Three Snippets on Gratitude - by Jeff Leopando

After all, what is a moment of thanksgiving - such as grace before a meal, or appreciation for one’s worn-out socks (Marie Kondo-style) before tossing them out - if not a moment of mindfulness? Thanks for reading The Effortless Path! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. David Whyte writes: “Gratitude is not a passive response to something we have been given; gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us.” Gratitude should not merely be the intellectual exercise of tallying and valuing our things. Gratitude can and should be a state that we inhabit, arising naturally through the simple act of being fully present with ourselves and everything that fills our conscious experience. David Whyte continues: “To see the full miraculous essentiality of the color blue is to be grateful with no necessity for a word of thanks. To see fully, the beauty of a daughter’s face is to be fully grateful withou

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