Gratitude

I’ve learned that an attitude of gratitude is transforming. An attitude of gratitude truly helps me to remain joyful in good times and unfazed and peaceful during trying times. I haven’t always possessed this attitude of gratitude. Do I fall short at times? Of course I do – but there is a sense of awareness that comes with the attitude that brings me back to my center much quicker than before. The various practices I write about in this blog have helped me to cultivate the attitude of gratitude and keep me focused on the positive. Meditation and contemplation on the Word have especially helped.

I read somewhere that the result of meditation on the body and mind can be likened to a movie screen – you can play different movies on the same screen and the screen itself remains unchanged. In other words, through meditation we become centered and whole, so much so that NOTHING can change us, nothing can affect us! Isn’t that encouraging?

Here’s a little something on gratitude I found (I couldn’t have said it better myself):

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance; chaos to order; confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie

Click here to watch a moving video on gratitude shared in Vision and Viewpoin t, a weekly e-newsletter by Joan Chittister one of my favorite spiritual writers.

I hope you are inspired to try meditating! Peace be with you.