Gratitude is a quality I have heaps of time for. Whenever I am feeling a out of sorts I will run through all the reasons I have for being grateful in this world. And 99% of the time it is enough to shift the emotional feelings in my body to being more cheerful.
When I read this new book - Radical Gratitude by Andrew Bienkowski and Mary Akers I was instantly grateful for being alive in this time and this country. Andrew and his family were banished to Siberia from their home in Poland during the Russian invasion. As the story of his family unfolds around lessons in gratitude I was left with a deep sense of awe.
Let me quote a section that has stayed with me for days and I hope for ever.
" Remembering the many things in our lives for which we can be grateful (yes, even the painful experiences), and spending a bit of time and energy each day on practicing gratitude, helps to make gratefulness a way of life. And the ability to focus on the good, to feel grateful, to practise gratefulness is within each of us. When we consciously choose to acknowledge and share our gratitude, we see how quickly gratitude grows and spreads to others. We begin to understand - once gratitude opens the door- that we are all connected" ... Page 17
I now start and finish the day with a silent prayer of gratitude for everthing and everyone in my life....
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