“Without exception, every person I interviewed who described living a joyful life or who described themselves as joyful, actively practiced gratitude and attributed their joyfulness to their gratitude practice. And both joy and gratitude were described as spiritual practices that were bound to a belief in human interconnectedness and a power…
Posts published in “Gratitude”
The more I live, the more I appreciate the following words: ‘Enough’ is a feast. Buddhist proverb Okay, so I confess it doesn’t apply to books, but pretty much everything else. The first thing I do every morning, after I brush my teeth and smile at myself in the mirror is…
Have you ever yearned for something and wished it would happen? Of course you have. So have I. As a little girl, I believed my Grandma when she said that my guardian angel was always perched on my shoulder , listening to my thoughts. Of course I asked her if it…
Dear Vidur, “Thank you” is one of the phrases I hear you saying most often and I admit, there was a time when I wondered – was it really necessary? After all, inside the family we all know we love each other, are grateful for each other, right? Naah. Thing is,…
I almost feel like writing some lyrics to go with that post title! It is the last Thursday of the month and you know what that means! The Gratitude Circle blog hop! So please join us on our Gratitude journey. Write your gratitude post, talking about what you are especially grateful for…
If there’s one thing that always warms my heart, it is the kindness of strangers. The more I experience it, the more I am motivated to give without expectations, following the example of my own Mom and Grandma, who had made it a way of life. Often, we find that when…
Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. A Great dad. I’ve never known my dad. He abandoned my Mom when she was pregnant with me. You’d think that would embitter my Mom towards all men, right? But no, she was an angel. Not only…