Gratitude Lounge Welcome! We are glad you are here. This is an open space where everyone belongs, and everyone is welcome. Please introduce yourself as you feel comfortable and join in sharing your experience of grateful living. To get started you might reflect upon questions such as these: What am I grateful for? What is grateful living inspiring me to do? What are some blessings in my life (including ones in disguise)? How am I being supported right now? What connects me to wonder, awe, or a sense of the sacred? You are welcome to include images and links for videos to illustrate your reflections. 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. Ose1 month agoOseThank you, dear Alicia, for your prayers for Wilma and all of us and for your kindness. Warmly, Ose 1 Reply Alicia1 month agoAliciaOse, I am saddened for you for the loss of your chosen mother. I will pray for her , of course. I will also include you and all who were so deeply touched by her. Love, Alicia 2 Reply Cheryle2 months agoCheryleDear Ose, May the peace that passes all understanding cocoon you as you gently and lovingly let go of the earthly physicality of your beloved chosen mother. May you find deep solace in the legacy, (of her spiritual gifts) she left, to those, (you) who were touched by her beautiful life. Blessings ♥️🙏 She is remembered in my prayers. 2 Reply Mike S2 months agoMike SBeyond the sorrow, Ose, as I read about your chosen mother and her great love, openness and compsssion, it builds my faith to know if a particular such person and that so many like her in all corners if the world go quietly, humbly about God’s business keeping the lights on in hearts and minds, 3 Reply Anna2 months agoAnnaDear Ose, I’m so sorry, you have a great burden on your shoulders. A great pain, as great as your deep love for your beloved chosen mother. I look at Rembrandt’s picture, how much tenderness … kindness, wisdom … and each of these good virtues were also passed from your chosen mother to you. I pray for her and for you. May the love of God spread abundant peace in your heart, dear friend. May the tranquility of winter give you the rest you need. 3 Reply Pilgrim2 months agoPilgrimDear Ose, I am so very sorry for your loss. I have known over all the time we have both been here just how much your chosen mother has meant to you and been essential in your life, and deep in your heart. You have experienced much loss in this year, dear friend. Know that you are encircled by many hearts of caring and words of prayer. I looked up this Rembrandt painting ... how beautiful, and a work that speaks beautifully of your beloved chosen mother. I hold you in prayer, and at the same time...Dear Ose, I am so very sorry for your loss. I have known over all the time we have both been here just how much your chosen mother has meant to you and been essential in your life, and deep in your heart. You have experienced much loss in this year, dear friend. Know that you are encircled by many hearts of caring and words of prayer. I looked up this Rembrandt painting … how beautiful, and a work that speaks beautifully of your beloved chosen mother. I hold you in prayer, and at the same time am thinking you carry within you many of her same gifts. Grace and peace to you. Read More2 Reply Ose2 months agoOseThank you, dear Cheryle for your reply and for remembering her in your prayers. Blessings may be with you also. 2 Reply Ose2 months agoOseThank you. dear Mike for your lovely reply 🙏. Exactly this I believe is what she did and so many others do, quietly, humbly and full of heart´s passion. 1 Reply Annie2 months agoAnniePraise God now and forever ! Amen !!!! 1 Reply Mike S2 months agoMike SMay Gods be praised for your healing. 3 Reply Ose2 months agoOseThank you my dear friend for your being with my beloved Wilma and me also, the more so as you yourself are in deep pain about the loss of your beloved father, too. Thank you dearly for your prayers and for your love, dear Anna. 2 Reply Annie2 months agoAnnieGood evening Anna , I just came in from Mass….brrr. Couldn’t wait to get my jammies on. Cold night in RI. I do indeed have something major to be thankful in 2020. Jesus healed me of depression /anxiety in March of 2020. I was considered treatment resistant. But by day and night praying, reading scripture …suddenly I felt peace, joy and love like never before. I am forever grateful to God ! 5 Reply Anna2 months agoAnnaThank you Annie, this evening I sang “Te Deum laudamus”, at the Mass. it is an ancient thanksgiving hymn. It is not easy to give thanks for the past 2020. But we can find something good, and for this, I post a prayer for a new day, here above, written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian. 5 Reply Pilgrim2 months agoPilgrimThank you, Annie, for your encouraging words. May you and yours be well. And thank you for the joyful artwork! 3 Reply Anna2 months agoAnnaThanks again Diane, for mentioning my father and Ursula. I am definitely in heaven and since both Ursula and my father loved walking in the mountains, our Alps, they are now definitely walking the heavenly mountains, finding heavenly mushrooms and singing sacred hymns! this is what my imagination suggests to me. 2 Reply Anna2 months agoAnnaDear Annie, a good idea! I shoveled in the morning so when I finished I cooked for noon! But I definitely enjoyed a cup of hot tea after a nice warm bath. Maybe tomorrow it will snow again. I have a tasty cocoa powder in my pantry!!! 1 Reply Anna2 months agoAnnaDearest Diane, thank you for your "blessings", I really need them. I remember that your grandmother was from Parma, I love Parma and the surrounding places, the beautiful hills with fabulous castles and medieval villages. Bedonia is right there, not far from the sea, not far from the city, and at the same time in a awsome landscape of woods. Mushrooms....special food... "prosciutto"!!! This year it seems that the sky has decided to give us a gift, the snow. It is not that frequent where I liv...Dearest Diane, thank you for your “blessings”, I really need them. I remember that your grandmother was from Parma, I love Parma and the surrounding places, the beautiful hills with fabulous castles and medieval villages. Bedonia is right there, not far from the sea, not far from the city, and at the same time in a awsome landscape of woods. Mushrooms….special food… “prosciutto”!!! This year it seems that the sky has decided to give us a gift, the snow. It is not that frequent where I live. Skiing is banned this year, as it is difficult to maintain social distances near ski lifts and inside mountain huts. We hope so much in the spread of the vaccine, dear Diane! Read More1 Reply Ose2 months agoOseThank you, dear Pilgrim for your tender and consoling reply and your kind wishes. It is soothing to know you are with me and my chosen mother. May you and your daughter be healthy and well. May you be happy, dear friend. Blessings be with you always. 1 Reply « Previous 1 … 3 4 New to Practice? Visit the Practice Space for more opportunities and insights. Practice Space Recent Active Members Pilgrim active 22 mins Read More GregC active 28 mins Read More LeanIn active 50 mins Read More Patricia active 1 hour Read More Mike active 1 hour Read More Global Community 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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