Regaining My Muchness

by Gratitude Girl, Vanessa Lowry Sometimes you don’t realize something is gone until it returns. I’m grateful that I’m regaining my “muchness.” I saw the movie Alice in Wonderland recently and Johnny Depp’s character, The Mad Hatter, says to Alice, “You used to be much more… ‘muchier.’ You’ve lost your muchness.” I think we are … More Regaining My Muchness

“If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live?”

by Gratitude Girl Robin Kirby My friend NW used to say “If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live?” I have not taken care of my body very well over the years, often abusing it with food and with lack of exercise, so I have decided to change this area of … More “If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live?”

Reflection

This is the last day of your 30 day gratitude experience. It is our hope that you have had many astonishing moments as you have devoted 5 minutes a day, or more, to your gratitude practice. We invite you to take today’s meditation time to reflect on the past days’ exercises and outcomes. Which exercise … More Reflection

Gratitude

Today is for gratitude. All day. Your meditation today centers around teaching yourself to be grateful for everything. Today, celebrate everything that happens. For the shower that has no hot water. For the complaining child. For the errant spouse. For the rush hour traffic jam. We don’t know the end result of anything. When we … More Gratitude

A Great Day!

At the end of the day, make a list of 15 (or more) things that went right in your day, no matter how big or small. There are hundreds! A small thing might be “My alarm clock sounded just as I had planned”, or “The waiter got my order just right”, or  “There was plenty … More A Great Day!