Day 3 – Awaken the Energy of Gratitude
In today's meditation, we learn how to recharge our gratitude batteries. If we are tired, upset, or stressed, then our heart is closed and we are not able to feel or express real gratitude. Genuine gratitude comes from a feeling of contentment, safety, and being welcomed in your life – what Buddha called the “gladdened heart.”
This natural energy of gratitude is awakened when we meditate. Our intention in meditation will be to invite this warm attitude of appreciation into our awareness and perception. With this recharged heart of thankfulness we will find reason to be grateful wherever we look.
Day 3
Awaken the Energy of Gratitude
CENTERING THOUGHT
I am gladdening my heart.
SANSKRIT MANTRA
Ananda Hum
I am bliss.
Our centering thought for today is:
I am gladdening my heart.
"Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. " — Karl Barth
Do you feel like you’re constantly waiting for your “real” life to begin?
In today’s world, being present in the moment has become a challenge we all face. A joyful, meaningful life – a life filled with grace – seems perpetually out of reach because there is always something more we need to acquire. With this feeling that we do not have enough, and are not enough, the gifts of grace always exists in the future – never in the present. Oprah Winfrey
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