The Hardship We Accept, The Gratitude We Choose
Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog
Published Sept 20th, 2016
I encourage myself to remember that being grateful doesn’t mean I have to keep a gratitude jar that counts my blessings. It just means I can reset my thoughts, just like in meditation, and choose instead to gently settle my attention on something positive. We don’t erase the pain — it’s still there — but we can broaden our perspective by opening to our pain and also opening to things other than the suffering we feel.
Sharon Salzberg
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