Daily Question, April 10 What rituals or practices help me come home to myself? 45 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. Annie5 months agoAnnieEach day as soon as I wake I tell Jesus I want to do everything ONLY in His will. I try to spend time in prayers every day around 3pm. But if that time doesn’t work I manage to find another time. Now if I could only get into a dally exercise routine…God knows I need to 🙂 1 Reply KC5 months agoKCGosh – so many … drinking coffee or tea, reading, writing, drawing, meditation, yoga, walking, listening to or playing music, dancing, hiking… being in and connecting with the natural world… especially when I am mindful and grounded/ rooted. Also connecting with a person or group that I feel comfortable, connected and safe with . 1 Reply Kylie Watson5 months agoKylie WatsonI like cleaning my space, lighting a candle, and reading a book. This helps me reset my energy and focus on the present moment 4 Reply Linda5 months agoLindaWhen I notice that my neck is sore and my shoulders are up around my ears (!) I take a breath, relax my shoulders, and notice what is around me. Even as a retired person I still carry stress in the same areas I did when I was working. Go figure… 3 Reply Hot Sauce5 months agoHot SauceFor now, I would say my main spiritual practice is finding the things I love most and doing them. 5 Reply Don Jones5 months agoDon JonesThere is a voice – like you see at the tennis… the umpire says just before service, “quiet please”. Then I wait and see what shows up. 6 Reply pkr5 months agopkrMy morning practice is what keeps me grounded. I meditate, pray, read spiritual passages, come to this site for inspiration. I go to “First Sip”, a website, to read poetry. I practice yoga daily & power walk almost everyday. I have also added a new one, writing in my “Five Minute Journal”, in the morning and at night. Writing in this journal has given me a focal point, badly needed after all the recent losses in my life. Happy Spring Sunday All.❤️🙏🐝🌼 5 Reply Ed Schulte5 months agoEd SchulteIt is a Visualization meditation done facing the rising sun each morning, called “The Ray of Love” to refresh the Archangelic human form and promote maximum good health in all three bodies and radiate a White – Rosy light of love everywhere on earth, no exceptions 3 Reply Mica5 months agoMicaA new one is to have music playing, louder or softer. Birthday mix cds from my daughter and yoga kirtan chant tapes. 1 Reply sparrow5 months agosparrow. . . simple, repetitive, mundane tasks, like washing the dishes, ironing; sitting in the garden doing quiet, steady weeding . . . nothing frenetic. These kinds of things bring me home . . . 9 Reply pkr5 months agopkrSparrow, I find washing dishes very soothing & centering. I sometimes do my best thinking at the kitchen sink! I also find ironing very centering too, zen-like. Have a beautiful Sunday.🌼🐝🌸 2 Reply sparrow5 months agosparrowYes, dear pkr, zen-like . . . a beautiful Sunday to you as well. 1 Reply alara5 months agoalaraSparrow, you remind me of the words to the song by Michael Bublé. -Feeling Good. 2 Reply sparrow5 months agosparrow♥ 1 Reply Charlie T5 months agoCharlie TI am only recently appreciating my rituals and how important they are to me. My morning coffee, Sunday bike ride, yoga, meditation, and visiting this site, are all things that I do for myself. I think of them more as routines or practices. They add some discipline and consistency to my life. I think communal rituals that mark seasons, events, and passages are something missing from my life. 3 Reply Marnie Jackson5 months agoMarnie JacksonJournalling, meditating, therapy….spaces where I can figure out what I am feeling, why I am feeling this and what situation in the past are these feelings reminding me of……this helps me then to understand my behaviour and align it with who I want to be….it is along process – but one that helps me feel more authentic to me 3 Reply Dusty Su5 months agoDusty SuYoga, a medative prayer like walk, journaling. Starting the day I ground with these three morning questions… What can I look forward to today? What has the potential to cause me stress today and how will I respond to it? How do I want to feel at the end of the day, and how do I make that a reality? 5 Reply Pilgrim5 months agoPilgrimDusty Su, thank you for this. If you don’t mind, I would also like to adopt these as morning questions. 2 Reply Dusty Su5 months agoDusty SuPlease do. I don’t remember where I got them from in the first place. 1 Reply alara5 months agoalaraShortly after I joined Gratefulness.org I started to partake in the ritual of The Angels of the Hour each day. Starting when I wake up during the night, then at sunrise, and the end of the day. I am gradually adding those other hours mentioned during the day. Word of the Day and the Daily Question have also become daily practices. The rituals have added a quality and richness that I never found in just intellectual searching. 5 Reply alara5 months agoalaraI want to add that I am retired, live alone, and am 78 yrs, so I have the luxury of time. Also, I was drawn to the rituals which rather surprised me. But, then, much of my way of being over the past couple of years has surprised me. 4 Reply sparrow5 months agosparrowWelcome to this space, dear alara… and thank you for reminding me of Angels of the Hours . . . looking forward to sharing your wisdom with love… sparrow ♥ 2 Reply alara5 months agoalaraThank you, Sparrow, I do feel welcomed here. 1 Reply Antoinette5 months agoAntoinetteMeditation is my practice- ❤️🌻 Happy Easter everyone! 3 Reply Mary Pat5 months agoMary PatMeditation. Journaling. Sometimes being in the moment I am in. That one is difficult for me, but I try… 3 Reply Laura5 months agoLauraA couple of cleansing breaths, taking note of my surroundings, meditation, journaling. Never thought of them as rituals before. I also like to recall this wisdom from Thich Nhat Hahn: You should go home to your hermitage; it is inside you. Close the doors, light the fire, and make it cozy again. 7 Reply Pilgrim5 months agoPilgrimHi Laura, is there a particular book by Thich Nhat Hahn that you would recommend? His words of wisdom sort of call me … 1 Reply Laura5 months agoLauraHello, Pilgrim, I have not read many of his works, “You Are Here,” is the one I remember but I read it many years ago. I think I pulled the quote from mindfulbalance.org. The curator of that site has a couple of lists of books that he’s found helpful, most with a Buddhist focus. Hope this helps you in your search. 1 Reply Pilgrim5 months agoPilgrimThank you, Laura! 1 Reply Butterfly5 months agoButterflyFocusing on my breath works for me. I take a deep breath in to a count of four, hold it for a count of four and let it go to a count of eight. I may do this just once or four or five times as I go through my day. I find it very calming and it brings me back to a feeling of centredness. 2 Reply Nelson5 months agoNelsonMeditation. Yoga. Daily affirmations in front of a mirror. Relaxing in the sun. 2 Reply Pilgrim5 months agoPilgrimMorning coffee with reading, followed by yoga and planning (loosely) my day. 2 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 - 2022, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb
