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Gratefulness
Ah, grateful for it all!
I think for me the pilgrimage is letting what happens happen, learning more about Being than Doing. Learning to go moment to moment, trusting the direction and being open to where I am led externally and internally.In a life of trying to do the Right thing, I am no longer sure what that is. May be definition is changing in my 70’s and my expectation is really unknown. I don’t know is a powerful letting go and I cannot do it instantly. Acknowledging it here doesn’t feel safe even in anon...
I think for me the pilgrimage is letting what happens happen, learning more about Being than Doing. Learning to go moment to moment, trusting the direction and being open to where I am led externally and internally.In a life of trying to do the Right thing, I am no longer sure what that is. May be definition is changing in my 70’s and my expectation is really unknown. I don’t know is a powerful letting go and I cannot do it instantly. Acknowledging it here doesn’t feel safe even in anonymity. I do know that I am grateful this opportunity with gratefulness is providing a lamp, offering questions that may help clarify. Other than writing here, I have not yet journaled and feel this stage invites me to write in response to the questions and suggestions.
Thank you for sharing this very tender encounter. I appreciate this reminder that even in the midst of great heartbreak and loss it is possible to be grateful for our ability to ease the suffering of those we love. A deep bow and thanks to you, Elaine.
I love your image of the Earth providing us with an “enormous, extended family that you can visit any time you wish, an inexhaustible world of friends…” Thank you for these rich reminders.
I love your metaphor of gratefulness as a door, Ose. I can really feel that sense of opening and closing that comes from allowing our hearts and beings to expand in gratefulness. “Gratefulness is both the incorruptible gatekeeper and the indispensable condition to access the mystery of creation during our lifetime.” Beautiful. A deep bow and thanks to you.
I often walk in our beautiful upstate NY parks and gorges and wish that I’d remembered to bring along a bag so that I could pick up trash. I pick up a can or two along the way but tend to steer clear of the smaller bits and pieces if I haven’t thought to bring a bag. This morning, however, emboldened and inspired by your beautiful blog, Kristi, I picked up all sorts of things on my morning walk up Cascadilla Gorge. Undaunted by having, once again, forgotten to take a bag, I ginger...
I often walk in our beautiful upstate NY parks and gorges and wish that I’d remembered to bring along a bag so that I could pick up trash. I pick up a can or two along the way but tend to steer clear of the smaller bits and pieces if I haven’t thought to bring a bag. This morning, however, emboldened and inspired by your beautiful blog, Kristi, I picked up all sorts of things on my morning walk up Cascadilla Gorge. Undaunted by having, once again, forgotten to take a bag, I gingerly picked up bits of plastic, a can, several wrappers and receipts. I remembered this blog and allowed the “great fullness” I feel when I walk in these gorges to move me beyond squeamishness and disappointment (at people’s carelessness and my forgetfulness) to accountability; to taking a stand for what I value; to allowing my care to transform into caring engagement. If not my responsibility, whose? If not now, when? Thank you for this inspiring call to action!
Thank you, dear Cintia, for your good wishes and care.
Welcome, Debbie. It is good to see that you felt inspired to share here even though the reflection area is quiet these days. It feels so true that illness can make it harder to live “wholeheartedly,” and what a gift that you “continue to try” your best in the face of it. I hope you enjoy the rest of this beautiful month. If you are drawn to sharing in a forum which is currently more active, please join us in the Gratitude Lounge: http://www.demo.gratefulness.org/gratit...
Welcome, Debbie. It is good to see that you felt inspired to share here even though the reflection area is quiet these days. It feels so true that illness can make it harder to live “wholeheartedly,” and what a gift that you “continue to try” your best in the face of it. I hope you enjoy the rest of this beautiful month. If you are drawn to sharing in a forum which is currently more active, please join us in the Gratitude Lounge: http://www.demo.gratefulness.org/gratitude-lounge/
Thanks so much, Mary Pat. What a wonderful recitation along with insights and then…music – wow! We love that you have shared this and have added it as a resource on our site. It can be accessed from the poem linked to from the eCourse page and directly through this link: http://www.demo.gratefulness.org/resource/wonder-rush-kingfishers-catch-fire/ Thanks again!
Thank you, Drew, for sharing your gratitude and experience. I so resonate with your comment “My most deep seeded source of gratefulness comes from the awareness that the Great Mystery of life is the simple connectedness that is our web of existence.” And, yes, it is indeed a “powerful force.” Here’s to the acknowledgement of our connectedness and the potential and possibilities that grow from cultivating that awareness.
Thank you! We are grateful and happy to be part of such a bold, powerful and hopeful movement. We appreciate your sharing.
Thank you for your kind wishes, dear Cintia. Blessings and warm gratitude to you!
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