We spend so much of our energy focusing on what we want—the things we don’t have.
Finding gratitude shifts our perception towards the abundance of gifts and blessings present for us at any given moment. Especially during hard times, a moment of gratitude can remind us of how much we’ve been given: love, support, simple pleasures, material resources, our health and safety, this breath, this moment, and this life.
To take it a step further, we can give thanks not only for the good things in our lives but for the challenges and difficulties that push us to grow and allow us to put our spiritual work into practice.
“We should be especially grateful for having to deal with annoying people and difficult situations because, without them, we would have nothing to work with,” writes Acharya Judy Lief. “Without them, how could we practice patience, exertion, mindfulness, loving-kindness or compassion?”
This is why gratitude is one of my favourite practices which I ………………… You can read the rest on the substack “Now About Meditation” by clicking below.