Posts Tagged ‘gratitude’

The reason a consistent practice of gratitude is such a powerful tool to transform our lives is because it connects us to our Source.  It connects us directly to the Infinite Organizing Power of the Universe (whether you call it God, Infinite Intelligence, Universal Love or whatever.)  Gratitude helps us emerge from the little box we’ve [...]

We are all deeply connected to possibilities that can turn our lives around in ways we can’t even imagine. But we’ll miss them all if we’re focused on what’s not working, and who’s to blame. Gratitude opens our eyes to the connectedness of all things and the abundance of opportunities all around us.

Saturday was one of those days.  It started off nicely with a run in the woods with my dog, and I was even enjoying the long drive with my daughter to her Saturday morning class. But as the day wore on running one errand after another with now, two cranky pre-adolesents in tow, my sunny [...]

The following is a talk I gave at Unity Center of Peace on November 14, 2010.  For those who couldn’t make it, I’m posting it here: One very cold day last November when I went for a run in the woods with my dog.  I was deep in thought about my life.  I couldn’t understand why, [...]

One of the most powerful things that gratitude does for us…is that it opens our hearts.  When we practice proactive gratitude we open ourselves to experience more love:  more love for things and experiences in our lives, more love for others, more love for our planet and more love for ourselves.  Experiencing more love in [...]

Record unemployment, hundreds of thousands of homes in foreclosure, melting polar ice caps, unending war. What’s there to be grateful for? It depends on where you place your focus. And…your future depends on where you place your focus…literally.

More on the “End-of-Year List”… We know that the recognition, celebration and documentation of 5 things we are grateful for on a daily basis creates an energy that attracts more blessings into our lives…at least that’s what the Gratitude Experiment is out to prove.  Well then, what will happen when we commit to recognizing, celebrating and documenting a [...]

How to post your daily gratitudes…and what will happen when you do.

I am grateful for my morning which just flowed so easily, effortlessly and joyously.  From parking right in front, to no waiting for my appointment, to happy, loving people all around me, to having a coffee kiosk right there, right after I realized I could use a  cup o’ joe….life flowed from one effortless, joyous moment to the next.  [...]

One of the ways in which gratitude increases more experiences of good for us is that it very gently opens us up to receive. How? After a few days or weeks of being on the lookout for the good that is already in our lives…and praising that good…it begins to occur to us that we live in [...]