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Daily Question, November 5

How can grateful living become more of a daily practice in my life?

  • Randy Clere

    As I “do” me more… acting from awareness and mindfulness, and an unconditional positive regard for self, gratitude grows. it starts as a seed, and is watered by the kindness and compassion I extend to myself, first…. and the roots of that grow and spread to all of the world around me.

  • R.P. de Jonge

    Today I signed up for Gratefulness.org! I hope this will be a first step to a more grateful life. Answering the daily questions seems like a good way to start a daily practice.

  • Lioness

    what a pertinent question today. I have been thinking that I have been neglecting my daily practices, my diary, my thoughts, my gratefulness. I guess a loss sometimes makes things take a back seat. To be honest, i feel a little lost.

  • Hot Sauce

    Think about where God's Presence shows up in unexpected ways. Sometimes, we want Her to blow stuff up or rain fair from heaven, but such spectacles aren't the greatest miracles. When we eat, we should remember that this is Providence's gift. When we see animals and people, we should remember that they are divine beings made in God's image and that they evolved through a long, complex process involving life, death, and the surrounding environment all playing on one another. When we think that the...

    Think about where God’s Presence shows up in unexpected ways. Sometimes, we want Her to blow stuff up or rain fair from heaven, but such spectacles aren’t the greatest miracles. When we eat, we should remember that this is Providence’s gift. When we see animals and people, we should remember that they are divine beings made in God’s image and that they evolved through a long, complex process involving life, death, and the surrounding environment all playing on one another. When we think that there is a lack of something, we need to live as if whatever is lacking is there, and then sometimes, we might find that whatever seemed to be lacking was there all along. In essence, look for where God is speaking in the silence and where Providence is giving where there is a need.

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  • Anna

    "Remember, awareness is curative, however it is behavior that cures". I found this quote in the e-course " A fierce and enduring Gratitude".
    I don't know if I am actually living more gratefully than some years ago. Maybe I need a surplus of behaviour. I am not so tenacious in journaling, though I always visit this site, and I know that it helps me.
    But there are days when I am overwhelmed by my past, and I feel anguish, even anger. Maybe Aine posted in Gratitude Lounge the best advice for me....

    “Remember, awareness is curative, however it is behavior that cures”. I found this quote in the e-course ” A fierce and enduring Gratitude”.
    I don’t know if I am actually living more gratefully than some years ago. Maybe I need a surplus of behaviour. I am not so tenacious in journaling, though I always visit this site, and I know that it helps me.
    But there are days when I am overwhelmed by my past, and I feel anguish, even anger. Maybe Aine posted in Gratitude Lounge the best advice for me. It means that now I picture myself as a child, and I give me a lot of cuddles, and with a tender and soft voice I say to myself that all is good, that I am nice and good, and I tell a poem and sing a song, a calming song.

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    • Randy Clere

      Beautiful!! Awareness coupled with mindfulness and fierce love!

      • Anna

        Thank you Randy Clere, and welcome again in this community!

    • Palm

      Dear Anna, yes you are nice and good, you are one of the kindest people I know, and I dare say that I know you through this year at Gratefulness. Yes, I agree with Aine, be the mother for your own inner child, give her a cuddle and tell her that all is good. Also, I listened to a talk yesterday, it was a psychotherapist that said that all the behaviours we learned as a child were necessary to survive childhood and we need to honor that and then gently acknowledge that we don't need that anymore....

      Dear Anna, yes you are nice and good, you are one of the kindest people I know, and I dare say that I know you through this year at Gratefulness. Yes, I agree with Aine, be the mother for your own inner child, give her a cuddle and tell her that all is good. Also, I listened to a talk yesterday, it was a psychotherapist that said that all the behaviours we learned as a child were necessary to survive childhood and we need to honor that and then gently acknowledge that we don’t need that anymore… Also, that there is a part of us that is strong and will never be corrupted or damaged, we are whole dear Anna. The same way you said to me I am a strong person, you are not the only one that has said this to me but it always surprises me, maybe because I don’t see myself as that, but I know I can be. Thank you dear Anna, for sharing because it is a reminder for me too. All shall be well, Palm

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      • Anna

        Thank you Palm, dear friend! You are always so kind!

  • Soovia

    Right now, I have been asking myself that question. I started Yoga Nidra at night, and in my practice I give thanks for the day. I need to wake up this way and start the day with gratefulness. It brings so much peace.

  • kathleen

    My intention during the day and my commitment is to be aware. I must say this puts me in touch with all kids of states. rushing, impatience, anxiety, wanting, not wanting, judging. I hope that by bringing kindness to myself during these times I become more grateful because kindness releases me to naturally be grateful.

  • John Turner

    For me, this is simple: by remembering that I’m not the center of the universe.

  • Michael

    starting each day with; 30 to be sturdy 10 of grateful/positive/accurate thinking, 10 of push ups/sit ups/squats, and 10 of motivational/uplifting videos, books, or music puts my mindset right for the day. it provides a foundation for the day. writing down my day’s list of what I’m thankful for before I go to sleep helps my subconscious do it’s work preparing for the next day. both activities help me with seeing every event from a grateful living perspective.

  • Deb

    Like Kevin, I believe Ian living a life steeped in gratitude. But I have moments during the day, I forget the precise presence of God. I continue to bring my mind back…..

  • Elsa

    To remember to thank God first upon waking up all through the day for everything no matter what it is since I know God has a purpose for everything that is given and occurs in our daily lives and all comes from him and it is part of our journey and it molds us to be who God needs for us to be in order to serve his purpose for us in this world that he created for us until we can be with him in his world and that is why knowing this reminds me to practice being grateful and what gratitude is to me

  • Antoinette

    Grateful living can become more of a daily practice in my life when I make an intention each day, over and over again each moment to be aware of what is good in life.
    To find goodness in each and, every moment takes a huge rewiring of the mind.
    It takes mindfulness to see opportunities and possibilities for growth and love. Mindfulness, meaning that I need to be awake enough in my own mind to stop/pause in any situation and question myself.
    Why question the self and what kind of question...

    Grateful living can become more of a daily practice in my life when I make an intention each day, over and over again each moment to be aware of what is good in life.
    To find goodness in each and, every moment takes a huge rewiring of the mind.
    It takes mindfulness to see opportunities and possibilities for growth and love. Mindfulness, meaning that I need to be awake enough in my own mind to stop/pause in any situation and question myself.
    Why question the self and what kind of questions could I ask?
    1. Do I need to be right? Is this idea or thought I am having really true?
    2. How can I open up to love now?
    3. How can I be compassionate and show loving-kindness either to myself or to those I am engaging?

    Committing to grateful living each moment requires me to have a loving open mind with myself and not to close up and be harsh.

    The times I am not living a grateful life is when I am tight in my body and mind. I observe myself becoming judgemental and harsh with myself and or others.
    For example, when I feel I am not the “perfect parent” or perfect whatever my mind gets filled with harshness and this is where the daily practice of grateful living becomes an awareness of the present moment.

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  • Kevin

    Honestly, I feel that I am currently practicing a healthy level of gratitude hour-by-hour in my life. There are moments when I am humbled and astonished by the everyday richness of my own life; which compels me to create and give of my time for the benefit of others. It seems to me that gratefulness, and to whatever degree, serves mainly the self. I want my own experience of gratefulness to have legs and feet that can travel to get things done that serve the common good in whatever way that open...

    Honestly, I feel that I am currently practicing a healthy level of gratitude hour-by-hour in my life. There are moments when I am humbled and astonished by the everyday richness of my own life; which compels me to create and give of my time for the benefit of others. It seems to me that gratefulness, and to whatever degree, serves mainly the self. I want my own experience of gratefulness to have legs and feet that can travel to get things done that serve the common good in whatever way that opens.
    – Kevin

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    • Antoinette

      Kevin,
      I love the way you said you want your own gratefulness to have legs and feet to help others! 🙂 Beautiful!

  • Always Learning

    Take time daily to work on your gratitude list, even just to read it and ponder its glory.
    I believe the biggest part of seeing something’s value is to visit and revisit it in our minds and hearts.

    • Antoinette

      Revisit very moment and see the glory! So true! 🙂 I am always learning too! 🙂
      Thank you! 🙂

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