Comments on: The Gift of Gratitude http://tiaracoaching.com/community/tiarablog/the-gift-of-gratitude/ Exceptional Women's Coaching Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: curt http://tiaracoaching.com/community/tiarablog/the-gift-of-gratitude/comment-page-1/#comment-55 curt Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:56:18 +0000 http://tiaracoaching.com/?p=1293#comment-55 Alison, I love the gratitude conversation. I agree gratitude, like acceptance is an active stance. I think active gratitude is choosing to be present to all of the wonderful variety of things present in our lives rather than waiting for a "feeling" to show up. I think the choice of this active stance opens you up to all sorts of neat things that you have pointed out. For me, this is my intention, to practice gratitude as I move through life and I find my external experience very easy to acknowledge and be in gratitude around. I really want to expand the gratitude of my internal experience, the thoughts and feelings my brain generates. I find it sooo much harder to maintain this stance and see much of my internal experience with wonder and gratitude. I want to expand this and make it available to me I feel such gratitude around this great community, y'all are fantastic! Curt PS. I'm a total sucker for Avatar! Alison,
I love the gratitude conversation. I agree gratitude, like acceptance is an active stance. I think active gratitude is choosing to be present to all of the wonderful variety of things present in our lives rather than waiting for a “feeling” to show up. I think the choice of this active stance opens you up to all sorts of neat things that you have pointed out.

For me, this is my intention, to practice gratitude as I move through life and I find my external experience very easy to acknowledge and be in gratitude around.

I really want to expand the gratitude of my internal experience, the thoughts and feelings my brain generates. I find it sooo much harder to maintain this stance and see much of my internal experience with wonder and gratitude. I want to expand this and make it available to me

I feel such gratitude around this great community, y’all are fantastic!

Curt

PS. I’m a total sucker for Avatar!

]]> By: Allison Coleman http://tiaracoaching.com/community/tiarablog/the-gift-of-gratitude/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Allison Coleman Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:42:25 +0000 http://tiaracoaching.com/?p=1293#comment-54 Perhaps growing up in a home where my father was chronically sick since his early 30s made me more aware of the little things. I've understood since childhood that health and well-being should not be taken lightly or for granted. I live a very busy life that includes an overbooked calendar but I'm very conscious of setting practices on a daily basis to anchor myself from a place of gratitude. Every morning when I awake and at night before I fall asleep I engage in meditation, affirmation, journaling or quiet time to remind myself of the blessings in my life. I try to light tibetan incense as a symbolic gesture of thanks. I attempt to reach out to loved ones and friend to acknowledge them and leave their world a sunnier place (especially in Chicago during the winter!). It is all about slowing down.. taking baby steps and being present... to yourself, others and the beautiful world we live in. "In the material world, there are limitations. We always want more, but in the spiritual world, just a short prayer and you're infinitely content." HH Dalai Lama Perhaps growing up in a home where my father was chronically sick since his early 30s made me more aware of the little things. I’ve understood since childhood that health and well-being should not be taken lightly or for granted.
I live a very busy life that includes an overbooked calendar but I’m very conscious of setting practices on a daily basis to anchor myself from a place of gratitude.
Every morning when I awake and at night before I fall asleep I engage in meditation, affirmation, journaling or quiet time to remind myself of the blessings in my life. I try to light tibetan incense as a symbolic gesture of thanks. I attempt to reach out to loved ones and friend to acknowledge them and leave their world a sunnier place (especially in Chicago during the winter!).

It is all about slowing down.. taking baby steps and being present… to yourself, others and the beautiful world we live in.

“In the material world, there are limitations. We always want more, but in the spiritual world, just a short prayer and you’re infinitely content.” HH Dalai Lama

]]> By: Holly http://tiaracoaching.com/community/tiarablog/the-gift-of-gratitude/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Holly Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:58:17 +0000 http://tiaracoaching.com/?p=1293#comment-52 In the last year I started my "Loving Thoughts" journal and every morning (mostly) I write at least four things I am grateful for. Some days I fill a page (even if I think I had a bad day)! And it is fun to go back and remember what I am grateful for. My 22 year old son called and we talked about his life dreams, My friend and I walked for an hour, One of my coworkers showed me a beautiful invitation she had created, etc, etc Helps me to remember that even on a "bad" day really wonderful things happened also. In the last year I started my “Loving Thoughts” journal and every morning (mostly) I write at least four things I am grateful for. Some days I fill a page (even if I think I had a bad day)! And it is fun to go back and remember what I am grateful for. My 22 year old son called and we talked about his life dreams, My friend and I walked for an hour, One of my coworkers showed me a beautiful invitation she had created, etc, etc

Helps me to remember that even on a “bad” day really wonderful things happened also.

]]> By: Lynn Miller http://tiaracoaching.com/community/tiarablog/the-gift-of-gratitude/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Lynn Miller Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:03:38 +0000 http://tiaracoaching.com/?p=1293#comment-50 I find that gratitude is more available to me everytime I allow myself to pause and listen or wait for one more moment than I normally would. Each extra moment has expanded my perspective and offered me more gifts than I can count. Even waiting for an extra moment before I transition from one activity to the next, allows me to have better intentions for the new activity and learn one more thing from the activity I just coompleted. Each time I take a moment to pause, it's like an invitation to a party of more possibilities than I could have imagined! It's a new nurishing practice! I find that gratitude is more available to me everytime I allow myself to pause and listen or wait for one more moment than I normally would. Each extra moment has expanded my perspective and offered me more gifts than I can count. Even waiting for an extra moment before I transition from one activity to the next, allows me to have better intentions for the new activity and learn one more thing from the activity I just coompleted. Each time I take a moment to pause, it’s like an invitation to a party of more possibilities than I could have imagined! It’s a new nurishing practice!

]]> By: Laura Berger http://tiaracoaching.com/community/tiarablog/the-gift-of-gratitude/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Laura Berger Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:24:55 +0000 http://tiaracoaching.com/?p=1293#comment-49 I THANK YOU so much for posting this. Today I practiced focusing on having gratitude be my most dominant feeling. It was so gratifying as I went about my day. I was joyful and upbeat and very in tune with the little things that I was thankful for. I even noticed myself being more patient due to my gratitude. While at the UPS store I was trying to send a fax and the UPS guy was having difficulty. Instead of getting frustrated and impatient, I found myself thanking him for taking the time to send it and it made for a very pleasant interaction. I actually do have a gratitude journal that my husband gave me quite awhile ago. I must admit that I have not used it in my everyday practice, but I am certainly more motivated to do so, given what a wonderful day I had today. Happiness is a great motivator and that was today! Joy and happiness! I THANK YOU so much for posting this. Today I practiced focusing on having gratitude be my most dominant feeling. It was so gratifying as I went about my day. I was joyful and upbeat and very in tune with the little things that I was thankful for. I even noticed myself being more patient due to my gratitude. While at the UPS store I was trying to send a fax and the UPS guy was having difficulty. Instead of getting frustrated and impatient, I found myself thanking him for taking the time to send it and it made for a very pleasant interaction.

I actually do have a gratitude journal that my husband gave me quite awhile ago. I must admit that I have not used it in my everyday practice, but I am certainly more motivated to do so, given what a wonderful day I had today. Happiness is a great motivator and that was today! Joy and happiness!

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