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November: the month of gratitude

"If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough." - Meister Eckhart 
wearing my friend Cam's amazing sweatshirt.
i love this quote almost as much as i love the month of November. why, you ask... because this is the time of year where gratitude becomes the main conversation at dinner tables, hair salons, coffee shops and even grocery stores, at least in my ideal world. gratitude is so important to me which is why i'm spending the entire month talking about it on the blog. 

my best friend Kim and i just recently started a new tradition a little while ago. being that we talk mostly everyday, sometimes our best conversations happen in the morning when she's on her way to work and i'm on my way to class. some days we miss each other. that's when the idea came to me that on those mornings that we got each others voicemail we would have to list five things we're grateful for and why. 

talking about what you're grateful, or keeping a gratitude journal is the best way to realize how blessed you are. sometimes we can get lost in our problems and forget that our circumstances don't define who we are. our issues are really just our opportunities to grow. seeing them as such and learning from them is how we continue to evolve. 

so my intention this month is to having everyone talking about gratitude to everyone they meet. it could begin with just this simple question: what are you the most grateful for in your life? 

explain gratitude to your children, your little nieces and nephews and then ask them! we want you to send us these responses along with a picture of your little ones to post in our month's feature "gratitude kids". you can email them to us at spiritualanthropology@gmail.com.

we always love to hear from you. 

and remember, don't stay on the surface... dig deep and find joy in the process.



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