Queenie, I am reminded of a story by Thich Naht Hahn, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Monk who practiced a walking meditation of thankfulness and gratitude. He suggested that when one was unable to think of anything to be thankful for they might reflect on when they had experienced a toothache, and then they could be thankful for the non-toothache in the present moment.
Like it feels good to stop hitting your head against the wall. Sometimes we have to look hard for things to be grateful for, but they are there....all over the place . I think sometimes we feel somethings are too minor to be thankful for, but that's not really the case.
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I am grateful for you and your blog and that we are going to get to see you tomorrow night! and for women of substance and for the rain....
I am grateful for you and your blog and that we are going to get to see you tomorrow night! and for women of substance and for the rain....
Queenie, I am reminded of a story by Thich Naht Hahn, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Monk who practiced a walking meditation of thankfulness and gratitude. He suggested that when one was unable to think of anything to be thankful for they might reflect on when they had experienced a toothache, and then they could be thankful for the non-toothache in the present moment.
i am grateful for you
Like it feels good to stop hitting your head against the wall. Sometimes we have to look hard for things to be grateful for, but they are there....all over the place . I think sometimes we feel somethings are too minor to be thankful for, but that's not really the case.
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