here.
Thank you All….🙏🏻
🕊️♥️
Thanks PKR 💓happy you are here too .
I can start a little ripple by letting friends and family know how grateful I am that they’re in my life. Starting right here. Thank you all that contribute and share here. It’s such a beautiful community. And thank you all at Grateful Living for maintaining this wonderful resource. 🙏
I’m going to send a check-in message to my mom, since I know she needs it right now.
I can send messages to people I telling them I am grateful for their friendship etc.
Send greetings to those who may need /want to hear a check in.
Sharing my tomato abundance with others.
Sharing tomatoes,
dear Yram,
is a supreme act of kindness. ♥
Yram, I love tomatoes. My neighbor, Noel, plants a lot of cherry tomatoes and shares them with me.
Today, Ngoc and I will be performing music at the Landmark Center in St. Paul for the moon festival. I’ll be playing the piano while she’ll be singing. Piano brings me a laid back style and also more money to support me dining out with Ngoc in the future as well.
I always end my morning journaling with some things that I’m grateful for, and I do believe that energy spreads beyond me out into the world.
By sharing that today happens to be World Gratitude Day – https://nationaltoday.com/world-gratitude-day/
I am grateful for this website and all the people who participate here – Thank you 🙂
Thank you Michele for letting Us know today is World Gratitude Day. 😊
My lovely wife Cheryl and I are in Ventura County, Ca. We are heading home by way of Tucson in a few hours. Our son lives there. We stopped on the way to visit a bit with my brother and his wife in Flagstaff, Az. My folks are in assisted living here, dad 93, step mom 89, and we visited with two of my sisters and my widowed sister-in-law. Also went to my high school reunion, 50 years and my first. This part of the world is very chaotic. The bulk of people seem to really practice othering. Always somewhat wary of the others. But if a person speaks with a smile, the wariness seems to melt a bit. That is how I have tossed a pebble in the pond to begin a ripple of gratefulness, on this DNA trip through the southwest. Peace, love and may we all spread some gratefulness and kindness today. Namaste,