Daily Question, March 18 What is enough? How do you “know” it? 27 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Isa Danelatos11 months agoIsa DanelatosIt depends. There are good things that are absolute and exist in abundance by definition. Other things are enough if they sustain our fragile human needs like food, water, shelter, freedom, safety, dignity. 1 Reply GCharlotte11 months agoGCharlotteEnough is when I am pulled out of my boundaries so when I know this my eyes bulge and heart is lifted. 1 Reply Gloryus11 months agoGloryusA good question for me today. I will change it a bit to read " When am I enough? and How will I know when I am enough? I seldom think that I am enough and the world around me seems to support my thining. I am very good at linking behaviors to my thoughts. I have a good understanding on how perspective can change your thoughts and yet after 60 plus years I often feel like I would be enough if only? and then the list begins. I know I have many strengths of doing and that I am often asked to do.......A good question for me today. I will change it a bit to read ” When am I enough? and How will I know when I am enough? I seldom think that I am enough and the world around me seems to support my thining. I am very good at linking behaviors to my thoughts. I have a good understanding on how perspective can change your thoughts and yet after 60 plus years I often feel like I would be enough if only? and then the list begins. I know I have many strengths of doing and that I am often asked to do….. for others. I struggle with strengths of being… and I know that I am described by others as caring, sharing, giving, smart, loyal, organized and an influencer. Theses seem being characteristics yet I often feel excluded by others for my being qualities of speak my mind, honesty, forthrightness. I would know I am enough when I am with grace with who I am and comfortable in my aloneness. A place where I care what others think and living a strong purpose. (not clear at this time. – I am a teacher in stages of repurposing but remain a teacher ). Read More1 Reply Ingrid11 months agoIngridI suppose this (pandemic) experience is teaching me that "this moment" is enough. Staying in the moment in this fast-paced world is an undertaking most of us aren't able to embrace. Running from one obligation to another causes us to feel spent. So spent that life becomes akin to the movie Groundhog Day. Currently, however, with the fears of the unknown, staying in the moment is its own meditation. Trusting in "the now" and letting tomorrow bring its own worries is plenty. This is intuitive...I suppose this (pandemic) experience is teaching me that “this moment” is enough. Staying in the moment in this fast-paced world is an undertaking most of us aren’t able to embrace. Running from one obligation to another causes us to feel spent. So spent that life becomes akin to the movie Groundhog Day. Currently, however, with the fears of the unknown, staying in the moment is its own meditation. Trusting in “the now” and letting tomorrow bring its own worries is plenty. This is intuitive and pragmatic. Read More2 Reply Malag11 months agoMalagThis is a good question to help me ponder what I need versus what I want. I can pay attention more to this difference. 1 Reply Tahsin Tabassum11 months agoTahsin Tabassumwhat I am doing is enough, I know it because I had been through a lot lately 2 Reply Elizabeth M Jones11 months agoElizabeth M JonesWhen I put my hand ou7t and I say STOP! 2 Reply Dawn Noel11 months agoDawn NoelWhen acceptance resonates deeply in your spirit. 2 Reply Antoinette11 months agoAntoinetteSometimes we don’t know when enough is enough or we wouldn’t see all the things we do in our world now would we? Obesity, drugs, alcohol abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and pollution just to name a few. So maybe now we can start to know that Enough is enough! Hopefully we can all start to open our eyes and see that less is more. 2 Reply Grateful Heart11 months agoGrateful HeartHaving the basic necessities, health, income and things to pass the time and a love around is enough. 2 Reply Linda11 months agoLindaA question I ask myself: NICE to have, or NEED to have? 1 Reply TeriB11 months agoTeriBPeace and Contentment, that is the feeling I have of enough. 3 Reply Mica11 months agoMica“Good enough is good enough” Jane Fonda said that, but I think it was rather late in her life. I like to remember it when I’m struggling to write a paper. 2 Reply Gerry11 months agoGerryWhen nothing more is required. When you comprehend the difference between “need” and “want.” When gratitude for having what you need happens, the heart opens to unlimited exchanges of love and compassion. 7 Reply BabaYaga11 months agoBabaYagaIf I consider the questions in relation to personal needs, it is hard for me to know what is "enough." I say that because I and those around me live so far in excess of our basic needs that enough is never an issue. We have more than enough in every way: more food, more clothing, more more books, more money, more opportunities, and so on. And I'm not talking about the 1 percent. In the history of humanity, the standard at which many of us live is bordering on obscene. We have reason to be grat...If I consider the questions in relation to personal needs, it is hard for me to know what is “enough.” I say that because I and those around me live so far in excess of our basic needs that enough is never an issue. We have more than enough in every way: more food, more clothing, more more books, more money, more opportunities, and so on. And I’m not talking about the 1 percent. In the history of humanity, the standard at which many of us live is bordering on obscene. We have reason to be grateful all the time, even in the face of a pandemic. Read More4 Reply Hunter11 months agoHunterI wrote this sixteen years ago, and it still holds: ENOUGH THEN Enough, maybe: the owl in the tree, her sleeping face in the morning, the red tip of her yellow beak. Enough, bitter green tea in the perfect blue cup. Time passes. Reality of the absence, indication that the presence mattered. There is no conjuring will summon it again. Enough, the January lettuce sprouting in the cellar, under the lights. Enough? Faces of friends and strangers over their coffee cups in ...I wrote this sixteen years ago, and it still holds: ENOUGH THEN Enough, maybe: the owl in the tree, her sleeping face in the morning, the red tip of her yellow beak. Enough, bitter green tea in the perfect blue cup. Time passes. Reality of the absence, indication that the presence mattered. There is no conjuring will summon it again. Enough, the January lettuce sprouting in the cellar, under the lights. Enough? Faces of friends and strangers over their coffee cups in the corner café. Once in a dream, a baby told me it needed to be changed, but I looked for food, never asking its hunger. Once Augustine wrote of the god-shaped missing piece, the restlessness. They tell me it is enough for me to open the door. But the door is open, or there is no door. Enough, then, dough rising in the bowl, scent of soup on the stove. Enough, the love webbing like wild vines from each beginning of time. Read More11 Reply Randy Clere11 months agoRandy ClereWhat an interesting question... and in this time of stress... fear abounds, leading some to question their existence and to face issues of mortality... This in turn can lay bare the Hungry Ghost... Enough, is NEVER Enough!!! We see this where people go to big box stores, supermarkets and buy and horde staples, thus putting others at risk by not having enough... This is action based on fear of perishing, that enough is never enough... Acknowledge the Hungry Ghost, Invite it in for tea.... keep it...What an interesting question… and in this time of stress… fear abounds, leading some to question their existence and to face issues of mortality… This in turn can lay bare the Hungry Ghost… Enough, is NEVER Enough!!! We see this where people go to big box stores, supermarkets and buy and horde staples, thus putting others at risk by not having enough… This is action based on fear of perishing, that enough is never enough… Acknowledge the Hungry Ghost, Invite it in for tea…. keep it company without indulging it… Read More10 Reply Mica11 months agoMicaThank you, Randy, for relating the question to the current situation in stores – 1 Reply Carla11 months agoCarlaWhen I’m out shopping for house necessities in a store that also has clothes, I’m led to look o’er the clothes. My sight can be overshadowed by BIG % off signs-I fumble through a rack or pile. If I find something, I examine it further, asking do I have a same/similar item in my closet? When did I wear it last? Very rarely does the item go in the cart. Further inventory seems to be the key to answer the “need vs want” question. 2 Reply Katrina11 months agoKatrinaI don’t like running out of what I consider to be necessities. I realize that is subjective. I don’t have a fear of it, I just don’t like it. But I do, like Kevin, try to remember to ask myself before purchasing anything – Do I really need this? That helps me stay honest with myself, and keeps me from feeling guilty later. 2 Reply Trish11 months agoTrishIt’s enough to be on this planet surrounded by beauty & love. The extraneous “things” are great in some ways but as we are faced with distancing ourselves from one another we find that’s it’s enough to simply Be with God. 3 Reply 1 2 Next » My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2021, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb
