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Daily Question, December 3

How has living gratefully changed the way I greet the world?

  • Linda

    My interactions with others are positive and grateful. I feel gratitude for so many things that I used to take for granted, and my outlook is much sunnier. Not all the time, but more often than not.

  • pkr

    Upon awakening I thank Source for this “beautiful new day”. Starting my day with thankfulness, gratefulness sets the tone for my day ahead. I am thankful for All…….❤️🙏

  • Don Jones

    Gratefulness is a lens that aids clear seeing – seeing things as they are. And seeing things as they really are, brings an awakening to what has always been there.

    • Carol
      I agree. "How we see anything is how we see everything." Richard Rohr I wrote a poem a few years ago about "Clear Seeing." CLEAR SEEING WE ARE PILGRIMS ON THE JOURNEY. WE SEARCH BUT ALL PATHS LEAD NO WHERE. WHY? BECAUSE WE NEVER LEFT THE GARDEN. WE JUST THINK WE DID. AND WHAT WE THINK MANIFESTS. AND WHAT MANIFESTS BECOMES OUR REALITY — A REALITY THAT DENIES OUR BIRTHRIGHT AND IMPRISONS OUR VERY SOUL. SO LET US RE-MEMBER, RE-CLAIM THE GARDEN. GATHE...

      I agree. “How we see anything is how we see everything.” Richard Rohr
      I wrote a poem a few years ago about “Clear Seeing.”

      CLEAR SEEING

      WE ARE PILGRIMS ON THE JOURNEY.

      WE SEARCH BUT ALL PATHS LEAD NO WHERE.

      WHY? BECAUSE WE NEVER LEFT THE GARDEN.

      WE JUST THINK WE DID.

      AND WHAT WE THINK MANIFESTS.

      AND WHAT MANIFESTS BECOMES OUR REALITY —

      A REALITY THAT DENIES OUR BIRTHRIGHT

      AND IMPRISONS OUR VERY SOUL.

      SO LET US RE-MEMBER, RE-CLAIM THE GARDEN.

      GATHER BENEATH THE TREE OF LIFE.

      ROOT OURSELVES IN ITS AGELESS WISDOM

      AND BECOME WHAT WE WERE MEANT TO BE.

      WHOLE, WHOLLY, ONE WITH NATURE

      ONE WITH ALL CREATION,

      WEATHERING ALL THE SEASONS OF LIFE WITH GRACE,

      AND GRATEFULNESS FOR IT ALL.

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      • Don Jones
        That is lovely. I used to wonder a lot about the idea of oneness – you know the usual questions around how injustice can exist and the like. But the more I looked, it seemed to me that in a dualistic world that we are so conditioned to, one position cannot exist without the seeming opposite. Cold cannot be cold without hot. Good cannot be good without bad, angels are not able to exist without demons, and perhaps ultimately, God without the devil. That is when the transcendence door opened for ...

        That is lovely. I used to wonder a lot about the idea of oneness – you know the usual questions around how injustice can exist and the like. But the more I looked, it seemed to me that in a dualistic world that we are so conditioned to, one position cannot exist without the seeming opposite. Cold cannot be cold without hot. Good cannot be good without bad, angels are not able to exist without demons, and perhaps ultimately, God without the devil. That is when the transcendence door opened for me. Now I see deeper into the fog.

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        • Carol

          Don, That is so beautifully expressed. Clear seeing truly applies to your words. There is a book “The Way to Love” by Anthony de Mello that I think you would find very interesting. It’s available on Amazon and the prices are reasonable. You can buy the pocket size new for about 9 bucks and used copies for even less. My mentor used to say that wishes are not threatening so I am wishing you could read that book of Anthony’s last meditations. Blessings, Carol

  • Anne Gunn

    I’ve learned that smiling at people I don’t know has a disarming effect on them and makes me thankful when they smile back at me — a total stranger. Somehow both of us have a better day. I’m grateful this insight found its way into my daily practice of living.

  • Elaine

    I expect to be transformed. When disappointment discouragement and downheartedness come to visit if I wait mindfully and expectantly, I can count on a shift in perspective and the return of lightness and openness of heart.

  • Holly in Ohio

    Living gratefully has changed the way I greet the world in two ways: the way I give and the way I take. I have the expectation that I will find in the day many blessings, and I take my share gratefully. I also look for ways to contribute, and it can be as simple as really seeing and listening to someone, or a kind word.

  • Jenn

    I have more moments of joy and peace when I am able to practice gratitude. I see that all life is a gift, even my loneliest moments. Gratitude feels like a gateway to another world.

    • JDS

      “Gratitude feels like a gateway to another world”
      I wrote that in my journal today ….

  • Hot Sauce
    Living gratefully has allowed me to view the world from a positive lens but also to resist toxic positivity. For instance, even when I am experiencing a spiritual crisis, I can recognize that the experience is unpleasant while also being grateful for the lesson it is teaching me. Gratitude and other emotions can go together. It has also made me aware of so much beauty in the world. It is hard to see the moon and stars at night and not die of wonder or to see the trees and leaves and to not die o...

    Living gratefully has allowed me to view the world from a positive lens but also to resist toxic positivity. For instance, even when I am experiencing a spiritual crisis, I can recognize that the experience is unpleasant while also being grateful for the lesson it is teaching me. Gratitude and other emotions can go together. It has also made me aware of so much beauty in the world. It is hard to see the moon and stars at night and not die of wonder or to see the trees and leaves and to not die of wonder.

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  • Cathie

    For whatever reason, living gratefully has a calming effect on me and how I interact with others and in situations!

  • Nicki

    I find that I’m able to move through even the more mundane tasks of life with more attention and awareness. Things like noticing what the day is like when I take my dog out before dawn. Simply observing life -and each day – as it is.

  • devy
    What I am learning is the importance of greeting each day with gratitude and reverence. Over the past week, I still do my meditations in the morning but have been side track with stress and other factors which have taken away my practice of gratitude. I now realize the importance of doing both meditation and gratitude, even during times when times seem good. All it takes me is one thing to be a stressor which can bring back negative feelings. Practicing gratitude helps focus on the positives of ...

    What I am learning is the importance of greeting each day with gratitude and reverence. Over the past week, I still do my meditations in the morning but have been side track with stress and other factors which have taken away my practice of gratitude. I now realize the importance of doing both meditation and gratitude, even during times when times seem good. All it takes me is one thing to be a stressor which can bring back negative feelings. Practicing gratitude helps focus on the positives of life and helps one understand and deal with how life experiences can fluctuate..

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  • Patricia

    I am more clear-eyed and open to the gifts of the day.

  • EJP

    I greet the world each morning with ease and appreciation, kindness and understanding….paying it forward!

  • Laura

    I am feeling the sunshine on my skin, the breeze lofting and the song of birds and it fills me with gratitude and thankfulness for this day. This day, which I have no others, only this day and grateful

  • Mary Pat
    So I am starting over again. After a very harried two weeks with much stress and tension, I have come out the other side. Sometimes you just have to go through things to get to the other side. And I saw how all of this, lived over the past few weeks, had shifted my being grateful in certain areas of my life. So this morning, regardless of the insomnia, I greet the world with a grateful heart. And I will honor that gratefulness by leaving these words, and moving on to my morning meditation. ...

    So I am starting over again. After a very harried two weeks with much stress and tension, I have come out the other side. Sometimes you just have to go through things to get to the other side.
    And I saw how all of this, lived over the past few weeks, had shifted my being grateful in certain areas of my life. So this morning, regardless of the insomnia, I greet the world with a grateful heart. And I will honor that gratefulness by leaving these words, and moving on to my morning meditation. I had dropped it, and it showed! May you all be well, healthy in body and mind, and be at peace. May it be so and blessings to all.

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  • sunnypatti

    I don’t remember how I greeted the world before my practice, but I am always grateful when I wake up another day and do my best to carry that with me wherever I go.

  • Ed Schulte

    Gratitude opens the door to greater awareness and greater awareness iniciates greater gratitude. Similar reciprocity ( aka accumulative effect ) is suggested in the ”Word for the Day’

    A good conversation can’t be hurried, it needs time in which to meander its way to revelation and insight.
    KATRINA KENISON

  • Kevin

    I greet every new day, which is my gateway to the world anew every morning, with gratitude for the privilege of being alive, to see the sun rise, to hear my wife’s footsteps coming down the stairs, sharing morning coffee, then chores, and off to appointed rounds, projects, and hopefully to have lived a day through with purpose and value among people that make my world what it is.

  • Michele

    I greet the world by coming on this website daily:) Happy Friday everyone!

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