Despite not being a morning person, I really enjoy being up to see the dawn.
I thought I might start sharing some of the morning prayers / meditations that I do each morning.
If you have a blog post you want to share, or a prayer / meditation that you use, pop a link in the comments!
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
Meister Eckhart
Mysterious Ones*
I pray to you.
A fresh day has been given to me;
May I be worthy of the gift.
Source:
Book of Pagan Prayer Ceisiwr Serith
*slight modification
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General links
- Gratitude is a verb
- How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain
- Why gratitude is good for you
- Why I Quit My Gratitude Practice to Improve My Mental Health
- What You Need to Know About Toxic Positivity
- Giving thanks can make you happier
- How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
- Gratitude vs. Toxic Positivity: Here’s The Difference, From A Therapist
- 13 Most Popular Gratitude Exercises & Activities
- Gratitude
- What is Gratitude and Why Is It So Important?
- The how and why of practising gratitude
- 40 Simple Ways To Practice Gratitude
- 7 Scientifically Proven Benefits Of Gratitude That Will Motivate You To Give Thanks Year-Round
Accessible Peer-reviewed articles
I read a lot of peer reviewed articles as part of my process through my cancer experience.
Here are some fully accessible articles that I have read around gratitude practice.
- A systematic review of gratitude interventions: Effects on physical health and health behaviors
- Gratitude – more than just a platitude? The science behind gratitude and health
- Gratitude as a Psychotherapeutic Intervention
- Using a Gratitude Intervention to Improve the Lives of Women With Breast Cancer: A Daily Diary Study
- Spirituality and Gratitude as Predictors of the Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Patients
- Daily Feelings of Gratitude are Related to Better Mental Health Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients: A Daily Diary Study
- Positive psychological functioning in breast cancer: An integrative review
- The Science of Gratitude
Peer-reviewed articles that require payment or university access
- The Influence of Gratitude in Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Well-Being
- Psychosocial health mediates the gratitude-physical health link
- Gratitude and health: An updated review
- Gratitude when it is needed most: Social functions of gratitude in women with metastatic breast cancer.
- The Role of Gratitude in Breast Cancer: Its Relationships with Post-traumatic Growth, Psychological Well-Being and Distress
- Mindful gratitude journaling: psychological distress, quality of life and suffering in advanced cancer: a randomised controlled trial
- Effects of a randomized gratitude intervention on death-related fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors.
- Optimism, social support and psychosocial functioning among women with breast cancer
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