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I’ve been practicing gratitude as a way of life since I found the book Simple Abundance about twenty years ago with its principles of gratitude, simplicity, order, harmony, beauty and joy. I still revisit that book every few years! I’ve been able to live through some difficult times with a sense of joy and fulfillment. Finding this site has enriched that practice and the understanding that I always have enough – that life is always beautifully, simply abundant. Blessings on ...
I’ve been practicing gratitude as a way of life since I found the book Simple Abundance about twenty years ago with its principles of gratitude, simplicity, order, harmony, beauty and joy. I still revisit that book every few years! I’ve been able to live through some difficult times with a sense of joy and fulfillment. Finding this site has enriched that practice and the understanding that I always have enough – that life is always beautifully, simply abundant. Blessings on all this wonderful day! Thank you for your beautiful spirits and caring hearts.
A couple of weeks ago I had a bad fall and left the emergency room with a broken left elbow, badly broken right wrist, and damaged right leg. The next day the orthopedic surgeon looked at the xrays and said he did not think the elbow was broken. Off came the splint. I could extend the arm! A wash of gratefulness swept over me. I am still hobbling and have a plate and screws in my wrist, but I am so grateful to be able to peck this in with my left hand. So much to be grateful for always!
As Katrina says, I am trying to listen more than I talk. In that spirit, I just have to say that every single one of your words today has been the balm of Gilead, soothing my soul. Love and prayers to you all! Thank you!
This question brought a story to mind. Because of my upbringing, I have always had trouble being thanked. I have had to learn over the years how to accept thanks or compliments graciously rather than belittling or brushing off the comment. That said, thanks mean the most to me when I don’t even realize I have done anything. Once when I was a teenager, the employer at my part-time job gave us all a turkey for the holidays. My Mom had already bought one for our family so I told her to just gi...
This question brought a story to mind. Because of my upbringing, I have always had trouble being thanked. I have had to learn over the years how to accept thanks or compliments graciously rather than belittling or brushing off the comment. That said, thanks mean the most to me when I don’t even realize I have done anything. Once when I was a teenager, the employer at my part-time job gave us all a turkey for the holidays. My Mom had already bought one for our family so I told her to just give it to a friend of hers, a single mother who had a large family. Years later, that woman thanked me and told me they had no means to buy one that year. I had never given it another thought, and she had never forgotten it. That thank you has been one of the sweetest moments of my life, and I didn’t even realize I did anything.
Thank you, Kevin! Your words came as rain to parched ground today, “all a gift…with no guarantees.” I’m struggling this morning with concern over a problem faced by a beloved adult grandchild, a problem over which I have no control. Accepting that, letting go, and trusting him to God is humbling. Not being in control is always humbling. Being reminded that all is a gift with no guarantees is just what I needed! Thank you!
Welcome back, Kevin! I always look forward to what you have to say and missed you yesterday.
Love that last sentence!! Thank you!
Praying for you, Kevin!
Amen!
So true! Instead of why me, why not me?
You, too, Antoinette.
And to you!
Wow! I needed this question today, and I needed your response and those of the others. I woke up reliving old and recent disappointments about the paths children and grandchildren have chosen. I needed to be reminded we are each on our own path, and their choices are not about me. “My job is to love and share the light.” Thank you.
Bienvenida, Marcela!
In my long, hard relationship with my adult daughter, one thing that became a mantra for me was the phrase, “It’s not over yet.” Stay the course. It’s not over yet. Keep on loving. You will both be in my prayers.
Thank you both for your wise words. To me, life lessons like forgiveness and letting go work like a spiral laid aslant on its side: up and down we go but gradually each up is a little further up the hill, and each low not quite so low. Some lessons take a lifetime to learn and never really stop. Prayers and hugs to you both!
Thank you so much for sharing this, Devy!
You have hit the proverbial nail on the head!
You are on a noble path, Antoinette. Prayers and hugs!
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