Welcome to the Quote of the Week. In honor of Thanksgiving Day, "Gratitude Break" is this week's quote along with the usual Recycled Quote of the Week, we also have a short video! Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!
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"I want to provide you with a moment to pause and be grateful. Take a seat, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and think about all you have to be grateful for in your life. There are so many things we all have to be grateful for every day.
Who are your heroes, your biggest supporters? Think about those people and let your heart burst with gratitude.
What gifts have you been given? What advantages were you born into in this life? Think about those things and feel the feeling of gratitude for the things you take for granted.
What friendships do you have that light you up? Who are those friends that you love and who love you no matter what? Take a deep breath and deep inside feel your gratitude for them.
Think about all the things that are right in your life, right now. Let that gracious feeling wash over you like a waterfall.
Take one last deep breath, exhale, and get on with your beautiful, one-of-a-kind life.
I hope enjoyed this little gratitude break.”
positivelypositive.com
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A Recycled Quote of the Week
Discovering a Magical Mantra
Many years ago, I’d heard about an Indian guru who had come up with a magical mantra that supposedly helped people develop an attitude of gratitude. I decided to visit him in India and see what this gratitude practice was. So after traveling 18 hours by plane, and then taking a taxi for another 2 hours, I finally reached his ashram. When at last I finally met the bearded guru, I told him I wanted to hear his amazing mantra for helping people practice daily gratitude. He said in his heavy Indian accent, “Ah yes, my technique is the most powerful mantra on earth.” He leaned in to whisper it into my ear. He said, “Whenever possible, repeat the following words in your head. The magical mantra I give you is the words, “Thank You.”
I was supremely disappointed. I said, “That’s IT!?”
He said, “No, ‘that’s it’ is the mantra you have been using, and that mantra makes you feel like you never have enough. My mantra is the words ‘Thank You’—not ‘That’s It.’ ‘That’s it’ will take you nowhere, but ‘Thank You’ will quiet your mind and open your heart. So when you eat good food, say thank you! When you see your child, or a sunset or your pet, repeat the mantra ‘thank you’ and soon you will have an attitude of gratitude for each blessing in your life.”
Jonathan Robinson
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A 10 minute video worth watching (especially listening to the words of Brother David Steindl-Rast.) It serves as a meditation on being grateful for every day.
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Wishing you a most beautiful Thanksgiving, wherever this may find you!
