Gratitude Journal

 

My Gratitude Journal waiting for me atop the pillows.

 

"I'm either the luckiest gal on the planet… or I just have really low standards." :-)  That's a great quote from my teacher, and, I have to say I'm right there with her!  The fact is, there is such an abundance of gratitude for life overflowing from me each day, it feels as though I've cracked some secret code to a treasure chest of beautiful miracles.  There are many practices to which I attribute this freedom and joy...  seven years of Soto Zen Buddhist Awareness Practice & Transcendental Meditation, my amazing Teacher, my cheerleaders, and a simple, yet powerful ritual...

my nightly Gratitude Journal.

My Nightly Gratitude Journal

 

Taking a moment each night to record just a few of the infinite miracles for which I am grateful each day, is a beautiful frame of mind to fall asleep.  And it doesn’t stop there, I wake up in the same beautiful space of gratitude.  It's an excellent practice for everyone - including those of us sweethearts who occasionally wake up on the “wrong side of the bed” :-)

It only takes a minute or two - though you’ll find yourself wanting to write much more than you expected... that’s the nature of gratitude, it has a compounding, expansive, contagious quality.  Keeping a gratitude journal is a really fun way to focus our brains on the infinite miracles in our lives, and away from conditioning's incessant mantra of something wrong/not enough. 

The greatest gift we can give to the world is our own happiness.  It ripples out reaching farther than we can ever begin to imagine. 

 

Love,

XOXO

Juliane

 

Do you have a favorite practice or ritual which brings you happiness or peace? Do share with us!

I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.

– Joseph Campbell

 

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Comments

[Monica]

Hi Juliane!

In November I took a 21 day gratitude challenge where I needed to write a note each day to a different person and express some gratitude towards them. I thought it would be difficult, but I realized I really didn't thank people enough for even the littlest things they do (like the receptionist at our office) and I also was way late in thanking others for larger things. The response I got from people was overwhelming and truly made me consider my thoughts and actions in the future.
Love your blog! Monica (Wolters) Bruaw

[juliane]

Hi Monica!

What an amazing idea! Love it... and most definitely want to take this one on myself. Isn't it interesting how our expectations going into something can be so different from the actual experience/results? Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful experience and a really awesome idea.

Thanks for your kind compliment on StyleNectar too:-)

Have a fabulous day!

XO's

Juliane

[Kat]

Hello My Dear! It's Kat - I so adore Your message, and, as in the past, am learning from You. I've been keeping a journal, but You've inspired me to redirect it, not suppressing my thoughts/feelings, but to focus on what I hope to become & what I hope can happen. Missing You...However ADORE SEEING YOU HERE!!!
As Always,
Kat

[juliane]

Hello Kat!
Thank you so much for your lovely words. I adore seeing you here! I think of you often with great fondness and miss you to pieces. We've always shared such ease of understanding -that ability to connect on the same wavelength in few words. You're an amazing, beautiful woman my dear friend. Such a treat to hear from you:-)
Much love,
Juliane