The Time Finder with Paula Eder

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Finding Time With a Grateful Pause

Posted on November 13, 2008, under Time After Time.

In today’s Finding Time E-zine I included an article titled “Finding Time for Gratitude.”  It’s certainly a timely topic, as Thanksgiving approaches and we prepare for the American culture’s celebration of thankfulness.

What I’d like to focus on today, however, is the way that gratitude affects our experience of time.

Yellow DayImagine yourself on a country lane.  It’s a beautiful, soft, October day.  The beech trees have all turned and the gold of their leaves pervades the autumn air. You are walking along and you stop to look around.  A single leaf falls to the forest floor.  You breathe in and out, in rhythm with your heart’s beat.  You feel grateful to be alive and enjoying this simple moment of silence and beauty.

When you start walking again, you feel different – calmer, perhaps – more connected.  You continue along your way, filled with the knowledge that each time you do this, you are changed.  Deepened.

This is what an attitude of gratitude brings.  It is simple, yet also as profound as just about anything in this life.

When you open your heart to gratitude you also open to each moment and everything that it brings.  This, in turn, transforms your experience of time.  It helps you to slow down.  And sometimes it stops you in your tracks!

I like to spend some time each day, jotting down things that I feel grateful for.  Try this for yourself, as you make your way toward Thanksgiving Day.  I’d love to hear how it goes for you – what you discover – how it affects your experience of time!

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#1 Finding Time for Your Time Finder November Favorites! | The Time Finder with Paula Eder - 03 December, 10:32 AM

[...] Finding Time With a Grateful Pause spoke to the hearts of  many readers this past month, and is a good reminder as we enter December and head toward a new year! [...]

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