profound thanks. It’s a gorgeous Fall day here; I’m beyond grateful if that’s possible? Just to be alive to be in it. To be able, even at my age ‘ancien’ supposedly, which I forget as I often forget the things that are wrong w me ie R knee, R shoulder, and a variety of other stuff. Who cares?!?
Not the trees, not the hummingbirds coming for their ambrosia at the feeders,
It also works at the group or organizational level. About 25 years ago David Cooperrider and Ron Fry at Case Western University developed a technique called “Appreciative Inquiry”. The secret sauce of that method for change in organizations is starting with positive experiences of the group in a very explicit exercise. The positive experiences are not always related to the subject of the meeting. The shift this creates is to counter the natural “Amygdala Hijack” in our brain where we end up in a flight or fight response to a stimulus of change. The thinking part of the brain is slower so getting it activated gives a group the space to have those difficult discussions without the flight or fight responses getting in the way.
The French have this down to an art form in the way they negotiate. I can recall many a conversation, usually over red but not white wine for some reason, where we first socialized and solved all the world’s interesting dilemmas before getting down to business. If you know that you will be a little careful with the red wine!
Throughout my years of meditation I started incorporating this practice as a way of life. So many manifestations started to get realised, as negative health events were happening and I focused on all the beautiful things on my day ( a beautiful sky coming out of surgery, my comfortable bed, the love of my dog, my husband) the recoveries would come with Faith and determination. Gratitude is like a gentle and loving net that is always there to support you. Once you embrace the practice you can spend every minute of your life finding something to love and appreciate it.
Thank you for ALL your writings. They are inspiring, insightful and really meaningful.
Your article made me wonder: Is gratitude powerful in itself, or is its real power in the way it changes the standpoint from which we see and interpret our lives? Perhaps gratitude does more than make us feel better. It changes what we are looking for, and therefore what we are able to see. Thanks for your work Thom
Oh this. This is so important and true. I am grateful that my eyes still see well enough to read such wise words.
Thank you.
Once again, Thom Hartman,
profound thanks. It’s a gorgeous Fall day here; I’m beyond grateful if that’s possible? Just to be alive to be in it. To be able, even at my age ‘ancien’ supposedly, which I forget as I often forget the things that are wrong w me ie R knee, R shoulder, and a variety of other stuff. Who cares?!?
Not the trees, not the hummingbirds coming for their ambrosia at the feeders,
or the elements of air water earth fire.
It also works at the group or organizational level. About 25 years ago David Cooperrider and Ron Fry at Case Western University developed a technique called “Appreciative Inquiry”. The secret sauce of that method for change in organizations is starting with positive experiences of the group in a very explicit exercise. The positive experiences are not always related to the subject of the meeting. The shift this creates is to counter the natural “Amygdala Hijack” in our brain where we end up in a flight or fight response to a stimulus of change. The thinking part of the brain is slower so getting it activated gives a group the space to have those difficult discussions without the flight or fight responses getting in the way.
The French have this down to an art form in the way they negotiate. I can recall many a conversation, usually over red but not white wine for some reason, where we first socialized and solved all the world’s interesting dilemmas before getting down to business. If you know that you will be a little careful with the red wine!
Throughout my years of meditation I started incorporating this practice as a way of life. So many manifestations started to get realised, as negative health events were happening and I focused on all the beautiful things on my day ( a beautiful sky coming out of surgery, my comfortable bed, the love of my dog, my husband) the recoveries would come with Faith and determination. Gratitude is like a gentle and loving net that is always there to support you. Once you embrace the practice you can spend every minute of your life finding something to love and appreciate it.
Thank you for ALL your writings. They are inspiring, insightful and really meaningful.
Your article made me wonder: Is gratitude powerful in itself, or is its real power in the way it changes the standpoint from which we see and interpret our lives? Perhaps gratitude does more than make us feel better. It changes what we are looking for, and therefore what we are able to see. Thanks for your work Thom