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Daily Question, April 17

In recent times, when has being grateful shifted my experience?

  • Nina

    I would have to say working from home on a make-shift desk (sofa table) and a metal chair in a storage room in my daughter’s house…remembering that other have lost their jobs during COVID-19- so grateful and humbling.

  • Chia

    A friend offered to bring me groceries so that I can stay inside my home and avoid exposure – and brought 2 bags to my door and stayed but a moment to grace me with love. Just when I was running out of supplies, someone reaches out to offer. I am grateful to be remembered and supported with gracious simplicity. I am not alone.

  • Malag

    When I saw my world locked down, hemmed in, I saw the people I was lucky to share this time with, their interaction, warmth, animation, after a good dinner shared between us. And that moment I appreciated and was grateful for and it was deeply satisfying.

  • Blessings on Blessings

    while running, i was grateful a sharp pain in my foot stopped.

  • Tahsin Tabassum

    I felt I have something to hold onto, no matter how hard the time is

  • Debra

    Being grateful has certainly shifted my thoughts to favorably working for and with my boss. I am very independent in my work environment. Regardless, I needed a readjustment in my attitude and being grateful for him allowed me to experience a more trusting professional relationship. Being mindful and grateful had everything to do with my changed perspective. I am very grateful to a friend who assisted me in this awareness and for this community so supportive and loving.

  • reality

    During the extermination of elderly, dems, infirm, people of color, prisoners, people are at home much more so my assassination by the psychic terrorism is going exponentially quicker; which is why I’m grateful ever more for the increased advocacy I’m able to do- due to increased levels of adrenaline. Blessings be… 🙂 reality

  • Clare Langan
    Stay with me; today has been amazing. I went for a run this morning accompanied by Oprah Super Soul and it happened to be an amazing Monk called Brother David Steindl-Rast - I was moved by his words and thought of him later in the day when I read my book The Rule is St Benedict by Joan Chittister. Going back to my run the second podcast was with Michael Bernard Beckwith and he talked about living with faith and how a book literally fell out in front of him after he had said a prayer asking for g...

    Stay with me; today has been amazing. I went for a run this morning accompanied by Oprah Super Soul and it happened to be an amazing Monk called Brother David Steindl-Rast – I was moved by his words and thought of him later in the day when I read my book The Rule is St Benedict by Joan Chittister. Going back to my run the second podcast was with Michael Bernard Beckwith and he talked about living with faith and how a book literally fell out in front of him after he had said a prayer asking for guidance…fast forward to this afternoon and I was sorting through boxes after a house move and I came across a book I bought last year called “Everyday Gratitude”. I opened it tonight and who do I find has written the foreword…Brother David….That is the deeper reality. I prayed to trust more today and to put my life in Gods hands. I am so grateful for the awesome abundance in life even at such a difficult time. I was lead here for sure.

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  • Ose
    Recently, a mail I received triggered reading it through the lens of the past and I felt hurt. In the moment when inside I could connect again with gratitude, love and friendship towards the sender, my “filtered perspective” opened. Through gratefulness, I could perceive truth, and where I had fallen back into old habits of mind. Probably in many situations there is a choice to look at it from this or that angle, which often might be pre- defined by past experiences. Gratefulness opened to ...

    Recently, a mail I received triggered reading it through the lens of the past and I felt hurt. In the moment when inside I could connect again with gratitude, love and friendship towards the sender, my “filtered perspective” opened. Through gratefulness, I could perceive truth, and where I had fallen back into old habits of mind.
    Probably in many situations there is a choice to look at it from this or that angle, which often might be pre- defined by past experiences. Gratefulness opened to be able to listen with my heart to the situation instead of listening to filtered noises of past hurt. Gratefulness allowed a shift from despair to arriving in quite some clarity and peace. I am deeply grateful for my friend, the patience offered and the several lessons learned ?

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  • Jackie

    With so many jobs lost these days, I’m newly grateful for all my past jobs and the Social Security I have now.

  • TeriB

    Recently, Every Day! I find that beginning my day with my gratitude practice puts everything in perspective and helps see what appears to be a negative in a positive light.

  • boombaroomba

    I am grateful that I get to have some sunlight coming in through my large windows while i socially distance (although I live in an apartment in New york city). It is definitely tough to be sequestered in a small apartment during these tough times but I am grateful that my dog is also stuck with me.

  • BabaYaga

    Two days ago I heard a psychologist interviewed on the radio. She suggested that instead of saying “I HAVE TO” do something, we say “I GET TO do it.” That got me thinking about all the things I get to do. I’m grateful for them. I even get to do things that I’m not good at or things that make me uncomfortable, and I consider these to be welcome opportunities for growth.

  • Rachel

    My young adult daughter struggles with what can be a life-threatening mental illness. A cloak of darkness that revealed itself just three years ago.. We are both finding that the small moments of connection whether to each other or the awe and mystery of our world, are the small stepping stones across our roiling river. Gratitude is the lens through which we can see.

    • Mica

      Oh, Rachel – hugs to you and your daughter! My less-young adult daughter Doesn’t think her confused thoughts and actions are due to mental illness! She just pushes us all away with her anger.

  • Lyn
    Gratefulness shifts my experience when I take the time to STOP, quiet my mind and turn away from distractions. Sometimes it is hard for me to take that step but when I do it is such a blessing because it calms my anxiety and stress. STOP and LOOK: the light coming in the through the windows, the birds singing, connecting via technology with family and friends, (truly so grateful for this, imagine how much harder this time of social distancing would be without technology and not able to see the ...

    Gratefulness shifts my experience when I take the time to STOP, quiet my mind and turn away from distractions. Sometimes it is hard for me to take that step but when I do it is such a blessing because it calms my anxiety and stress. STOP and LOOK: the light coming in the through the windows, the birds singing, connecting via technology with family and friends, (truly so grateful for this, imagine how much harder this time of social distancing would be without technology and not able to see the faces and hear the voices of those we know and love). The list can go on and it gives me hope. These moments of being mindful, being grateful shift my experience and give me a sense of peace, hope, and love in the midst of our changing world. Now if I can just do this daily.

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  • Michele

    I try being grateful each and every day. I believe it helps shift negative emotions when then arise to being positive.
    It’s International Bat Appreciation Day:) I LOVE bats and get frustrated at people’s ignorance to them. They are an important species – pollinators and insectivores.

  • devy
    M’y ability of being grateful is definetly being tested at the present time. In most cases being grateful has been successful in shifting my attitude of optimism and hope so that I can deal with my negative thoughts and anxiety. Reading posts on social media and the news is allowing these anxious thoughts about our future surface. I need to perhaps un friend or unfollow certain individuals and limiting my news intake. I need to take hold of my life, allow the positive thoughts of what I have ...

    M’y ability of being grateful is definetly being tested at the present time. In most cases being grateful has been successful in shifting my attitude of optimism and hope so that I can deal with my negative thoughts and anxiety. Reading posts on social media and the news is allowing these anxious thoughts about our future surface. I need to perhaps un friend or unfollow certain individuals and limiting my news intake. I need to take hold of my life, allow the positive thoughts of what I have in my life come to the surface and work on letting go of things. This concept for me is relatively new. I am human and a work n progress.

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    • BabaYaga

      Hey, Devy.
      Sarah has it right. (See below.)
      At this time, my friends and I have also been reflecting on Ann Frank. She and six others spent months cooped up in about 400 square feet until they were betrayed by a neighbour.

  • Kevin

    Most of the time, being grateful for various situations in my life comes naturally, which is good. But it’s those times when I’ve needed to remind myself to pause, and consider how grateful I should be about a specific situation, event, or action that’s unfolding at that instant, it’s in these moments when remembering to be grateful has the greatest impact on me within my heart and being.

  • Sarah

    Simple: Things could always be worse.

  • Christina

    Lately when I’m feeling dissonance (either internal or external) I try to be grateful for it. My experience hasn’t shifted so far, but I believe I’m on the right track!

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