11/02/2025
The below are excerpts from a QUORA post on Gratitude by Peter Augros, MA. Also - our November Calendar!
Gratitude.
It’s a shift of focus of what is wrong to what is right. It is just as true, but it feels better.
I mean, how many thousands upon thousands of things have to go exactly right for this moment to be as it is, even if you think this moment is boring, it is a work of 1,000 precise successes.
Gratitude is a shift of focus onto what is right, it is learning to feel how lucky you are for all of those thousands of things that actually go your way!
Try to remember that expectations are the enemy of gratitude.
Take some time to realize how right your life actually is and you may feel a bit embarrassed for complaining about it.
That being said, I know that there are some terrible things that happen to people in life.
But isn’t there a way to find gratitude in those moments too?
For example, if my dog passes away, “I’m so grateful for the times we had together. What were the chances that would meet at all in this life, yet I had 10 long years with Bella.”
Gratitude isn’t really about saying “thank you”. It isn’t really about making other people feel good, it’s about you and how you feel. Gratitude overthrows a huge chunk of negative thinking, it is a bulldozer for negative thoughts. Positive thoughts feel good, negative thoughts feel bad. Do you want to feel good? Make gratitude part of your day as often as you can.
Often we make the mistake to save our gratitude for the moment after receiving something. Gratitude isn’t just a feeling to have once in a while, it must be a solid cement foundation to build your spiritual practice upon.
Blessings!
