{"id":21849,"date":"2022-11-22T07:49:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T12:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=21849"},"modified":"2022-11-22T07:53:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T12:53:06","slug":"21849","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=21849","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMHoKdawIEY\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gratitude and Generosity&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lakota author and activist Doug Good Feather is committed to sharing Indigenous wisdom and practices with nonnative audiences as a way to help and to heal humanity. He writes that no matter what our circumstances, gratitude is available to us: &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each and every morning offers us a chance to start anew, fresh, and to begin again. Each morning when we wake\u2014should we choose to listen\u2014is a message from the Creator to remember the privilege we were given of waking up. It\u2019s a reminder to get up and prepare our self, to honor our self, to go out into the world, to connect with Mother Earth and the hearts of other beings, to inspire and encourage those who cross our paths, and most importantly, to enjoy life. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Good Feather highlights the Indigenous virtues of gratitude and generosity:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gratitude and generosity are similar virtues, but they differ in that <strong>gratitude is an internal characteristic and generosity is our external expression of our sense of gratitude<\/strong>. Basically, gratitude is how we feel, and generosity is how we express that feeling out in the world. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we engage with the world from a place of gratitude, <strong>it\u2019s the difference between trying to make something happen and allowing something to happen. The defining difference between effort and effortlessness is the virtue of gratitude. <\/strong>We see the quotes and memes from the sages and gurus that talk about gratitude. But why is gratitude such a core concept of joy, contentment, and well-being in our life? The ancestors tell us there are two primary reasons. The first is that <strong>a person cannot exist in a place of fear and true gratitude at the same time. <\/strong>The second is that <strong>gratitude is the doorway to divine intuition, which allows us to be guided by our connection with the Creator.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gratitude moves stagnant energy when we\u2019re feeling stuck in life. The<strong> simple act of practicing gratitude disrupts negative thoughts and changes our mindset to see the world in a positive way.<\/strong> Not only are we more attractive to others when we live in gratitude, but the most ordinary things can become extraordinary, creating a fuller, more beautiful expression of our life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve probably heard the old saying, \u201cThings don\u2019t happen to us, they happen for us.\u201d Gratitude is the foundation of that adage. It means that our <strong>mindset has to be that the universe is generally conspiring and working in our favor. <\/strong>Frequently, when something that we perceive as \u201cbad\u201d happens to us, we let it affect us in a highly negative way. But if we interact with the world from a place of gratitude, when <strong>something happens that others may perceive as \u201cbad,\u201d we just see that experience as \u201cinteresting<\/strong>.\u201d We are <strong>curious <\/strong>about why something happens the way it does, and in expressing that curiosity, <strong>we\u2019re actively seeking the part of the experience that we\u2019re grateful for.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-7-500x390.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21851\" srcset=\"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-7-500x390.png 500w, http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-7-300x234.png 300w, http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-7-768x599.png 768w, http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-7.png 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gratitude and Generosity&nbsp; Lakota author and activist Doug Good Feather is committed to sharing Indigenous wisdom and practices with nonnative audiences as a way to help and to heal humanity. He writes that no matter what our circumstances, gratitude is available to us: &nbsp; Each and every morning offers us a chance to start anew, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21849"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21853,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21849\/revisions\/21853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}