So many things: the weekly collection of rubbish, the shower, the washing machine, the backyard, the trees, the rain that’s letting me sit here instead of watering the garden and so on and on …
I am grateful for food, which has come through a long process of creation, evolution, and human labor and which is a sign of God's Presence and Providence for everyone; for school, in which I grow in wisdom and insight about the world each day; for a home, where I can spend time with family and animal companions and can enjoy the warmth and leisure of the comfort of the house; and a car, by which I can travel a thousand miles in just a couple days. In the past, people would die trying to do this...
I am grateful for food, which has come through a long process of creation, evolution, and human labor and which is a sign of God’s Presence and Providence for everyone; for school, in which I grow in wisdom and insight about the world each day; for a home, where I can spend time with family and animal companions and can enjoy the warmth and leisure of the comfort of the house; and a car, by which I can travel a thousand miles in just a couple days. In the past, people would die trying to do this by camel, horse, or foot!
Walking alongside the river on my way to work, looking at and greeting the birds, ducks, goose, even seagulls sometimes and swans in summertime, resting at the shore or the wall alongside. I am grateful for the little house someone built for them to have some shelter from cold wind and snow, especially now since it became really cold outside. They don´t fly off any more when I pass like they did in the beginning, this I feel is really a gift. It is a joyful encounter every morning.
I am so grateful that I can walk, that I can see, that I can hear, that I can talk, that my balance is right, that my heart is pumping that I can breathe. I am so grateful that I have a job and that I can pay for a little apartment with a warm, clean bed to sleep in every night. How good is GOD! God is good, all the time, all the time, all the time!
I just came home from vacation and visiting my home town and family and it might sound silly but I am so grateful for my life. Seeing where I came from and what I could have been makes me realize how good God has been to me and how he has taken care of me through out all of my life.
I have struggled with this question lately. For years, I believed in counting my blessings, trying not to take anything for granted. Recently, I have found that this led me to a sort of scarcity thinking, however. In effect, saying, "I should be glad to have food because not everybody does," is a form of comparison, taking pleasure in having something that others do not, defining yourself by what you have or don't have. I worried that someday I would not have these basic necessities and felt gui...
I have struggled with this question lately. For years, I believed in counting my blessings, trying not to take anything for granted. Recently, I have found that this led me to a sort of scarcity thinking, however. In effect, saying, “I should be glad to have food because not everybody does,” is a form of comparison, taking pleasure in having something that others do not, defining yourself by what you have or don’t have. I worried that someday I would not have these basic necessities and felt guilty that–largely through the luck of my circumstances–I had something essential that others lack.
Thinking about what I am truly grateful for, the first thing that comes to mind is coffee (I am drinking some right now). I absolutely love the taste of coffee, particularly lighter roasts with savory flavors. With about 20 exceptions, I suspect I have had at least one cup of coffee everyday of my adult life. People have been drinking coffee for centuries. It is available at gas stations. It seems to be the one thing that every office provides for employees. People drink it when they feel terrible in the hopes that it will revive them.
As pervasive and degraded as it is, I am truly grateful for coffee.
I moved recently and have been apprehensive about my decision. As the seasons change, the sunsets in my area are becoming more colorful, and the other evening, I came into my living room to find it filled with orange and purple light. I acknowledge how privileged I am to even have a house about which to feel apprehensive, but I am blessed to have beautiful moments like that.
I’m truly grateful for drinkable water, for food on the table everyday.
The incredible comfort of using the bathroom, the shower.
It’s impossible to receive it and don’t remember how many people around the world don’t experience it.
What are the most basic things, which I rarely think about, for which I am truly grateful?
The Gratitude moderator has dropped a Gift of a question here on this Nov 28, #GivingTuesday".
I appreciate this question become it has a bit in "catch" to it. The more "Basic things" that I am "Truly Grateful" for ....is Life and the Source Life. It is not that I "rarely Think about" this source of Life.....( and this is the "catch" ) I rarely have enough Conscious Presence to ......as Mohamed ( A...
What are the most basic things, which I rarely think about, for which I am truly grateful?
The Gratitude moderator has dropped a Gift of a question here on this Nov 28, #GivingTuesday”.
I appreciate this question become it has a bit in “catch” to it. The more “Basic things” that I am “Truly Grateful” for ….is Life and the Source Life. It is not that I “rarely Think about” this source of Life…..( and this is the “catch” ) I rarely have enough Conscious Presence to ……as Mohamed ( All Blessings a Peace be with him) said it best, “We do not know you as you should be known”.
The “you” he is referring to has been identified by names such as …Source, Holy Spirit, Logos, Archangels, Eternal Now, …and in the current popular spiritual name such as, stillness, peace, formless, bliss…..etc
I do sincerely try to think of this “you” or “source” often, but, compared to what the great Masters have conveyed I rarely have enough ability to know them as they should be known, but I can indeed still be very Grateful,, even for the ( and here is the “Catch” ) Not knowing!
I have been reading Active Hope by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, who discuss the act of being grateful just for the air we breathe. From a scientific perspective, it is truly a wonder.
So many things: the weekly collection of rubbish, the shower, the washing machine, the backyard, the trees, the rain that’s letting me sit here instead of watering the garden and so on and on …
I am grateful for food, which has come through a long process of creation, evolution, and human labor and which is a sign of God's Presence and Providence for everyone; for school, in which I grow in wisdom and insight about the world each day; for a home, where I can spend time with family and animal companions and can enjoy the warmth and leisure of the comfort of the house; and a car, by which I can travel a thousand miles in just a couple days. In the past, people would die trying to do this...
I am grateful for food, which has come through a long process of creation, evolution, and human labor and which is a sign of God’s Presence and Providence for everyone; for school, in which I grow in wisdom and insight about the world each day; for a home, where I can spend time with family and animal companions and can enjoy the warmth and leisure of the comfort of the house; and a car, by which I can travel a thousand miles in just a couple days. In the past, people would die trying to do this by camel, horse, or foot!
Walking alongside the river on my way to work, looking at and greeting the birds, ducks, goose, even seagulls sometimes and swans in summertime, resting at the shore or the wall alongside. I am grateful for the little house someone built for them to have some shelter from cold wind and snow, especially now since it became really cold outside. They don´t fly off any more when I pass like they did in the beginning, this I feel is really a gift. It is a joyful encounter every morning.
I am grateful for the cup of tea and the lentil soup I had for lunch.
El agua fresquita, el viento en verano
Being able to gather yourself up and begin a new day. Fresh! A new start today. Each day.
Sleep. When I don’t get enough, I’m annoyed or disappointed. So maybe when I do get enough and wake up before the alarm, it’d be good to be grateful.
Ooh yes!
I am so grateful that I can walk, that I can see, that I can hear, that I can talk, that my balance is right, that my heart is pumping that I can breathe. I am so grateful that I have a job and that I can pay for a little apartment with a warm, clean bed to sleep in every night. How good is GOD! God is good, all the time, all the time, all the time!
I just came home from vacation and visiting my home town and family and it might sound silly but I am so grateful for my life. Seeing where I came from and what I could have been makes me realize how good God has been to me and how he has taken care of me through out all of my life.
The ability to see, hear, smell, talk, walk, write, and be healthy.
*The ability to eat the foods I do
*Being able to make my own choices in life
*My power to use words
A warm bed to sleep in, hot showers, and food to eat. Things that I often take for granted.
I have struggled with this question lately. For years, I believed in counting my blessings, trying not to take anything for granted. Recently, I have found that this led me to a sort of scarcity thinking, however. In effect, saying, "I should be glad to have food because not everybody does," is a form of comparison, taking pleasure in having something that others do not, defining yourself by what you have or don't have. I worried that someday I would not have these basic necessities and felt gui...
I have struggled with this question lately. For years, I believed in counting my blessings, trying not to take anything for granted. Recently, I have found that this led me to a sort of scarcity thinking, however. In effect, saying, “I should be glad to have food because not everybody does,” is a form of comparison, taking pleasure in having something that others do not, defining yourself by what you have or don’t have. I worried that someday I would not have these basic necessities and felt guilty that–largely through the luck of my circumstances–I had something essential that others lack.
Thinking about what I am truly grateful for, the first thing that comes to mind is coffee (I am drinking some right now). I absolutely love the taste of coffee, particularly lighter roasts with savory flavors. With about 20 exceptions, I suspect I have had at least one cup of coffee everyday of my adult life. People have been drinking coffee for centuries. It is available at gas stations. It seems to be the one thing that every office provides for employees. People drink it when they feel terrible in the hopes that it will revive them.
As pervasive and degraded as it is, I am truly grateful for coffee.
The play of light on whatever environment at any given moment on any day in any time of the year!
I moved recently and have been apprehensive about my decision. As the seasons change, the sunsets in my area are becoming more colorful, and the other evening, I came into my living room to find it filled with orange and purple light. I acknowledge how privileged I am to even have a house about which to feel apprehensive, but I am blessed to have beautiful moments like that.
I’m truly grateful for drinkable water, for food on the table everyday.
The incredible comfort of using the bathroom, the shower.
It’s impossible to receive it and don’t remember how many people around the world don’t experience it.
I am grateful for mind and body that enables me to help others and see the natural beauty of the earth all around me and reflect.
What are the most basic things, which I rarely think about, for which I am truly grateful?
The Gratitude moderator has dropped a Gift of a question here on this Nov 28, #GivingTuesday".
I appreciate this question become it has a bit in "catch" to it. The more "Basic things" that I am "Truly Grateful" for ....is Life and the Source Life. It is not that I "rarely Think about" this source of Life.....( and this is the "catch" ) I rarely have enough Conscious Presence to ......as Mohamed ( A...
What are the most basic things, which I rarely think about, for which I am truly grateful?
The Gratitude moderator has dropped a Gift of a question here on this Nov 28, #GivingTuesday”.
I appreciate this question become it has a bit in “catch” to it. The more “Basic things” that I am “Truly Grateful” for ….is Life and the Source Life. It is not that I “rarely Think about” this source of Life…..( and this is the “catch” ) I rarely have enough Conscious Presence to ……as Mohamed ( All Blessings a Peace be with him) said it best, “We do not know you as you should be known”.
The “you” he is referring to has been identified by names such as …Source, Holy Spirit, Logos, Archangels, Eternal Now, …and in the current popular spiritual name such as, stillness, peace, formless, bliss…..etc
I do sincerely try to think of this “you” or “source” often, but, compared to what the great Masters have conveyed I rarely have enough ability to know them as they should be known, but I can indeed still be very Grateful,, even for the ( and here is the “Catch” ) Not knowing!
The most basic thing, for which I am truly grateful is to have the opportunity as a soul making experiences and evolving here on earth.
I am learning to appreciate oxygen. the act of breathing deeply on a more continuous basis makes a real difference.
I have been reading Active Hope by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, who discuss the act of being grateful just for the air we breathe. From a scientific perspective, it is truly a wonder.
Mee too Michael, meditation is helping, and I am a beginner
I’m grateful for the freedom to practice my own spirituality, express my opinions, freedom from major illness, and freedom from starvation.
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