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Gratefulness
Living gratefully is the only way to survive and thrive in this world. Nothing that happens is wasted. It is up to me what I make of it.
I love this! The other day I was waiting to wash my car, going through the automatic tunnel. Once it began there was nothing to do but wait and instead of looking at emails on my phone, I just experienced the vibrations, visuals and all. It was a blessing, because my youngest daughter (who entered eternity in 2001) loved being in these car washes. I was transported back to identify with her enjoyment of the experience (she was profoundly deaf).
With the ending of my 41 year marriage I...
With the ending of my 41 year marriage I am now waiting to learn where my next home will be, after the house that has been my home for 25 years sells. I don’t know when that will be but hope for this spring or summer. Yet some things cannot be rushed and are pretty much impossible to predict. The gift of savoring the wait for what it has to teach me while holding space for my imagined new home is fruitful.
I am a list maker. I have many responsibilities, personal and professional, and ticking off the activities as I complete them feels great! A list on my desk awaits me, but this practice encourages me to approach the list differently. Gratitude practice has become a large part of my life. I can expand this to be fully present to each list item, looking for what I can learn from doing it as part of savoring today. Here we go.
I left an emotionally violent marriage. I am reflecting about my own violence based on this meditation. I need to be accountable for my judgment of him and others as a form of violence as well.
Can I let my illusion of entitlement to good things and avoidance of hardship go, so as to see the gift in all things? Seeing the gifts in suffering is the true test.
To live as if nothing is promised me. What a good intention! For most of the past year my husband has suffered from severe, untreated major depression which means that I have suffered from the “depression fallout” typically experienced by spouses. This has gone on for the majority of our 40 years of marriage and I am just beginning to really understand the dynamics and solidify my boundaries. I have spent too much time in “survival mode”, recovering from the past and ...
To live as if nothing is promised me. What a good intention! For most of the past year my husband has suffered from severe, untreated major depression which means that I have suffered from the “depression fallout” typically experienced by spouses. This has gone on for the majority of our 40 years of marriage and I am just beginning to really understand the dynamics and solidify my boundaries. I have spent too much time in “survival mode”, recovering from the past and worrying about the future. This intention is what I need and will practice.
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