Comments on: Gratitude Guided Meditation Podcast

By: simplybeing

simplybeing — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:21:46 +0000

You are welcome, Amberthyme.

I feel that gratitude, like any feeling, can’t be manufactured. But sometimes if we take the time to think of what we can be grateful for, it will come.

f course, we can’t feel grateful all the time. I think we get into trouble when we feel we “should” feel something like gratitude or love. I’ve come to feel the most important thing is to allow ourselves to feel whatever we are feeling at the time. If you are feeling strong grief, it wouldn’t even be appropriate to try to make yourself feel gratitude. You would need to feel the grief all the way.

I’m so glad the meditations helped during a difficult time when your daughter was in the hospital. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Mary

By: Amberthyme

Amberthyme — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:38:25 +0000

I have listened to the gratitude meditation several times. The last time I found myself struggling to find something to be grateful for. I love how you gently remind us to let go of expectations and if we’re not feeling particularly grateful that it is fine to feel that way too. It always comes back to the breath — if nothing else we can be thankful that we are breathing! Those two thoughts made me smile.

I found your meditations very helpful last October when my daughter was in the hospital. I would use the meditations to relax after she was asleep.

Thank you,
Amber

By: Gareth

Gareth — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:31:09 +0000

Hey, I really liked this. Your guided meditations are really enjoyable.

Thanks for providing them.

By: simplybeing

simplybeing — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:55:44 +0000

Hi Tracy,
I’m tickled to hear about your gratitude for your crockpot and honeysuckle. It’s amazing how many wonderful, simple things we have in our lives that we take for granted. Just this morning before reading your comment I was thinking about how grateful I am for the morning light shining in through my east facing windows and the wonderful cow who produces the delicious milk I drink.

Focusing on things to be thankful for to help with PTSD — that makes so much sense. I’m glad you’re also finding the podcasts calming. Best wishes, Mary

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:52:51 +0000

I just started listening to your podcasts, and find them very calming…but I admit that I get the giggles when thinking of gratitude because as a survivor of domestic violence, one of my first lessons was to focus on finding five things to be thankful for. Now, I try to come up with a gratitude list on a regular basis when I feel symptoms of PTSD overwhelm me. I’ve even been grateful for something as simple as my crockpot, or the honeysuckles that are blooming in my front yard.