This bit of profound and charmingly misspelled wisdom was scrawled on the red cliff walls leading to the Mehrangah Fort in Jodhpur, India. There are several spots where these mindful messages are painted in Sanskrit and English throughout the drive—a sweet reminder and more inspiring than a typical billboard.
What I am grateful for by Kathy Russell
I am grateful for my neighbors, Ian Kelsey and Megan, whose ages range from 6 to 9 years old. They continue to remind me of innocence, joy, and laughter, and that as an adult, I have learned to take myself much too seriously.
As we spend time together hiking or playing go-fish, they remind me to live in the moment and be happy as they are, because you never know when that moment will be taken away.
This straightforward dose of wisdom seems even sweeter when you consider its location, prominently perched in the back of a pickup truck during a Sunday morning flea market.
Grateful for being open to see the message... however they show up.
Awww.... We are rolling into a fresh, shiny new year (1-1-11); even the numbers suggest a magical time to be alive! I am so grateful for the reminder that each day is a new beginning and so blessed for all the new like-minded souls that came into my life in Joshua Tree this weekend during a meditation retreat. I appreciate and welcome your participation in this creative collaboration inspired by gratitude! It is such a joy to really know that everything is possible!
Among all the other things that keep us alive every day, water may be one that we take for granted when it is available and safe to drink.
When we count our blessings, we often overlook the importance of water. This is not to say we don't appreciate it. This only serves to highlight the fact that it is not a universal phenomenon that it is always present in our lives.
Fact:
”Every week, nearly 38,000 children under the age of 5 die from unsafe drinking water and unhygienic living conditions.”
With that in mind, take time each day to be grateful for water.
Consider lending time or donating money to an organization like one of these that helps make clean water available to those in need.
by Stef Cheneby, grateful at 43
I look back at 43 years and I think, "Oh my god! I am so grateful to be where I am, and this is the result of all the experiences I have lived through.” The good ones and the bad ones. The pleasant ones and the painful ones. The laughter and the tears. The birth and the death. The joys and the fears.
I have finally manifested many experiences I thought would only be for others when I started believing in myself and realizing I could not change the present, but I could change my future.
I changed my mindset from what else could go wrong to what else could go perfectly.
I am grateful for all my friends, for they make every moment even more enjoyable.
I am grateful for those who tried to hurt me, for they succeeded in making me stronger and more powerful.
I am grateful for the latest discovery: I look in my backup hard drives for a beautiful photo of a butterfly I took years ago, and I discover the folder with all my photos is gone. 43 years of photos of me are gone. The folders for Mom, Dad, Rico, my daughter, Chloe, my dog, Braun, and many more are still there. So I decided to be grateful for what I have instead of whining about what I lost.
I decided to be grateful and see it as a gift from the Universe. I have nowhere to look back so I can only look forward.
