[Fuusmchat] Fw: Gratefulness, in three steps

Sat Apr 11 11:08:56 CDT 2020

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> *From:* The On Being Project <newsletter at onbeing.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, April 11, 2020 6:53 AM
> *To:* Martha McGovern <marthamcg at suddenlink.net>
> *Subject:* Gratefulness, in three steps
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> *"This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before." — Maya
> Angelou*
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> Brother David Steindl-Rast was born in Austria and spent his teenage years
> under Nazi occupation. Now 93 years old, the Benedictine monk is the
> founder of A Network for Grateful Living
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> and a beloved teacher on spiritual gratitude. While his vocation may seem
> unrelated to his experience living through a fascist regime, Br.
> Steindl-Rast draws important connections between the two in his 2016
> conversation with Krista
> <https://engage.onbeing.org/r?u=8PJfsSHPCCkfAn6dgMO60cQjfQ1ppTYdwmfxz22ZD0bxD7r-X5JYXlgQqxaZGanl6C2Yep4Mcr6hI0X8x9x5-eJyEaoMCySq-48caCml79d4UH_D-QzaaFHHjhcN4dUF&e=d75c5474de340cd212c70e06a05f8885&utm_source=onbeing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200411_the_pause&n=4>.
> “To open your eyes and know another day, we can’t take it for granted. In
> my youth, we couldn’t take it for granted, because every night, the bombs
> fell,” he says. “There are all sorts of reasons why you couldn’t see
> another day, and you do. And that’s a wonderful thing.”
>
> This week, we’re returning to Br. Steindl-Rast’s *On Being* interview for
> its wisdom on how joy and gratitude take shape in difficult times like now.
> He frames gratitude as a practice, rather than a reaction to what’s outside
> our control. “You can’t be grateful for war in a given situation, or
> violence or domestic violence or sickness. There are many things for which
> you cannot be grateful,” he acknowledges. “But in every moment, you can be
> grateful.”
>
> He breaks down gratefulness into three steps — what he calls the “stop,
> look, go” methodology:
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>    - *Stop *is about stepping away from the movement of the world and of
>    your mind. “Most of us [are] caught up in schedules and deadlines and
>    rushing around, and so the first thing is that we have to stop, because
>    otherwise we are not really coming into this present moment at all, and we
>    can’t even appreciate the opportunity that is given to us, because we rush
>    by, and it rushes by,” he says.
>
>    - *Look* means to assess and behold the situation in front of you. As
>    Br. Steindl-Rast asks, “What is the opportunity of this given moment, only
>    this moment, and the unique opportunity this moment gives?”
>
>    - *Go* is the practice of gratefulness that comes from stopping and
>    looking around. “If we really see what the opportunity is, we must, of
>    course, not stop there, but we must do something with it: Go. Avail
>    yourself of that opportunity,” he says.
>
> A practice of gratitude is not about dismissing sadness, anger, fear, or
> confusion. Rather, it offers us the opportunity to see that we often
> experience multiple feelings at once; to welcome joy into the same places
> where we hold grief; to turn our attention to what is quietly growing and
> breathing day by day, which, to our possible surprise, includes ourselves.
>
> Yours,
> Kristin Lin
> Editor, The On Being Project
>
> P.S. — We’re pleased to share this new meditative short film, “Blessings
> <https://engage.onbeing.org/r?u=5eYJiEr8t3XMkHMC7K8QLYQj-3665VR-oE8oGkxB7ABlLcAv8Gjj00xsj1bMJEIs&e=d75c5474de340cd212c70e06a05f8885&utm_source=onbeing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200411_the_pause&n=5>,”
> from A Network for Grateful Living featuring six “everyday blessings” from
> Br. Steindl-Rast.
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> Recommended Reading & Watching
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>
> *Read | “**She Who Persists! Our Passover Blessing For You*
> <https://engage.onbeing.org/r?u=pNTS0efJp5bkpQ6QKqNG1GvmBe4CBZXcKSZdzIxtRDySquVQWd1WxrsF9FDehC0xpVin9xUUWZRcIHZGm5h0zrB4C_qAR72ENzq7lgcY1yE&e=d75c5474de340cd212c70e06a05f8885&utm_source=onbeing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200411_the_pause&n=17>
> *” by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie | Lab/Shul*While many of the usual
> traditions surrounding Passover and Easter have been upended this year, a
> number of digital offerings are emerging to meet the moment — including
> this Passover blessing from Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie.
>
> *Read | “**Principles for a pandemic*
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> *” by Sister Joan Chittister | National Catholic Reporter*The Benedictine
> nun (and former *On Being*
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> guest
> <https://engage.onbeing.org/r?u=8PJfsSHPCCkfAn6dgMO60VXcITjM7E2JIjVa2DtibyQ9exsuRz5Z_pmA4aHsx--HKmsLfweViRBZFr1UW8QA4eteZUqRBqn3ZlCrGHj0UyE&e=d75c5474de340cd212c70e06a05f8885&utm_source=onbeing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200411_the_pause&n=20>)
> reflects on what her community’s tradition has offered her in the wake of
> the current crisis.
>
> *Watch | “**Stations of the Cross: A Reflection for Good Friday*
> <https://engage.onbeing.org/r?u=GQ96LxW7tJscudkL8mlwNzVEKXk7dMDJzwJlfbbiiRZEVuWhyU1teAX7Em-Y6eWOhwYj9z829k5nTUD3FQTgCw&e=d75c5474de340cd212c70e06a05f8885&utm_source=onbeing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200411_the_pause&n=21>
> *” by Pádraig Ó Tuama*Our theologian and poet-in-residence shared this
> Good Friday meditation last week.
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