Comments on: A Time for Gratitude http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/ Simple Productivity Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:14:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Moses Moses http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-54755 Moses Moses Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:22:08 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-54755 Your "A Time for Gratitude" article was good, but everything in it is very obvious. What you are saying in this article in hundreds of words can be written in a few sentences and the same principle of gratitude has been talked about for thousands of years..it's not something new. Maybe your article should be named "A reminder of the importance of gratitude in case you forgot". This is purely my opinion but sometimes you can beat around the bush a lot to get to a very simple point. Cheers and Happy New Year 09 Your “A Time for Gratitude” article was good, but everything in it is very obvious.
What you are saying in this article in hundreds of words can be written in a few sentences and the same principle of gratitude has been talked about for thousands of years..it’s not something new. Maybe your article should be named “A reminder of the importance of gratitude in case you forgot”.
This is purely my opinion but sometimes you can beat around the bush a lot to get to a very simple point.
Cheers and Happy New Year 09

]]> By: Gobble Gobble Cluck Cluck Gobble Gobble! « Choosing Losing! http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-53630 Gobble Gobble Cluck Cluck Gobble Gobble! « Choosing Losing! Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:03:29 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-53630 [...] Zen Habits brings it back to what truly matters: A Time for Gratitude. [...] [...] Zen Habits brings it back to what truly matters: A Time for Gratitude. [...]

]]> By: dita. http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-52985 dita. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:15:24 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-52985 THANK YOU. This is such a time sensitive,appropriate article for these days. I agree with you that gifts does not have to be things. Most of the time the most precious gifts don't cost money and we do forget that. When your child overhears how precious he is to you, when your wife feels your deep respect and love from your actions and attitude, when your parents know that you are there for them - these are all gifts THANK YOU.
This is such a time sensitive,appropriate article for these days. I agree with you that gifts does not have to be things. Most of the time the most precious gifts don’t cost money and we do forget that. When your child overhears how precious he is to you, when your wife feels your deep respect and love from your actions and attitude, when your parents know that you are there for them – these are all gifts

]]> By: Noel C. http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-52932 Noel C. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:43:40 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-52932 This is so great, thank you Leo. I have been teaching my kids, who are very young, that things are just things, but what really matters is each other (all people). There are so many times this past year that I have opened my daily zen habits, read it, and said "someone else gets it!". And I see so many others do also. Thank you for your inspirational, honest, sincere, and thoughtful blog. Noel This is so great, thank you Leo. I have been teaching my kids, who are very young, that things are just things, but what really matters is each other (all people). There are so many times this past year that I have opened my daily zen habits, read it, and said “someone else gets it!”. And I see so many others do also.

Thank you for your inspirational, honest, sincere, and thoughtful blog.

Noel

]]> By: Dee http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-52730 Dee Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:34:43 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-52730 Wonderful article with many inspiring points, even for a Brit [so no Thanksgiving] and a Noachide [so no Christmas, just over half a dozen festivals and two birthdays most years ;)] Wonderful article with many inspiring points, even for a Brit [so no Thanksgiving] and a Noachide [so no Christmas, just over half a dozen festivals and two birthdays most years ;)]

]]> By: David http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-52705 David Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:26:39 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-52705 It was 'Black Friday' here in the US just yesterday. The busiest shopping (consumerism) day in this nation. I happily stayed home with my incredible bride-to-be and enjoyed a beautiful sunny day in NE Florida. Cheers! David | http://www.barefootrunner.com It was ‘Black Friday’ here in the US just yesterday. The busiest shopping (consumerism) day in this nation. I happily stayed home with my incredible bride-to-be and enjoyed a beautiful sunny day in NE Florida. Cheers!

David | http://www.barefootrunner.com

]]> By: Rose Garden http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-52704 Rose Garden Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:44:07 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-52704 Yesterday I was dismayed to read an article about the Dalai Lama saying rrecently that sex and relationships cause inclarity of mind and conflict, that attachment causes suffering. Of course, most people who have been part of a couple, or a close relationship of any kind, know this to be inevitably true. But does not the lotus grow out of the mud? Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha finds enlightenment through the pain of love, as he releases his son to journey away from him to find his own path in life; a son that he would not have had but for his lover Kamala and the earthly pleasures which they shared, a woman Siddhartha would not have met and eventually loved if he had not left behind his own father and the Brahmin life he had been reared to live. Difficult as it can be, I am grateful for the mud in my life, the messy, difficult, confusing, hurtful, lonely and trying times that provide rich soil from which to grow. I am grateful for the sunshine and rain we've had this weekend which warm, wash and nourish my soul, for the seeds planted last winter that have begun to stir and take hold from the root, to reach upward towards the light... And I am grateful for the coming of the new year, and the hope and promise of the flowers it may bring. Yesterday I was dismayed to read an article about the Dalai Lama saying rrecently that sex and relationships cause inclarity of mind and conflict, that attachment causes suffering. Of course, most people who have been part of a couple, or a close relationship of any kind, know this to be inevitably true. But does not the lotus grow out of the mud?

Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha finds enlightenment through the pain of love, as he releases his son to journey away from him to find his own path in life; a son that he would not have had but for his lover Kamala and the earthly pleasures which they shared, a woman Siddhartha would not have met and eventually loved if he had not left behind his own father and the Brahmin life he had been reared to live.

Difficult as it can be, I am grateful for the mud in my life, the messy, difficult, confusing, hurtful, lonely and trying times that provide rich soil from which to grow.

I am grateful for the sunshine and rain we’ve had this weekend which warm, wash and nourish my soul, for the seeds planted last winter that have begun to stir and take hold from the root, to reach upward towards the light…

And I am grateful for the coming of the new year, and the hope and promise of the flowers it may bring.

]]> By: Vanessa http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-52703 Vanessa Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:41:54 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-52703 Hi, Leo! I'm don't know how I arrived here in your blog, but I became a fan! Thanks for all your post, it's good realized that there are many people trying to became better. Best wishes from Brazil! Vanessa Hi, Leo! I’m don’t know how I arrived here in your blog, but I became a fan! Thanks for all your post, it’s good realized that there are many people trying to became better.

Best wishes from Brazil!

Vanessa

]]> By: Marshall - bondChristian http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-52685 Marshall - bondChristian Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:49:29 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-52685 Thanks for the reminder. Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: Maura http://zenhabits.net/2008/11/a-time-for-gratitude/#comment-52677 Maura Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:35:12 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=1840#comment-52677 May the "holiday spirit" pervade our lives throughout the year. Generosity, kindness, good will towards all, and gratitude for our blessings great and small. Namaste. May the “holiday spirit” pervade our lives throughout the year. Generosity, kindness, good will towards all, and gratitude for our blessings great and small.

Namaste.

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