Let's practice gratitude ?

[Someone here]

 Let's not take our blissings for granted.. 

I will start...

I'm grateful for :

- a roof over my head. 

-my family 

-having access to food and water. 

- my health.

-warm house. 

-this awesome platform. 

What are you grateful for? 

 

Edited January 15, 2022 by Someone here

[BlueOak]

Food
Comfort, this chair.
The internet and sharing of information.
My Body and Health
The human spirit.
Communication Here with all of you.
The many teachers that helped me from my pets, to a friend, to a guru. Leo here.
People still now trying to help the world, even with all they go through.
Roof over my head.
This thread, Gratitude
The state of gratitude when I focus on it.
Warmth yes! Especially now  This jumper and my small electric heater.
Games
Writing
Feeling, Touch, Smell, Senses.
Meditation
Exercise
Emotion
Security and Safety
Understanding
Mother, Brother.
Happy Memories
Art
Nature, where I live, I am blessed by it.

[Someone here]

@BlueOak good list 

[Thought Art]

Grateful for gratitude 

[Someone here]

@Thought Art meta-grateful

[gettoefl]

how did i get so damn lucky to be here in this lifetime be breathing sweet air at this here culmination of the entire movement of the universe

[Thought Art]

1 hour ago, Someone here said:

@Thought Art meta-grateful

[PurpleTree]

? thankful for this moment

[Nahm]

Taylor brand guitars. It’s as if the other companies have never played one. Whatever though, God bless you Taylor peeps.

[Thought Art]

@Nahm I don’t own a Taylor but the ones I’ve played have been very nice. 
 

I personally really like find cool vintage guitars, or new Godin guitars 

my electric is a Godin and my acoustic is a Crafter. 

[Someone here]

1 hour ago, gettoefl said:

how did i get so damn lucky to be here in this lifetime be breathing sweet air at this here culmination of the entire movement of the universe

❤️

[Tim R]

I am most grateful for Love, I still sometimes can't quite believe that... it's Love.

[Thought Art]

@Tim R It's love brother

[Vincent S]

Gratitude for the flower of the Universe to be able to smell its own fragrance.
Grateful for all everything that is in submission for the expression and experiencing of the true Self.
Grateful for being able to know myself and to be connected to everything that is, ever was, and ever will be.

[Space Lizard]

I'm grateful that I never spend any time talking about what I'm grateful for, or being around others who do.

[Breakingthewall]

I am very grateful to all those explorers of the mind, those mystics, who with their experiences and their brilliant intelligence have helped me escape from the prison of the ego, where I lived imprisoned. 

I am also grateful to the beauty of the world, fantastic, and to my body, which works like an atomic clock 

also to psychedelics, true magic in the form of a molecule

Edited January 15, 2022 by Breakingthewall

[Someone here]

13 hours ago, Knowledge Hoarder said:

That there is such a thing as existence, instead of nonexistence, and that there is experience. Quite remarkable, if you think about it.

The mystery of mysteries

[TheAlchemist]

Usually we are grateful for things it is easy for us to feel good about. Nothing wrong with that, it's so important to get that ball rolling but if not expanded upon, it leaves out a big part of reality, and can enforce a subtle split between the "good" and "bad", the desirable and undesirable. It's possible to take gratitude and turn it into a potent form of "shadow work".

Here's a "fun" exercise:

Instead of being grateful for the things you find easy to accept, be grateful for the things you find most difficult to accept, and even things that cause fear. Something like this:

"I am grateful for seeing my selfishness, not being able to give more money to that person who asked for help today"

"I am grateful for my insecurity, my anxiety and struggles with self-expression"

"I am grateful for shame and all the frustration in me"

"I am grateful for seeing all the war and torture happening in the world."

Notice how painful it is to accept something like that. It can even feel like something is dying or like you are being ripped apart.

But trust yourself, trust that yes it is painful, but it is also liberating. An immediate fear alert might go off about how being grateful of these things is wrong and how it shouldn't be done or how it is damaging etc. But if you persist with it, you might discover that there is a massive power to it, and that there is a counter-intuitive thing that happens when you are grateful for also the things that are most painful to accept. 

 

 

Edited January 16, 2022 by TheAlchemist

[Windappreciator]

i'm grateful for the daily bread and warmth and for this body. amen.

[Gabith]

I'm grateful for internet 
For the place where I live 
For living in a house with heating 
For the food 
for the beauty of existence 
to have a great friend