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Gratefulness
awareness of God-connection mellows my mind instantly.
Good morning dear all.
Yesterday I edited a post and it got all garbled up somehow so I deleted it. But I still would like to share with you so here it is again. Thankful for the opportunity to dive into this again ????
I never knew the root word for ‘Yehudim’ literally is ‘gratitude’. Found that in this article: https://forward.com/culture/jewishness/388250/why-jews-are-literally-the-people-of-thanksgiving/
From this article two quotes that speak to ...
From this article two quotes that speak to me.
‘Generally, what people are thankful for is God, and from that, gratitude for everything else flows. The attitude of gratitude is repeatedly praised.’
This must be right, beginning from this end means every thing will have the opportunity to be basking in the warmth of gratitude.
‘Both Thanksgiving and the Psalms float the concept that it is not just about being grateful, but that the act of being grateful is good for you. That gratitude is something to celebrate.’
*very much agree*
fun question ???? It would have to do with jumping up and down and singing I imagine. [edited out stuff that I don’t know enough about]
So far I have treated the world today as a place to walk my dog. But my dog thinks this is not a good day for any length of walk as it is raining incessantly. So the world today is mostly confined to my livingroom and some cuddling with dog and reading and writing at the computer. At times I am conscious of my gratitude. My dog gives out a big snore as I write this, I take that as a sign of approval.
hi Sylvie, interesting and funny how those words are similar but still have their special flavour… in Dutch it can also be said of interior decoration for instance. And it may be used in a self-mocking way as ‘gezellig’ has a tendency to go over the top…
hello Sylvie, [hope you don’t mind me butting in to this conversation…] I also wondered what that word means, and found this in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygge We have a word in Dutch that means about the same (‘gezellig’), we think it is typically Dutch and not translatable but ‘hygge’ comes close ????
hello Kevin, thank you for your thought. It resonates with me and it reminded me of what br. David says in his TedTalk, beginnig at 11.45. (couldn’t make a link to that moment, sorry). happy New Year to you Niels
thank you Diane 🙂
hi Aine, thanks for the elaborate reply! I can imagine how this could be a permanent way out of depression, as well as out of addiction or other ‘uncontrollable’ behaviour like anger. Singing along with bouncy Byzantine chants, have to look those up as well, thank you for the tip 🙂
Yes it was the TEDtalk that brought me here. Will have a listen to Br. David with Ophra.
I am no expert by any means but I found it fascinating to see this same groundwork o...
I am no expert by any means but I found it fascinating to see this same groundwork of gratitude in both Buddhism en Judaism, or so it seems to me. I didn’t know ‘Yehudim’ means ‘grateful’ literally. And I read a legend of Buddha who was spat in the face and how he dealt with it.
Just exciting to find all this. How did I not find the importance of this before?
Now I don’t know how to proceed. I want to be grateful all the time because it feels good 🙂 but how to get from A to B. There is one fairly stable thing over the years and that is that funny feeliing in my head. It seems do-able to build from that. Excersise? Have to think about that. best to you, Niels
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