Time for Gratitude

It is the time for Gratitude as we move towards Thanksgiving and the winter holidays. This is also a time to be compassionate...with yourself, your family and community. Our days are always full and have been more challenging than ever for so many of us with the recent months of Covid and politics, so pervasive in our daily media and lives.

I would like to share an inspirational poem about Gratitude, written by my creative husband and partner, David Lieberstein, along with a video recording of my guided meditation on Gratitude and self compassion. Gratitude Meditation

Enjoy taking a few moments to breathe into those places in your life that you feel grateful and appreciate in your life. We wish you all the best for the upcoming holidays and winter season.

Warmly,

Andrea and the Mindful Eating Training Institute (METI) team

ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

by David Lieberstein (c) 2020

This is the time

 Time for Gratitude

    Grateful for another day

       In your one precious life

This is the time

  To remember, again

     Each blessing, big and small

        That fills your day

Watching the clouds in the sky

  Slowing moving, floating by

    Creating magical shapes

       Always changing, never the same

Memories of sunlight dancing on the water

 Patterns of light sparkling brightly

   Dazzling our eyes with so much beauty

      Filling one’s soul with delight

Seeing the smiles of a child

  Enjoying the simple pleasures of life

    Pushing along a toy in the sand

      Creating amazing stories along the way

Can you simply slow down

  Just a little bit more

      For a few moments, right now

          Noticing those often forgotten details

The grace of your body

  Breathing life into itself

     Effortlessly, moment by moment

       Softly moving you forward

Step by step, choosing to see

  Seeing with new eyes

    The mystery of life

        All around you

Accepting the perfection of it all

  Nothing to change

   Nothing to do, just being

     Feeling into this moment

Accepting even the challenges in our lives collectively

  More than ever before, in front of our eyes

     Knowing that this too will pass

        Carrying us all on our life’s journey with courage

Each moment giving us

 Unlimited possibilities to live

   To learn, to love, to grow

      Opening into new horizons

Seeing once again

  All that is given to us

    Each and every day

      Feeling the grace of Gratitude