Gratitude

[Weedygarden]

What are you grateful for, especially this holiday season, from Thanksgiving through the New Year?

I'm listening to this podcast and will post my thoughts in a while, because I am not finished with listening to this, but I am heading out the door to take a dog to a dog park. They mention Andrew Huberman's podcast a year ago about gratitude. I have not listened to it yet, but I have found it and will listen to it later.



https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/the-science-of-gratitude-and-how-to-build-a-gratitude-practice

 

[d_marsh]

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.” - Melody Beattie

 

[Weedygarden]

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.” - Melody Beattie

I need to reread Melody Beattie's book, "Codependent No More" that I read when I was participating in Adult Children of Alcoholics. As we grow, age, and learn, we are able to process information in different ways.

 

[Hooch]

I've been getting myself into the habit to be thankful each night, then practice some meditation. Im taking the time to thank God for what I have, the experience I get for another day, the ability to take care of my pups and critters and all that I have.
It may not be all that I want..but I've still much to be grateful for..everyday. I don't want to live like I'm unaware that life could be different in a not so great way.
I think it is helping me set the tone for more positive thinking, living with purpose while keeping my goals in mind. I can still dream and strive for more abundance be it material or a eaiser life or that long lost soul mate..and still be grateful for what I have right now.

 

[Amish Heart]

I am grateful for so much. And am glad I am alive during this time in the world. Looking at a sign in my kitchen and it says, "Gratitude turns what we have into enough". I believe that.

 

[d_marsh]

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances:
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

I agree with @Amish. If one is thankful in all circumstances they appreciate and value whatever they have, leading to happiness and contentment. The opposite is also true with a very different result.

 

[Weedygarden]

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances:
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

I agree with @Amish. If one is thankful in all circumstances they appreciate and value whatever they have, leading to happiness and contentment. The opposite is also true with a very different result.

I think that for me, losing my mother when I was six created a situation that took me years to fully understand this, and I am probably not there 100% yet. Why, God? Why?

For many years daughter would spend her Christmas break in North Dakota with her dad and his family. They were BIG into celebrating Christmas with the extended family, and they were grateful that I would send her to stay with them with a bunch of gifts that she helped select. When we were there for her dad's funeral, his dad thanked me for doing that. It meant a lot to them, to have their only grandchild there for Christmas.

People would try to feel sorry for me for being home alone for Christmas. Oh, no, no sadness for me. (When I was teaching, the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is exhausting and just rough, and by the time the break comes, teachers are exhausted.) The N.D. people were important in her life. She remembers them all very fondly and with the great love they had for her.

 

[rice paddy daddy]

As a sober alcoholic I find that one of the biggest keys to my staying sober is gratitude.
Gratitude in all things, and praising and thanking my God for everything He has given me. Without Him I am nothing.

Since I adopted what is called "an attitude of gratitude" my life has become (most of the time) peaceful and content.
And for an alcoholic PTSD combat veteran this is a HUGE thing. HUGE!!!!

I am grateful, and amazed, to be able to do something as simple as sitting quietly with my computer while listening to my wife in the kitchen baking some muffins to take with us to the neighbor's for Thanksgiving dinner.

I am grateful simply to be alive.

 

[poltiregist]

Before this forum was merged with another forum , some of the members " the ladies " informed me of several species of chickens that would lay eggs during the winter months " actually year around " I am grateful for receiving that information . From those forum posts which I took serious , I ordered some " cinnamon queen chicks " . I had to get on a waiting list of about 6 months . Finally the day arrived that I could get them . I was so concerned that I didn't have them mailed to me . Nope I drove around 100 miles straight to the hatchery to get them . The results -100 % survival rate . And as the forum members told me they have began laying . Here we are entering the time most folks chickens have stopped laying eggs . However mine are increasing . I bought enough chickens to not just supply my house occupants but to see others on my survival grounds also have eggs during the aftermath of S.H.T.F. .

 

[poltiregist]

As a sober alcoholic I find that one of the biggest keys to my staying sober is gratitude.
Gratitude in all things, and praising and thanking my God for everything He has given me. Without Him I am nothing.

Since I adopted what is called "an attitude of gratitude" my life has become (most of the time) peaceful and content.
And for an alcoholic PTSD combat veteran this is a HUGE thing. HUGE!!!!

I am grateful, and amazed, to be able to do something as simple as sitting quietly with my computer while listening to my wife in the kitchen baking some muffins to take with us to the neighbor's for Thanksgiving dinner.

I am grateful simply to be alive.

I made myself a promise when I was in Nam - If I somehow survived and returned to the world , that I would never take another day of life for granted again . I remember those days when I would find myself surprised to still be alive as the sun came back up . - On my coffee cup , which I use daily it reads Good morning Vietnam , 173rd. airborne brigade . Below that writing in smaller lettering it says you've never lived until you've almost died . Many mornings I sit on my bench overlooking the valley below watching the sun come up with that cup in my hands .