Today’s practice to acknowledge privilege and plenty and have a grateful perspective on my blessings is an important one for me. If you, like me, are sometimes guilt ridden that life has given you so much, then this practice takes on added significance. When I see the suffering, the poverty, hunger and lack of resources […]
Embrace Poignancy | Grateful Perspective – Day 2
Remember that saying, into every life, a little rain must fall? (I realized today that it came from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, The Rainy Day). Today’s grateful perspective is an invitation to accept the ‘rain’ as part of life, embrace poignancy and move forward. We cannot fool the heart — it knows that love, loss, […]
Welcoming August With Gratitude
I’m welcoming August with gratitude. I always do. It’s a special month for me – my birth month! 😉 Welcoming August With Gratitude Gratitude Challenges I’ve decided to begin and end the month with some gratitude challenges. For the next seven days, I’ll be looking at how I can change my perspective to be more […]
Gratitude For Little Things
Life is made up of small moments. Little things. But it is the choices we make in small these moments and how we show gratitude for little things that give meaning to our days. Gratitude For Little Things Just yesterday evening, after a longish spell of cooking for us, for our dog, for the community […]
The Bridge Of Gratitude
I mentioned at that start of February, that I’m going to be focusing on gratitude a lot more this year. As I journey deeper into gratitude, more and more thoughts about its value keep popping into my head. I’ve been examining how gratitude connects us to so much – the bridge of gratitude, I call […]