Rent Living in Gratitude: Mastering the Art of Giving Thanks Every Day, A Month-by-Month Guide

Synopsis

What would happen if you made gratitude your focal point for one full year? With Living in Gratitude, Angeles Arrien invites you to find out. Integrating the latest teachings from social science with stories, prayers, and practices from cultures and traditions spanning the globe, she presents a 12-month plan for making gratitude your foundation for daily living.

Opening with themes such as "Beginning Anew" and "The Power of Equanimity" and progressing to "Letting Be and Letting Go," "The Mystic Heart," and more, readers will steep themselves in "the parent of all virtues," exploring: - How to overcome habitual tendencies toward envy, comparison, and narcissism; - Blessings, learnings, mercies, and protections---the four portals to the grateful heart, and how to cultivate these key entryways in our work, relationships, health, finances, and personal growth; - Journaling and reflection exercises, perennial and indigenous wisdoms, and universal practices for every season and situation

"The practice of gratitude bestows many benefits," writes Angeles Arrien. "Anger, arrogance, and jealousy melt in its embrace. Fear and defensiveness dissolve. Gratitude diminishes barriers to love and evokes happiness, keeping alive what has meaning for us." Living in Gratitude, is a dependable resource for making this cherished virtue your guiding light along life's journey.

Contents

January: Begin Anew

Four Concerns of Soul Making – Hopi Reminders for Starting Anew – Renewed Innocence: Five Qualities of Children

February: Attend to the Heart

The Four –Chambered Heart - Spoken and Non-spoken Verses of Love – Dalai Lama's Practice of Cherishing Self and Others

March: Compassionate Service

Five Principles of Compassionate Service – Luck: Where Opportunity and Preparedness Intersect – Nabakov's "Thrill of Gratitude"

April: Mercy and Atonement

Spirituality of Empathy – States of Ingratitude – The Cultivation of Mercy and Forgiveness

May: The Gift of Grace
Grace, Gravitas, and Gratitude – Memorial Day and Aboriginal Dreamtime – Nine Practices of Excellence from Japan

June: The Power of Equanimity
Balance, Equanimity, and Renewal – Japanese Practice of Naiken – The Practice and Identification of Equanimity

July: Embracing Nature
Four Natural Qualities for Survival – Nature's Three Laws of Governance – Four Soul Retrieval Places in Nature

August: Cultivating Peace
Embracing Nonviolence: The Quaker Queries – Shifting Our Relationship to Conflict: Questions from the Talmud – Three Guidelines for Fair Fighting

September: Opening to Guidance and Wisdom
Seven Outer Practices of Highly Effective People – Seven Internal Practices for Developing Spirituality and Character – Five Principles of Optimum Health

October: Letting Be and Letting Go
Deeper Lessons of Living and Being Human – Longings and Belongings – Community and Celebration: Being a Social Architect

November: Grateful Seeing
The Breath of Thanks Practice – Indigenous Giveaway Practices – Grateful Seeking: Looking for Goodness and What Is Working

December: The Mystic Heart
The Holidays and the Mystic Heart – Two Kinds of Gratitude – Gift-Giving and Royal Generosity

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