In Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Eat, Pray, Love we find out about gratitude through the art of prayer. Elizabeth talks about the japa malas beads from India and how there are 108 prayers said for the 108 beads, in Catholicism there is the rosary with its 59 beads for prayer. I have a friend who designs and sells Gratitude Beads with its 101 beads. These are a way for one to pray or give thanks for the abundance in their lives bead by bead. What ever we do whether it is through giving thanks out loud, writing in a journal or using beads to remind us of our gratefulness, it is in the practice that will keep us centered in joy.
Practicing the art of gratefulness is in our day to day routine. Get up in the morning, pour yourself a cup of coffee, sit with a journal at the kitchen table or get in front of your computer screen. Then start your list, what am I grateful for? It can be as little as that warm cup of coffee and as big as the most awesome relationship with the man of your dreams. Just start….Do it Now.
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