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Daily Question, March 11

How can grateful living become more of a daily practice in my life?

  • Dusty Su
    I used to wake up daily and raise my arms, stretch my body, while saying, “I love my life!” Whether I felt it or not. With each step to the bathroom, Thank, step, you, step, on repeat. The first sip of coffee savored while watching the sun rising for even a few seconds. Then reading something positive (such as this site) while finishing the mug. I’ve lagged on the parts up to the coffee for a while. Incredibly, this morning, before reading this, I started again. Such a timely conformation...

    I used to wake up daily and raise my arms, stretch my body, while saying, “I love my life!” Whether I felt it or not. With each step to the bathroom, Thank, step, you, step, on repeat.

    The first sip of coffee savored while watching the sun rising for even a few seconds. Then reading something positive (such as this site) while finishing the mug. I’ve lagged on the parts up to the coffee for a while. Incredibly, this morning, before reading this, I started again. Such a timely conformation. Thank YOU!

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  • reality

    I could get back to the real ‘saying of grace’ that I used to do, where no words are uttered, I just close my eyes and bow my head and think of all the ingredients and where they came from, being grateful for them and all who worked to bring them together, then to me; including the Earth and Sun. Thanx for all you All do; have a great day 🙂 reality

  • Cailinrua

    On some days, merely opening this website and reading the question, perhaps responding, or writing two lines in my journal is all I can manage during times of great stress. Clearly, I need to expand on that! But it’s like brushing my teeth: on the days (and they are few) when I don’t open the site, I feel that something is wrong.

  • Debra

    Consciously experiencing, expressing and loving the magnificent moments frequenting my life. Being fully present with a grateful heart for the abundance unfolding from spirit. Gratefulness is being woven into the fabric of what seemingly is a new beginning, a new awareness, a new life for me.

  • GCharlotte

    I do not have to feel privileged always for the gifts of everyday living but feel grateful for what is.

  • TeriB

    I have been participating in this website for this very reason. By finding something to be grateful for in all circumstances, for being more mindful and appreciative of all there is to be grateful for. For finding joy in the simplest of things.

  • Butterfly

    This website has helped enormously to remind me every day to look for things for which to be grateful. Even the most basic of our senses are things to be truly grateful for. On my bad days, when I feel very ill, I try to remember that I have my eyesight, my hearing, and food to taste and enjoy, even though my senses are so over-sensitive on those days I’m in the dark and in silence! Then I am glad to have a comfortable, safe place to be ?

  • Gerry

    Answering the daily questions, usually at length in my journal, and reading the reflections of others. Posting three things every day that I am happy about As it turns out, these postings are always about gratitude, implicit or implied.

  • JoeytheHoff

    I’d like to get back in the habit of answering these daily questions in bed before I start my day or at night before I fall asleep. I imagine that starting the day with gratitude moving forward or ending it in positive reflection will have a healthy influence on my disposition.

  • Mica

    By continuing my daily visits to gratefulness.org

  • Katrina

    I do need accountability – practices like this, or a gratitude journal to keep me on tract. But it is well worth it in turning around negativity, frustration and disappointment.

  • Ed

    A moment of grateful awareness is its own reward. Positive reinforcement happens automatically given a small opening! Very likely to be repeated. It’s the easiest of practices!

  • Antoinette
    The wonderful quote of the day reminds us to: ”Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed.” Looking for goodness everywhere is a beautiful way to practice grateful living. This is much like what brother David teaches us with Stop, Look and Go. Grateful living is a practice to slow down our hurried pace and enjoy life. This virus is causing so much anxiety and fear. I hope that people also see how many people are ar...

    The wonderful quote of the day reminds us to: ”Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed.”
    Looking for goodness everywhere is a beautiful way to practice grateful living. This is much like what brother David teaches us with Stop, Look and Go.
    Grateful living is a practice to slow down our hurried pace and enjoy life.
    This virus is causing so much anxiety and fear. I hope that people also see how many people are are helping out in anyway they can.

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  • Tahsin Tabassum

    It makes me feel grounded with my thoughts and feelings

  • Trish

    Recognizing the innate beauty in every person & creature will allow me to grow deeper into gratefulness. Some days I’m pretty good at this skill & then I get caught up in the negative ridiculousness of the world. Paying attention & training my brain are key.

  • Michele

    It has by joining and participating on this website each morning.

  • devy

    Daily morning affirmations meditation. Watching the good day video and or the many videos one can now find on the internet. I find that this energizes my thoughts and helps start my Day. I try to go for walks in nature and observing her beauty. This makes me appreciate what she has to offer to me and be grateful for life..

  • Ose

    In my work, each one I meet now is welcomed with a bow and ?, which is called “gassho” by Buddhists and accompanies the kind salutation “Namaste” in India, to experience this not as a routine or only as an evasive manoeuvre due to Corona but as gratefully greeting the universal light in each and everyone I meet, inviting gratitude as a joyful daily practice. It may even reduce fear and may possibly be inspiring for all concerned. I will introduce ? in hospital during my next emergency service ?

    • Antoinette

      Ose that is lovely! Hands folded at the heart is a beautiful way to enjoy and see each other’s goodness! I love this and I’m going to do it too!!! Thank you ?

  • Kevin

    I suppose by being more mindful and remembering to be grateful for not just the big “shinny” things around us, but for the quieter and hidden gems that make our days what they are.

  • Palm

    Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed.
    William Saroyan

    My daughter was given an exercise by the Scouts this week: to do a “good turn” every day and write it down. On the first day, I asked her if she had done any. She answered: “I don’t know” 🙂 So now, each day I am on the look-out for any good thing she does, then I ask her to write it down. I have noticed that it helps me appreciate her even more.

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