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Daily Question, September 3

What are the ways that I express gratitude?

  • Sandhya

    Forgive people the way they forgave my mistakes…

  • Hot Sauce

    I express gratitude by saying a sincere “thank you” to those who have been helpful or kind to me. I am also thinking about putting an altar in my room, so that I can give offerings to the Ground of Being for granting me blessings of wisdom, love, resilience, plenty of food and drink, and other great blessings in my life.

  • sparrow

    …by leaning fully into it
    with love…

  • ard.frz

    Through actions

  • Don Jones

    By acting responsibly… being responsible. This means it starts and ends with me, how I am, how I think, how I act.

  • Arleen

    When I am grateful, I say it to the person who made me grateful. I say thank you and a brief comment on what it meant to me. I then try to return the favor by doing something nice for them. For me, telling people is important so they know and understand how I feel. They don’t have to guess or assume. They know.

  • Butterfly

    Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to write a reflection today. They have all been so inspiring and leave me feeling joyful ?

  • Debra

    Focused on being loving to everyone who crosses my path and grateful to share a part of this journey with them no matter how extended or brief. Lovingly grateful for the connectedness.

  • sunnypatti

    My words, my thoughts, my meditations and prayers. Gratitude changes everything!

  • Carla

    I express gratitude in a variety of ways: mindful breathing; prayers of thanksgiving to the Creator; big smiles sometimes with laughter with others who’ve touched my path this day; random acts of kindness-paying it forward. Occasionally I’ll return to journaling my experiences of gratitude. Sometimes in tears, as I just heard the songs of the departing geese leaving Minnesota, knowing I’ve survived the unrest of this summer-and others have not.

  • Michele

    Some ways that I express gratitude are by always telling my children how much I love them and how proud each of them make me. I enjoy doing nightly meditations on gratefulness and have made going on this website a daily morning ritual for over two years now.

  • Zenith
    I begin each and every day by thanking God for another day, for the gift of life, of MY life, and for whatever the day holds for me. I also take a minute to actually write a list of 10 things I am grateful for. Then I come here to connect with my grateful community. I end each day by choosing one or two best things from the day and speaking thanks for them. The ritual seems to keep me centered on positive. How do I express gratefulness out to the world. By working to find the good in everything ...

    I begin each and every day by thanking God for another day, for the gift of life, of MY life, and for whatever the day holds for me. I also take a minute to actually write a list of 10 things I am grateful for. Then I come here to connect with my grateful community. I end each day by choosing one or two best things from the day and speaking thanks for them. The ritual seems to keep me centered on positive. How do I express gratefulness out to the world. By working to find the good in everything and everyone.

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  • Papilio

    Every morning I take time to acknowledge the beauty of Nature. Every morning provides me its own beauty and a fresh start even when it is below 32oF or a gloomy rainy day. Then, I write down three things I’m grateful for at that moment. With this mindset, I’m kinder and more optimistic, and ‘Thank you’ comes through my heart easily.

  • Mark Featherstone

    in my behaviour… warmer… calmer… I move differently… I tend to be more upright.

  • Trish

    It’s important that we share our gratitude with one another. What goes unsaid is such a waste. So….I speak it: over coffee, in a note, send an email, through a phone call. Using specific language is so important. Telling someone they are “great” is one thing; sharing that you noticed the time & effort they put into making the cake/project/ party…Extra special & giving specifics really resonates. Sharing…..it creates connections.

  • Howie Geib

    Earnestly expressing thanks in words (when practical or possible) is the very first thing that comes to mind. Then I move into actions that confirm my gratitude which can include sharing what has been given in-kind in some way, honoring the gift through exemplary stewardship, publicly acknowledging the gift as a means of tribute and lastly, finding a way to reciprocate. These are the means in general.

  • eliza

    By saying thank you. By honoring the gift of life. By sharing my resources with those who have less than i have and by not being ashamed to receive help when i am struggling.

  • devy
    I express gratitude with the start of everyday when I open my eyes. I take time to meditate as well as contemplate on all the things I have, what is surrounding me such as Mother Nature, and the act of being alive. I demonstrate gratitude by telling the ones in my life how much they mean to me and the honour of having them. I also try to be grateful for the difficult times in my life and accept circumstances knowing that they are life lessons , that I coped with them and that they made me the p...

    I express gratitude with the start of everyday when I open my eyes. I take time to meditate as well as contemplate on all the things I have, what is surrounding me such as Mother Nature, and the act of being alive. I demonstrate gratitude by telling the ones in my life how much they mean to me and the honour of having them. I also try to be grateful for the difficult times in my life and accept circumstances knowing that they are life lessons , that I coped with them and that they made me the person whom I’ve become..

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  • Julian Daal Childers

    Random Acts of Kindness

  • Gregoire
    I am a new disciple of gratitude but what I have learned thus far is to pause in my life to take the time to take a breath and accept my circumstance with gratitude. It's easy to be grateful for the good things in life but it learning to be wilfully accepting of the challenges, misfortunes, and sufferings of myself and others in my care. I just read again in BDSR's book that faith is best measured during these times. So, I am doing my best to mindfully live my faith by trusting God in all thi...

    I am a new disciple of gratitude but what I have learned thus far is to pause in my life to take the time to take a breath and accept my circumstance with gratitude. It’s easy to be grateful for the good things in life but it learning to be wilfully accepting of the challenges, misfortunes, and sufferings of myself and others in my care. I just read again in BDSR’s book that faith is best measured during these times. So, I am doing my best to mindfully live my faith by trusting God in all things.

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