The Four Things That Matter Most by Ira Byock

Author:Ira Byock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria Books

CHAPTER TWELVE

Practicing Gratitude

Meister Eckhart, a fourteenth-century Christian theologian and mystic wrote, “If the only prayer you say in your whole life is ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.”

Please take a moment to thank someone you love when he or she smiles at you. The next time you put your child to bed or before you and your spouse retire, try enumerating everything he or she did that day that touched you, that fulfilled his or her responsibilities in your life together, that acknowledged the connection you share.

By paying attention to the details of the ways in which people give to us and show us care and consideration, we become more mindful of our own lives. We begin to focus on our own good fortune rather than our problems. If we practice this consistently and diligently, feelings of gratitude can pervade our lives.

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