This booklet arrived at about the time I was grousing a lot about the heat and humidity and everything else in my life - If you've read much by me you know that summer is my fourth favorite season.
Slouching around in my house, in the air conditioning and fans, it dawned on me that I needed an attitude adjustment. I turned to Gratitude and Grace and began to read. I read it cover to cover. There's quite a lot in the booklet but during this read through I was especially struck by the article almost at the end called "The Many Ways to Practice Gratitude." I was especially taken with the paragraph that read:"Taking gratitude walks on the beach or in a park with my prayer partner expands my consciousness and elevates my spirit to new heights, in ever-expanding love. We take turns speaking out loud what we are grateful for without much thought - just playful, joyous gratitude."Although I don't have a prayer partner, I am re-energized by nature and having someone to share this idea with would be great. The name of a friend came to mind. I photocopied those two pages and when I saw her next I showed her the pages and especially the paragraph that had grabbed me. I said "Just think about it." A day or two later, I had a text from her. "Let's do it." And so we did this last week. I can't describe how special it was walking along a river path with her, chatting about gratitude and about a lot of other things in our lives. We walked 40 minutes, felt great, and decided we'd like to do this again in a month or so.
Give the Gratitude Walk a try.
~ JEAN
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