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Practice Gratitude

4/25/2013

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Did you know that when you are grateful, miracles happen? 

It's not like you have to walk around stating everything you are grateful for, out loud, all the time. That might get annoying to others around you and THEY may not be quite so grateful.

Every morning, before I leap (not) out of bed, I spend a few moments in quiet reflection of all that I am grateful for. 

Every night, when I crash (yes) into bed, just before I fall asleep, I do the same thing.

 Yesterday, there was an extraordinary red-tail hawk circling over my head when I got home from my mornings activities. I literally just stood on my walkway and watched it. I swear to you, it was "talking" to me. I went inside, made my lunch, and sat on my stoop hoping to see it again. It wasn't meant to happen, but boy, what a fantastic message the hawk brings! To read up on the hawk as an animal totem, click HERE and then come back here, I'll wait.

I. KNOW! SERIOUSLY - how grateful am I to have had that experience yesterday?! It blows my mind how this always happens and yet, there's the miracle.


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On Facebook this morning I posted this picture with this sentence:
Think of one thing you are grateful for right now. Feel free to share here. ♥

I started the topic grateful for my health. I have seen firsthand that with poor health everything else starts to deteriorate. I am always be grateful to the PEOPLE in my life. And hot water. And a roof over my head and food in my belly.

It was marvelous to wake up and see what others are thankful for. THAT made me more grateful.

What are YOU grateful for?
Please share in the comments.
xo

ANYTIME you can add Pachelbel's Canon to a song, I'm in...
http://youtu.be/ZG2R25kpMpY
Which made me think of THIS version of the song by my favorites, The Piano Guys; I am so grateful for their never ending creativity. WATCH the video. You will smile all the way through. Bravo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV5_xj_yuhs
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Mary DeTurris Poust link
4/24/2013 11:10:52 pm

I wanted to share my hawk moment, from my retreat at Kripalu last year. Here's the link:

http://www.notstrictlyspiritual.com/page/2/?s=yoga

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Mary DeTurris Poust link
4/24/2013 11:12:53 pm

ACK, wrong link! Here's the correct link. Sorry. Feel free to delete that first link.

http://www.notstrictlyspiritual.com/2011/12/mellow-monday-reverberations-from-my-weekend-yoga-prayer-retreat/

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Maggie ~ TGHR
4/25/2013 04:20:55 am

WOW Mary! What a gorgeous creature. Your retreat sounds sublime.THANKS for sharing. xo




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