Comments on: How I Used to Hate Gratitude

By: Matthew | Step into the Flow

Matthew | Step into the Flow — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:52:34 +0000

Screw gratitude. Really.

Of course there’s value in it, but it’s pushed. It’s pushed to the point that there’s mindfuck involved. Gratitude is like meditation. You can’t push it. It is or it isn’t. The best way to teach gratitude is to be grateful yourself, especially of things like anger and hatred.

One thing I liked : http://www.polarisrising.com/gratitude-being-open-to-what-is.html

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:18:26 +0000

Thank you for writing about gratitude. I've gotten pretty good at recognizing the blessings of the universe over the years, but can always use a reminder. I can see wonder in the way my hands work, the way the plants grow, in the weather, in seasons, machines, food, soap, sun, animals, art, water - well, absolutely everything. Today I'm staying in to rest and reset myself. I'm grateful for my warm clothes and my warm bed and sofa to take naps on. Think I'll light a fire in the fireplace and just stare at the flame. Susan’s last blog post..Moving kinda slow

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:31:35 +0000

"They wanted your reaction to make *them* feel better. I felt I was expected to be *grateful* for something that people were doing for *themselves*, not for me." This can be a tough one - it's difficult to deal with managing other people's reactions. I just try to be grateful someone was thinking of me (or at least pretend they were thinking of me!) Dave’s last blog post..How To Help Someone Change Their Life In Four Days

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:57:21 +0000

Jen,
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your difficulty with gratitude! I still struggle with it (damn perfectionism) and came across a little insight this past week thinking about it AGAIN. I think I’m afraid to be grateful. As in, if I am grateful will it be a signal to the Universe that I’m settling? Will I be denied any future wishes, hopes, desires, etc. because I’ve already told the Universe that it has given me enough already (and that is okay with me, thank you so very much, oh you really don’t have to give me more. Please, you’re being too generous.)? Is it even possible to be truly grateful and still have hopes, dreams, desires, wishes, interests?

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:21:39 +0000

HUGE appreciation for my heated mattress pad!! my kitty napping on my lap. candle burning. pretty new brick red scarf. womensisterfriend. snowfall and sun shining to melt it. breathing.