It’s early in the morning and I’m already tired. My to-do list is long. My to-cook list is longer. And yet – I am grateful.
Tag: gratitude
While it is easy to engage in a gratitude practice when things are calm and quiet, it’s quite a different challenge to focus on things to be grateful for when life gets hectic, and it’s even harder to think of them when things go wrong.
Gratitude is a healing balm for broken hearts, a salve for wounded souls and a way for us to look upward, even in our deepest distress. Gratitude and sorrow can co-exist.
Time marches on and the kids really do grow up (honestly, something I barely believed 15 or 20 years ago). What a ride parenting has been. And I’d do it all again. It’s so worth it.
My body has served as a temple, a dwelling place, for my spirit doing almost everything that’s ever been asked of it for almost 44 years and I’ve never once thought about how demanding I am of it. Nor of how unappreciative I’ve been of all it does for me.
Typically for the month of November we do something centered around gratitude. If you want to do the same, now would be a good time to sit with your children and decide what that activity might be, together.
It’s probably not the best mental attitude to have, but I always worry when things are fairly stable in our lives and going relatively smoothly. Why? Because I know “opportunities for growth” are just around the corner. Take July, for example….
If we want to raise kids who practice gratitude, we get to lead the way through our example. This episode is short and sweet but full of specific ideas you can try.
