People teach what they most need to learn.
Gratitude helps us love well by keeping us focused on the beauty in our relationship and the person we love.
Spiritual leaders teach that waking up is a process, that it doesn't just happen once and for all, but must occur again and again when we realize we have forgotten the miracle of being alive, and in recognizing our forgetfulness, we wake to the miracle once again. In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.
Eating healthy and exercising won't help you if it's only temporary.
Take a deep breath and think of the three things you are grateful for, right in this moment.
Gratitude is like a flashlight. It lights up what is already there. You don't necessarily have anything more or different, but suddenly you can actually see what it is. And because you can see, you no longer take it for granted.
In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.
Gratitude connects us to others and feeling gratitude allows us to be our best selves. When we are truly grateful, we can count on living the life we want
Here's a practice for dealing with envy. . . each time you find yourself envious of someone. . . ask yourself, "What is there that I am noticing in the other person that I want to find in myself?". . . If it's money, is it the freedom? The cance to play that money buys? A sense of security? Whatever it is-more play, a sense of security, free time-you can work on getting more of it in your life, no matter what the circumstances.
Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.
As any gardener will tell you, the cycles of nature require patience. . . Even a fast-growing vegetable like a radish requires time.
No matter what, I want to experience a sense of peace while talking. As I look out into the audience, Ill remember to breathe and notice that at my core there is peace.
We hold on so tightly that our hands are unavailable to reach out for the happiness we could gain by letting go.
. . . the major rule in the American belief system - that anyone can do anything. . . is a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters mediocrity. Knowing what you're good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.
I got sick and tired of a joyless existence, and so have thought a lot in the past few years about how to bring more joy into my life. The more I think about it, the more I believe that joy and gratitude are inseparable. Joy is defined in the dictionary as an "emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires," while gratitude is that "state of being appreciative of benefits received. " In other words, whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.
Wholeness invokes balance.
Patience is no small, fell-good personal quality. It is at the heart of diplomacy and civility, lawfulness and civil order. Without it, people can't work together and society can't function at all. With it, we create the possibility of peace between people and between nations.
I'm so happy that James Baraz's AWAKENING JOY class is now available in book form. His class has been helpful to thousands of people. I plan to give it to all my clients who are struggling with creating a life of meaning and happiness. Joyfulness is our birthright. This book shows you how to reclaim it.
Gratitude is the antidote to bitterness and resentment.
The choice is ours, in every moment.