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October 21 Spiritual Newsletter
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Editor's Picks

1. When God Reaches Out
2. Existence
3. Do you believe in love?
4. Things I've Learned about Spirituality
5. Islam & Education: Any Contradiction?
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Expressing Gratitude

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There are other ways to express gratitude besides saying "Thank you." or intoning a prayer.

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Have you accepted a gratitude challenge?

About This Newsletter

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend."
Melody Beattie

"Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty."
Doris Day

"The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy."
Henri Nouwen

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."
Lionel Hampton

Letter From the Editor

We are grateful, that 2020 is coming to an end. We are hopeful, that 2021 will be a better year. Both gratitude and hope are spiritual attributes that we need to practice every day. If you are not in the habit of practicing them, how do you get into the habit? One way to get into the habit is to practice gratitude every day. Once you list everything you have to be grateful for, you will find there is hope.

There are several ways to begin practicing gratitude. You can start a gratitude journal, make a Thankful Thursday gratitude list, take the gratitude challenge, or do a gratitude calendar with gratitude exercises for each day of the month. Over the years I have made Thankful Thursday lists containing then items or less. I have done the gratitude challenge for nineteen, twenty-one, thirty, and ninety-five days. I have not taken the gratitude calendar challenge with specific gratitude exercises.

You can find several examples of gratitude calendar pages online or you can make them yourself. One of the exercises on the gratitude calendar was to write someone a thank you letter. Another was to take a walk in your neighborhood or around the block, notice the things you are grateful to see or have, and make a journal entry about it. I think it would be a good idea to write a an essay or poem about something you are grateful for.

Do you have any ideas about an exercise or prompt to put on a gratitude calendar? If so, please submit them to the newsletter.

Editors Picks

 
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When God Reaches Out  (E)
The feeling of peace within.
#2233565 by TheBusmanPoet

 
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Existence  (E)
Have you ever looked at everything and just, wondered?
#2234337 by zaq

 Do you believe in love?  (E)
Love is as real as this universe.Love is limitless.Spread love & feel your satisfying soul
#2226161 by Frozenheart

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 Islam & Education:Any contradiction?  (E)
I tried to find out what Islam says about Islam
#2229349 by Muslim doctor


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Thinking about NanoWrimo - Rebelliously!  (ASR)
"writing a memoir, a script, a nonfiction book ... or something else that's not a novel."
#1896292 by ruwth

 Holloween terror by Laughter  (E)
Comedy/Horror attempt for a challenge
#2098725 by dogpack:saving 4 premium: DWG

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ruwth wrote: ruwth and I have actually done this together years ago. She runs "Thinking about NanoWrimo - Rebelliously!. I have written a book about my life growing up, my walk with God and the visions I have growing up, and how they happen as I have envisioned. My book is private though. It was not finished but I hit the required 50k words to win that year.

dogpack:saving 4 premium: DWG wrote: Thank you very much for this article and sharing this valuable information.
The "show don't tell" statement is something I keep in mind. Doing this is a challenge, therefore, I read and study information about author styles and words of widom. Whenever I find information that helps me improve my writing crate/art I glean as much as possible because this is valuable treasure.

Kåre Enga in Udon Thani wrote: You tackle issues that rile people up. Kudos. Very easy to do but not so easy to do it nicely. I've never understood anti-maskers nor people who are anti-science nor people who do not look out for others. So... my response would most likely not be as calm nor measured. Good job.



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