The Code of the Desert

Two men were crossing the desert when they saw a Bedouin’s tent and asked him for shelter. Even though he did not know them, he welcomed them in the way that the conduct of nomads dictates: a camel was killed and its meat served in a sumptuous dinner.

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Gratitude in Enjoyment

I went to see the new movie, Despicable Me. It was pretty funny! I was laughing at some of the more subtle humor in the animated movie.

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Feeling Gratitude in Light of Devastation

This question and answer comes from an interview in Sacred Journey magazine, back in October 2001. You write, “Prayer is not sending in an order and expecting it to be fulfilled. Prayer is attuning yourself to the life of the world, to love, to the force that moves the sun and the moon and the…

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A Gratitude Walk

When it comes to bringing gratuitous thoughts to your mind, a gratitude walk is similar to the gratitude journal. Rather than taking the time to write down and record your thoughts in some sort of binder or journal, you generate a list of those things in your head while you go for a walk. For some people, myself included, I get into a rhythm of thinking to the beat of my walking stride.

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Grateful for Social Media

The other day I posted about my Flip Video recorder. We went to Newark Airport on Tuesday evening to pick up Carrie and Tori – they arrived in from Georgia to spend some time up here in New Jersey.

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