Daily Question, June 30 How does living gratefully inspire me to affect social change? 24 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Mary7 years agoMaryGrateful living inspires me to pass on what I know to the many school children I teach and interact with this year. I see grateful living to be a jumping off point to all good things. The world needs this, and I hope to be able to share what I can with the children. Last year was a very difficult year for me so I will require lots of help from God to be the person I want to be for the children. 1 Reply Gina7 years agoGinaKnowing that there is always ENOUGH! Believing in abundance by my actions…sharing, giving, and most importantly being kind…….. 1 Reply Mary7 years agoMaryI echo your last few words as words to live by. The most important thing is to be kind. Peace Gina, Mary 0 Reply Debbie D7 years agoDebbie DI am grateful that I can walk to the sidewalk with my recycling container 1 Reply Mary7 years agoMaryDebbie! Hi and how are you? So great to hear from you!! Do you know that I have been thinking about you for the last few weeks! You know my cat Billy was sick and I had trouble getting him to eat? At that time you suggested that he might like something sweet and sticky. Well I skipped the sweet part but started buying pate’ style cat food which I would beat up to lighten it up and also make it stick a bit to his pallet and tongue. Success!! I don’t think I thanked you for that idea alt... Debbie! Hi and how are you? So great to hear from you!! Do you know that I have been thinking about you for the last few weeks! You know my cat Billy was sick and I had trouble getting him to eat? At that time you suggested that he might like something sweet and sticky. Well I skipped the sweet part but started buying pate’ style cat food which I would beat up to lighten it up and also make it stick a bit to his pallet and tongue. Success!! I don’t think I thanked you for that idea although I was crazy happy that he started eating again. Well about a month ago he stopped eating again…. Again thinking about sticky, sticking to his pallet and tongue, I thought about really getting his food creamy in a small food processor. Well it comes out looking like cake batter and guess who is eating his food right up. Crazy little cat, I am not sure what else is wrong with him, but now that he is eating he is doing much better. So thanks, Debbie for the sweet and sticky advice. It has helped to save him from himself for a second time. I was so pleased when I saw your icon on the board this evening. I am up past my bed time but I just had to reply. Please tell me how you have been doing, your poetry your art and just stuff in general. I continue to miss you on this site but I know you have to do what is best for you. Thanks for posting. I would love to hear more from you you! Mary Read More0 Reply Debbie D7 years agoDebbie DHi, Mary!! I am thrilled to hear that Billy made it through another bout of not eating! It is wonderful to be welcomed back so lovingly! I will go to the Gratitude Lounge to give you guys an update, because it would be too long for here. 0 Reply Anna7 years agoAnnaDebbie! You are here! Biiiiiig hugs! 0 Reply Debbie D7 years agoDebbie DThank you, Anna! Again, what a beautiful welcome! 1 Reply Debbie D7 years agoDebbie DHi Anna, yes, I’ve decided to return to “Today’s Question”! I won’t be in the Gratitude group, but I am planning to answer the question a few days a week! Thanks for the welcome. 🙂 1 Reply Pilgrim7 years agoPilgrimWelcome back, Debbie! I, too, have been thinking of you. 0 Reply Debbie D7 years agoDebbie DWow! That you guys thought of me makes my eyes water. Pilgrim, thanks you so much. (I’ve done the laundry that was in my kitchen cabinet!) 0 Reply Angel7 years agoAngeli think you start living and realize what living or life is all about. its about enjoy what you want with a human physical body and feeling all this amazing feelings like happiness, gratefulness, fullness, and of course love. it was my choice to be here. so i wanna experience all i wanted to experience as i decided to come here. but to answer the questions well i always have been ungrateful for my body this actually blocks me in all social experiences but through living grateful i st... i think you start living and realize what living or life is all about. its about enjoy what you want with a human physical body and feeling all this amazing feelings like happiness, gratefulness, fullness, and of course love. it was my choice to be here. so i wanna experience all i wanted to experience as i decided to come here. but to answer the questions well i always have been ungrateful for my body this actually blocks me in all social experiences but through living grateful i started to try new things go out more and go on holiday to Italy tomorrow. i always told myself that when i reach that size 0 that going to a beach or going out or going shopping make sense but actually i am recovering from this idea i try to focus more an what my body has. that help me to have a better relationship with food and my body and my whole life its a big step. thank you mum for giving me this book which teaches me to be grateful thanks. Read More1 Reply Anna7 years agoAnnaYou are Welcome in Italy Angel! I hope you can feel well and have a nice holiday! Warmly, Anna. 1 Reply Angel7 years agoAngelthank you very much Anna! 1 Reply Palm7 years agoPalmComes to mind the word of some days ago: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive” – Howard Thurman. Living gratefully helps discovering what makes you come alive 1 Reply Deb7 years agoDebTo affect social change? I am part of society, albeit a minute part. How I live every day influences and is influenced by the other parts of society, whether in person or on some type of social media. Am I going along, being dragged along? I honestly don't know anymore. I realign myself to my understanding of compassion and seek to see beauty and consciously be grateful where I am daily, oftentimes moment by moment. Does any of it make a difference? I do not KNOW. But I feel in my the depths o... To affect social change? I am part of society, albeit a minute part. How I live every day influences and is influenced by the other parts of society, whether in person or on some type of social media. Am I going along, being dragged along? I honestly don’t know anymore. I realign myself to my understanding of compassion and seek to see beauty and consciously be grateful where I am daily, oftentimes moment by moment. Does any of it make a difference? I do not KNOW. But I feel in my the depths of my being that I can do no less, regardless of the outcome. As I live longer, I know less, hope and trust more. Read More2 Reply Palm7 years agoPalmI enjoyed and realate to your post Deb, thank you 1 Reply Deb7 years agoDebThank you, Palm! 1 Reply Michael7 years agoMichaelWe have seen this simple zen advice: Attention. Attention. Attention. Gratefulness follows. Then it is: Compassion. Compassion. Compassion. Oneness realized, love takes over. Peace follows. 2 Reply KaizenKyng7 years agoKaizenKyngWhen you live a grateful life, I feel it rubs off on other people. Being grateful allows you to understand what is truly important and forces you to slow down and appreciate life for its moments. We often tend to forget just how important we are to one another due to life, social media, and moving on with our lives a little too fast. Everyone has a unique perspective and we usually fail to see the beauty in it all. Being grateful allows me to understand that life is a huge puzzle and we each are... When you live a grateful life, I feel it rubs off on other people. Being grateful allows you to understand what is truly important and forces you to slow down and appreciate life for its moments. We often tend to forget just how important we are to one another due to life, social media, and moving on with our lives a little too fast. Everyone has a unique perspective and we usually fail to see the beauty in it all. Being grateful allows me to understand that life is a huge puzzle and we each are an equally important piece of the puzzle. Let’s focus on building each other up rather than leaving each other out. Read More2 Reply Michael7 years agoMichaelwhen grateful, we are open and aware to see the disparities in our country and world. when grateful, we are mindful of struggles our fellow citizens are enduring. when grateful, we are in a state of mind/of being that puts action into systemic change strategies that will benefit the collective. as James Brown put it “get up! get involved! get into it!” 2 Reply Kevin7 years agoKevinI could easily feel guilty about the richness and bounty that is present in my own life. But that emotion serves nobody very well. Today’s Word for the Day by Eckhart Tolle, of acknowledging the good and abundance that I have in my life, serves as a better catalyst for focusing and acting in areas where social change is needed. I can afford to send a modest sum of money to support a badly needed project that benefits disadvantaged people. I have the time to show up on a Tuesday at nine with a... I could easily feel guilty about the richness and bounty that is present in my own life. But that emotion serves nobody very well. Today’s Word for the Day by Eckhart Tolle, of acknowledging the good and abundance that I have in my life, serves as a better catalyst for focusing and acting in areas where social change is needed. I can afford to send a modest sum of money to support a badly needed project that benefits disadvantaged people. I have the time to show up on a Tuesday at nine with a protest sign somewhere. And because I live where I do, I can participate in my faith community, for worship and in our Quaker commitment to engage in social justice issues around town or around the world without fear of governmental repression or violence. The greatest detriment and trap really, of abundance and gratefulness, is not to be lulled into a contentment of inaction and blindness. I am on guard for this and I know there is always room for improvement. – Kevin Read More7 Reply Karen7 years agoKarenBeautiful, Kevin. 0 Reply Always Learning7 years agoAlways LearningTo me, living gratefully opens the doors to connection… and that encourages me to get involved in ways I can influence, change, and support others. Change begins as a seed that needs to germinate and grow. Living gratefully opens me up to supporting that seed as it grows. I look back at ways others have done this, and it really fills my “gratitude bucket.” 3 Reply My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. 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