I asked my spiritual director to help me come up with a daily, practical way to work on cultivating a spirit of gratitude.
His challenge to me (that I’m passing along to you!):
- Choose a time of day that is generally interruption-free
- Take the time to relax my mind and body!
- Relax muscles from toes to the top of my head (contract muscles and relax them, count to 5)
- Focus on breathing
- Inhale: Come, Holy Spirit
- Exhale: Fill me with Your Presence
- Choose 2 things to be grateful for that day, and then:
- Be more consciously aware of that thing
- Work on gratitude for that thing
- Journal about it if that’s helpful for you. I’m going to mark down my 2 things each day and then journal about how the previous day went. This will help me to reveal patterns/habits/triggers and mark down moments of growth where God worked through me
- Examples
- Marriage: Struggling with nitpicking husband.
- Choose to be more aware of his acts of service
- Verbally thank him for everything I see him doing
- Marriage: Struggling with nitpicking husband.
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- Parenting: Two-year-old being extra clingy and not letting me focus on my to-do list
- Choose to be more aware of her affection for me and desire to be with me
- Show her that I receive her love by putting aside my task
- Parenting: Two-year-old being extra clingy and not letting me focus on my to-do list
Get in touch!
Let me know how it goes! What areas/things do you need to cultivate a spirit of gratitude for?
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