Adam Seymour's Blog
July 23, 2021
Self-care
We all want our lives, and the lives of the people we love, to be free of hardship and troubling events.
We can never make that happen.
We all want our lives to be filled with healthy relationships, compassion, and a sense of purpose.
That we can make happen.
We can never make that happen.
We all want our lives to be filled with healthy relationships, compassion, and a sense of purpose.
That we can make happen.
July 22, 2021
The gift of gratitude
I am deeply grateful for the gift of the capacity to experience life.
At the cornerstone of gratitude is the notion of the undeserved merit. The grateful person recognizes that he or she did nothing to deserve the gift; it was freely bestowed. We must be willing to recognize and acknowledge that we are the recipients of an unearned benefit.
The great Roman philosopher, Cicero, once said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues but the parent of all others”. Gratitude, rightly practiced, can change our orientation toward life beyond belief. It can help us become happier and more content.
As you start recognizing the positive that already exists in your life, you will notice an inner shift reflected in your outer reality. You will find yourself bumping into abundance in situations and places where you least expected it or where you had previously felt a sense of lack in your life. This shift from scarcity to abundance will invariably create more opportunities to be grateful and will slowly bring a more positive orientation to life’s overall journey.
When we approach our life with a deep sense of gratitude, it turns into a privilege and ceases to be a problem or a burden. Similarly, when we recognize that the whole universe of sight and sound manifests itself as soon as we open our eyes in the morning, we realize how privileged our position happens to be; our heart is overwhelmed with untold gratitude.
At the interpersonal level, when we realize that our life depends
entirely upon the kindness of others, our heart wells up with the expression of gratitude and goodwill for everyone and everything.
How lucky we are to have this precious human life full of freedom and
opportunity, freedom to practice goodness and opportunity to have access to the teachings on personal transformation.
Let us reflect and be grateful about the rarity of being in a place and time and circumstance in which we are presented with real opportunities of developing self-wisdom and compassion.
At the cornerstone of gratitude is the notion of the undeserved merit. The grateful person recognizes that he or she did nothing to deserve the gift; it was freely bestowed. We must be willing to recognize and acknowledge that we are the recipients of an unearned benefit.
The great Roman philosopher, Cicero, once said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues but the parent of all others”. Gratitude, rightly practiced, can change our orientation toward life beyond belief. It can help us become happier and more content.
As you start recognizing the positive that already exists in your life, you will notice an inner shift reflected in your outer reality. You will find yourself bumping into abundance in situations and places where you least expected it or where you had previously felt a sense of lack in your life. This shift from scarcity to abundance will invariably create more opportunities to be grateful and will slowly bring a more positive orientation to life’s overall journey.
When we approach our life with a deep sense of gratitude, it turns into a privilege and ceases to be a problem or a burden. Similarly, when we recognize that the whole universe of sight and sound manifests itself as soon as we open our eyes in the morning, we realize how privileged our position happens to be; our heart is overwhelmed with untold gratitude.
At the interpersonal level, when we realize that our life depends
entirely upon the kindness of others, our heart wells up with the expression of gratitude and goodwill for everyone and everything.
How lucky we are to have this precious human life full of freedom and
opportunity, freedom to practice goodness and opportunity to have access to the teachings on personal transformation.
Let us reflect and be grateful about the rarity of being in a place and time and circumstance in which we are presented with real opportunities of developing self-wisdom and compassion.
