Day 40 :) 40 Days of Gratitude Making the change from taking for granted to taking in gratefully BS”D DAY 40!! Let this be a launch Wow! Wow! Wow! We’ve arrived at day 40 of our 40 Days of Gratitude journey! Kol Hakavod (loosely translated as, “way to go”) to everyone! I am grateful for each one of you that is reading this, working to cultivate gratitude in your own personal world, and contributing to the collective energy of gratitude in the world around us. In Jewish wisdom, a human being is called a little world. What we do creates ripples in the cosmos. Our actions, our words, and even our thoughts make an impact on the world around us – practically, energetically, and spiritually. I am grateful for this journey we’ve embarked on together. And this is only the beginning. In Judaism, 40 is the number that signifies birth and renewal. Just as there are 40 weeks in a pregnancy, and 40 years of wandering in the desert before entering Eretz Yisrael – 40 is an end of something which gives birth to something new. So let this be a launching pad for each one of us. Let’s continue flexing and building our gratitude muscles – even after these 40 days. Make for yourself a “gratitude chevrusa” (aka a gratitude buddy/learning partner). This could be a friend you can call for 2 minutes a day to share with one another something you are each grateful for – or for those days you are struggling for gratitude – someone who can help give you back your gratitude glasses. Use the ideas here that resonated with you. Practice gratitude – find things to be grateful for. Do it in your thinking. Talk about it with a friend. Make it part of your family culture. Start a gratitude journal or a gratitude jar. Get into the practice of sharing little miracle stories with your family over the dinner table or with your best friend when you meet for coffee. Take 2 minutes at the beginning or the end of your day to actively think of the little and big blessings in your life for which you are grateful. Let us each continue to cultivate gratitude in our own lives. Let’s create a gratitude revolution by changing the way our eyes choose to see – by continuing to refocus our eyes to see the world with miracle eyes. Let us try to tune in to see the miracles blossoming for us, and around us, all the time. And let us each work to inspire ourselves in a way that also creates a ripple and inspires others around us. Stay in touch! Let us know how it is going. We would love your feedback about this initiative – how it was for you, what was helpful, what you would have changed. And keep your eyes open for our next 40 Days of Gratitude campaign. Email us at: Orit Riter: oritriter@gmail Yael Zvia Bauer: gratituderevolution@gmail Individually and collectively we can make a revolution! With blessings and gratitude, Yael Zvia Bauer PS. Someone recently commented that they assumed gratitude came easy to me – given all these ideas I am sharing and writing and trying to incorporate into my life. Just as an fyi, I work on this and struggle with this. I have hard days and cranky moments. Which is why, even more so, this is something I am working on. At the times when I feel expanded consciousness and it’s easy to see the blessings – fantastic. And at those times I am stuck in constricted consciousness, then I fight for the gratitude. Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I don’t. but just remember – especially at those harder times – it’s the effort that matters much more than the outcome!
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:17:19 +0000
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