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Gratitude is not an exclusive emotion. You can practice gratitude while experiencing a whole range of other thoughts and feelings, too. Being thankful is not the silver bullet to fixing all the other things you're going through. And we are going through some things right now, as a collective, and perhaps you are too individually. No matter how this pandemic has impacted you, I think it's fair to say that it has at least made us all think and evaluate and take stock. But what if you're stuck in the mess? What if you're tangled in it? What if COVID-19 or whatever it is you're going through - has knocked your legs out from underneath you? What if you simply can't fly? What if you're too tired and too sad and too sore? What if it's too dark and you can't see the way forward? There's this sacred Jewish practice: every morning before anything is done, or any words are said, or sheets and quilts are pushed back, and heads are raised off pillows, our Jewish brothers and sisters say a prayer: "I am thankful before You, living and enduring King, for you have mercifully restored my soul within me. Great is Your faithfulness." Its' called the Modeh Ani, and the concept behind is that every night when you fall asleep, your soul experiences a death of sorts and ascends to heaven to rest in the presence of the Divine. In the morning, your soul is returned to your body when you wake up, the gift of life re-granted and renewed. It's a gratitude practice, pulling you back to this moment, what you have, where you are, and the gift that lies within it all… yep, even in the bad stuff. Gratitude has the power to change our hearts, physiology, and psychology. The physical and spiritual are linked, they share the same world and reality; they flow into each other. It changes things. Actually, it changes you. And you have the power to change things. Bring it back to gratitude. Breathe. Dig deep. Find something you can be thankful for. Because things that you can be grateful for? They're like an anchor; they ground you. When things go dark, gratitude lights the way. Love ya, Liz xo 💛✨ DOWNLOAD OUR DEVOTIONAL AND WALLPAPER APP → https://ift.tt/2F8LfDE
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So far, you have survived everything you thought you wouldn't. Where to from here? Left foot, right foot, keep on going, just like you always have. Although we're hearing a lot over the airwaves and through the interweb that these are unprecedented times, they really aren't. Humanity has been through some s**t-storms over the last millennia or so, and, you know what? We.are.still.here. You are still here, my friend. The circumstances may be different, but the resilience of the human spirit remains as vibrant and strong as ever. Things may have changed, and maybe for you that change has brought hardship into your life like never before, whether it's to do with your health, your connections, your finances, your spirituality, or maybe a good dose of them of all - but I promise you, even if it feels like it's not true, the courage and resilience of your spirit remains. You can still live your best life in the middle of a global pandemic, economic disaster, ecological crisis, and an unknown future. Our Jewish mothers and fathers didn't believe in the concept of heaven as we do. For them (and for Jesus and his crew), heaven was the idea of the Shalom (peace) of God inhabiting the here and now. Their spirituality was about living the Kingdom of Heaven into reality. Living your best life isn't about being sickly positive about the hardships that you and the world are facing right now. It's not about plastering scriptures and platitudes all over the internet and passively ignoring facing the reality of your situation. It is about owning the moment. 'I'm going to live - give my best, open my eyes, breathe deep, awake, aware, alive - this moment all the way through. Gratitude and grace.' (Side note: you can be grateful and acknowledge that things suck all in the same breath. There's no actual rule against it except for the narrative we tell ourselves. And you have permission to rewrite that narrative.) That's why Jesus wept on the road the day he rode a donkey into Jerusalem the week before his death (Luke 19): he was witnessing a people who declared the best but were unwilling to participate in it. People who didn't know how to own their moment. It's not a judgment of the Jewish faith (not one bit), but a commentary of human nature that's just as valid and challenging today as it was back then. Imagine being Jesus friends, co-workers, fellow travellers, sponsors, and followers... believing him to be the Saviour, the one who would miraculously set them all free. No one imagined that God incarnate would die on a Roman execution device, charged with treason and terrorism and heresy, betrayed by his own people. Not the Son of God. Not for the one that rode into Jerusalem on a donkey as the crowd chanted "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."* Not for the one who had healed them and fed them and accepted them like no other had. Resilience begins when you show up to the mystery - to the what now, what next; to the where to from here. Left foot, right foot, keep on going, like you always have. Because you are still here and there is more life to live. Love ya, Liz xo 💛✨ DOWNLOAD OUR DEVOTIONAL AND WALLPAPER APP → https://ift.tt/2F8LfDE
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