Today in the US, many of us celebrate Thanksgiving – a day of gratitude.
Gratitude itself is a gift to be celebrated. Have you ever tried to hold on to an emotion of anger or sadness and be in gratitude at the same time? You just can’t do it.
So when you feel yourself in a state you’d rather not be in, think of something you are truly grateful for, and let your heart feel the gratitude. Receive the gift.
I want to share with you a few of my favorite quotes, teachings and prayers of Gratitude:
“If the only prayer you said was thank you, it would be enough.”
“Gratitude stems from worthiness and supports the experience of abundance. On the other hand, ungratefulness and resentment stem from unworthiness and reinforce the perception of scarcity.
“Each is a closed circle.
“To enter the circle of grace, you need to bring love to yourself or another. To enter the circle of fear, you need to withhold love from yourself or another.
“When you stand inside of one circle, the reality of the other circle comes into question. This is why you often have the sense that there are two mutually exclusive worlds in your experience.
“The grateful cannot imagine being unjustly treated. The resentful cannot imagine being loved by God. Which world would you inhabit? It is your choice.”
“There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates and fills the interspaces of the universe. A thought in this substance produces the thing that is imaged by the thought.
“Gratitude unifies the mind of man with the intelligence of substance, so that man’s thoughts are received by the formless. A person can remain upon the creative plane only by uniting himself with the formless intelligence through a deep and continuous feeling of gratitude.”
“We give thanks for this food that we have received from this holy earth.
Please bless this food and make it holy
to nourish our bodies, minds, hearts, souls and spirits.”
I am grateful for you! THANK YOU!
For whatever you choose to celebrate and for every day,
Many blessings,
Live and Love Joyfully!!
Debra Graugnard, M.Div.
