Okay...I never thought of it this way! I never expressed gratitude before because I kept jumping from one moment to another, never just sitting down and feeling it --> because I was constantly terrified of my freedom (of choice) going away or being taken away --> because that'd make me feel boxed up and weak.
I always knew this subconsciously I guess? But never correlated the 2 haha.
As the fear dissipated I started being more grateful!
Wow, what a valuable insight to gain from this exercise! It’s so surprising what comes up when we sit down and give attention and room to something we are working through. I hope the next set of questions in Day 3 helps you look at gratitude from a new perspective, beyond this block.
I understand more about other people and their relationship to gratitude after reading these questions. To feel gratitude for the basic needs, food, water, and shelter, seems so natural to me and I am genuinely grateful for them. I've had so many amazing opportunities in my life. I've met amazing people, lived in wonderful places, travelled, been educated and have had amazing workplaces. To feel worthy of feeling gratitude isn't something I'd really considered but as you've asked it I guess some people perhaps don't. Even in my lowest times of depression, I could feel gratitude for the unconditional love of family & close friends. And for them I am eternally grateful.
It’s so interesting, I admittedly wrote this course for people who struggle with gratitude in mind, as I struggle with it. (I wrote a whole long post/podcast episode about it before I kicked off this series, mostly discussing how growing up with Generalized Anxiety Disorder made it hard for me to spend much time with a meaningful gratitude practice.)
Certainly, some can feel not worthy of it…or at least not worthy of taking time for it. Because I am so often worried about the next thing, for example, I struggle to pause and really feel or express gratitude.
It’s really helpful to hear from people who this comes more naturally to—you can help people like me by being good models for its positive influence!
Okay...I never thought of it this way! I never expressed gratitude before because I kept jumping from one moment to another, never just sitting down and feeling it --> because I was constantly terrified of my freedom (of choice) going away or being taken away --> because that'd make me feel boxed up and weak.
I always knew this subconsciously I guess? But never correlated the 2 haha.
As the fear dissipated I started being more grateful!
Okay...I never thought of it this way! I never expressed gratitude before because I kept jumping from one moment to another, never just sitting down and feeling it --> because I was constantly terrified of my freedom (of choice) going away or being taken away --> because that'd make me feel boxed up and weak.
I always knew this subconsciously I guess? But never correlated the 2 haha.
As the fear dissipated I started being more grateful!
Thank you so much for this Marcy!
Wow, what a valuable insight to gain from this exercise! It’s so surprising what comes up when we sit down and give attention and room to something we are working through. I hope the next set of questions in Day 3 helps you look at gratitude from a new perspective, beyond this block.
I understand more about other people and their relationship to gratitude after reading these questions. To feel gratitude for the basic needs, food, water, and shelter, seems so natural to me and I am genuinely grateful for them. I've had so many amazing opportunities in my life. I've met amazing people, lived in wonderful places, travelled, been educated and have had amazing workplaces. To feel worthy of feeling gratitude isn't something I'd really considered but as you've asked it I guess some people perhaps don't. Even in my lowest times of depression, I could feel gratitude for the unconditional love of family & close friends. And for them I am eternally grateful.
It’s so interesting, I admittedly wrote this course for people who struggle with gratitude in mind, as I struggle with it. (I wrote a whole long post/podcast episode about it before I kicked off this series, mostly discussing how growing up with Generalized Anxiety Disorder made it hard for me to spend much time with a meaningful gratitude practice.)
Certainly, some can feel not worthy of it…or at least not worthy of taking time for it. Because I am so often worried about the next thing, for example, I struggle to pause and really feel or express gratitude.
It’s really helpful to hear from people who this comes more naturally to—you can help people like me by being good models for its positive influence!
Okay...I never thought of it this way! I never expressed gratitude before because I kept jumping from one moment to another, never just sitting down and feeling it --> because I was constantly terrified of my freedom (of choice) going away or being taken away --> because that'd make me feel boxed up and weak.
I always knew this subconsciously I guess? But never correlated the 2 haha.
As the fear dissipated I started being more grateful!
Thank you so much for this Marcy!