Grateful for the Dark Stuff Too

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May 6, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace "Thank you" is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. - Alice Walker - Grateful for the Dark Stuff Too Orienting ourselves toward gratitude is a cultural trend and a healthy practice. Whether we are keeping a daily list, posting on social media platforms, journaling, or praying each morning, practicing gratitude has positive results for physical and emotional health and even in our professional lives. Laura Grace Weldon suggests taking this practice even further and being grateful for those people, things, circumstances and experiences that we may find challenging. Rather than separating our lives into good and bad, we can consider our entire experience as one for which to feel gratitude. Her examples are to "mine" mistakes, doubt, and crisis for what we might feel grateful. { read more } Be The Change For 21 days, each morning list 5 positive things for which you are grateful and then 5 negative or challenging things for which you are willing to be grateful. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows Turning Rain, Ice and Trees into Ephemeral Works Mary Oliver: Instructions for Living A Life How to Be Yourself The Moment I Knew Gratitude is the Answer to Every Question Last Lecture 12 Truths I Learned from Life and Writing DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,194 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More