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If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart
This week we're celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., which I've come to appreciate so much more as I've grown older. As children we tended to enjoy most the holidays that would bring us the most gifts, but Thanksgiving Day reminds us of all the amazing gifts with which we are already blessed.
I love challenging myself to simply add gratitude into any given moment. It's amazing the transformations that can take place! I truly believe the act of being deeply grateful is the most wonderful state of being we can be in. Adding gratitude can turn a task into a privilege -- and often even turn a challenge into a blessing. Suddenly everything can change -- all just because you found a way to add gratitude into the equation.
Give it a try over the next 24 hours. Perhaps a few times during the day you can try saying something along the lines of, "There may be some things not going my way right now, but here are some things I'm definitely so grateful for..." The beautiful and amazing part about this is that it is such a healthy, organic feeling for us, and most of the time you will actually begin to feel a lightness in your chest right away, as you deeply and more gratefully breathe life fully in. To this day, feeling and expressing gratitude is the most magical, restorative elixir that I've ever come across.
At Artella, one of the things for which we are most appreciative is the wonderful collection of individuals that form our artsy, quirky world. We'd like to show our sincere thanks to you for being part of it all by giving you a Thanksgiving Holiday Feast 25%-40% Off Coupon, good on over 100 Artella products. You can find all the details on this coupon in the ARTELLAGRAM NEWS section below!
I've seen for myself, and for countless others, how dramatically things can shift in both one's inner life and outer circumstances when an active gratitude practice is in place and thriving. But in order for gratitude to work its life-makeover magic, you have to DO it! For all those who consider themselves creatively-minded, approaching gratitude artistically could be a wonderful way to ensure that you are making gratitude an active part of your life -- and not just something you think about every once in a while.
One of the ways I like to combine art and gratitude is through a "Gratitude Garland" (see photo, left). A Gratitude Garland is the result of creating miniature art journals on slips of paper each day, with each day's slip focused on an expression of personal gratitude. It's a ritual that is simple enough for anyone to do (including kids!) and quick enough for anyone to STICK to.
Give this process a try -- it's so fulfilling and fun!
If you'd like more inspiring guidance for creating and working with your Gratitude Garland, you may want to take a look at the popular e-course, The Gratitude Garland: An Art Journal Class for Cultivating Creative Gratitude. To celebrate Thanksgiving and spread our thanks as far as we can, we are taking 40% OffALL our gratitude themed e-courses: Accounting Your Blessings, Gratitude Garland, Artsy Envel-Hopes, and The Wealthcare Program. You can get the details on this special in the ARTELLAGRAM News section, below.
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I recently read this quote by Alexandra Stoddard: "Writing shows my gratitude for the blessings of being alive, of being human, of having a body, mind, and spirit-energy that can think, feel, and express what's most important to me." I love that! How much more rich could all of our writing be if we were more in tune to a sense of gratitude as we wrote.
One of the many current challenges in the Word Playground Forum in the Artella Cafe is to create an acrostic poem for the word "Thanksgiving".
An acrostic poem is one containing a series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in each line, form a word. It's a fun format to work with, and using the word "Thanksgiving" is a terrific way to inspire writing about gratitude.
So far, several examples have been posted at this link in the Cafe. Here's one posted by melydia:
They called me up at Half past three Aunt Marie thawed the turkey but No, it was a chicken. Keep with tradition, grumped Grandpa. So nothing else would do. Get us a turkey, they told me. I drove to the grocery store. Vibrantly colored signs plastered Inside the store window No More Turkeys! the signs said. Gravy goes with chicken too.
This Quotz CrystalTM is a high-resolution JPEG image, suitable for printing. Print it out and post it somewhere to remind you of the wonderful power of gratitude!
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If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart
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