Gratitude For Life’s Abundance

Prayer is not about asking for things or performing complex rituals. It is about a deep, simple state of gratitude for existence itself. As Meister Eckhart stated: “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough”...

Seasons

May we have patience for all the things that have not bloomed yet and gratitude for all the things that have. Mary Davis In her book of daily reflections, Every Day Spirit, Mary Davis reminds us that “the change of seasons in nature offers the chance to reflect on the...

Changing our individual and collective destinies through blessing

Fabrice Pinel “Every time you bless… You shine a light where everyone else sees only darkness. You see opportunity where others see only a dead end… You are the promise of a new world. May beauty, goodness, and uprightness be your only concerns. It is their turn to...

Blessing

This blog is an excerpt from the book *Magiciens du quotidien* by Olivier Clerc, used with his permission. Thank you, Olivier. Blessing is the opposite of cursing There is something incongruous about talking about blessings in a world where slander has become so...

Praying with Ordinary Things

 From https://cac.org/daily-meditations/practicing-gratitude-weekly-summary/ Episcopal priest Laurie Brock invites us to reflect on our relationship with the things we use every day and how our gratitude might help us discover the sacred significance they hold:  We...