This week’s book is Naikan: Gratitude, Grace, and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection by Gregg Krech. This is a Buddhist technique developed by Ishin Yoshimoto in the late 1940s as a way to reflect on yourself, the gifts you receive, the gifts you give and your actions. Naikan is an exercise in self-reflection with gratitude…
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Thankful Thursday: Affirming What is GOOD!
“Gratitude: Affirming the Good Things in Life” by Melody Beattie is a collection of excerpts from her other books. Beattie falls into the self-help guru realm but not after having walked many miles in the shoes of struggle and recovery. All that to say, if you want to talk someone who gets gratitude, she’s your…
Thankful Thursday: One Thousand Gifts
Note from Lowi & G: Each Thursday we will be sharing a book that has been instrumental on our path to cultivating gratitude. We hope you’ll share with us your favorites in the comments section. (L) I read the book, “One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Voskamp around Thanksgiving last year. It is a book that…
Thankful Thursday: It’s the Simple Things
I have always been a fan of coloring. Even when my nieces were young and wanted to color they didn’t need to twist my arm. So when I read the other day that spending time coloring, as an adult, is a great stress reliever it felt like an invitation to start again. I promptly fished…
Thankful Thursday: They Are Listening!
Anyone who has been reading our blogs over here at Lowi and G know that we put a big emphasis on gratitude. Sure, there is plenty of sarcasm, but we dedicate most Thursdays to the subject of gratitude and we also have a fair amount of it laced through our blogs and events. So, what…
Thankful Thursday: Love-ify Your News Feed
What you experience, you often exude. If we want to exude mostly things good, an easy first step is really cleaning house when it comes to your social media. Recently, there has been a fair amount of commentary both in my Facebook feed and in casual conversation about the negativity shared so freely online. All…
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