Birdie Transformation Program week Six
Gratitude
Yes, there is always something to be grateful for.
Investigation: what IS gratitude? What is an attitude of gratitude?
Find information on how a focus on gratitude changes the brain/us. Share it with us.
Here are the two explorations/tasks for the week
One:
For this week, every evening, write down at least 10 things you are grateful for.
Include at least one item from that same day.
Go over the list and mark the ones you also FEEL grateful for.
For the rest of the week, you can play exploring the difference of being grateful for something and feeling grateful for something – what is the difference for you?
As you go about your day, notice when you are or feel grateful.
To give you an example: a while back I used to wake up in a lot of pain. It went on for a couple of years. A hot morning shower felt so incredibly good and helped with that pain a lot. I felt – and still feel it every single day – so grateful to live in a place where there is hot running water. Thank you!!!
Two:
This is easily done when already in bed and before going to sleep, but you can do it any time.
Think of, sense or touch areas or organs of your body and thank them for having been with you all this life, worked for you, served you, protected you, …and so on.
Imagine your body’s cells or organ’s responses when appreciated and cared for or when complained about, blamed or neglected. Imagine how it would be if all the cells of your body were accepted and welcomed as they are. How might that feel?
Whether or not you have found evidence of benefit in appreciating your physical body and it’s varying parts, for better or worse, together your body as a whole and its specific organs and various
parts, have gotten you this far.
Another example: there was a time I really really thanked my heart for having had to feel so much and yet, there it was still beating.
Sometimes the gratitude for certain events can’t be understood and felt till years later.
A long time ago a friend wrote this at the end of an e-mail:
Always remember gratitude.