Day 2: When the New Loses Its Shine.
How does something that once delighted us become so ordinary we hardly notice it? Today’s Gratitude Seed explores a familiar experience—and invites you to rediscover the extraordinary in something that’s become part of everyday life.
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It’s truly remarkable how quickly precious parts of our life can quickly fade into the background. I have a small altar I created as part of a course I took called Discover Your Purpose.
I remember the joy I felt assembling it and adding new items that were important for my life at that time. And yet how many days do I pass by it, without even looking at it, much less approaching it? This exercise has reminded me: pay attention to it. It’s a collection of meaningful moments of my life—an oddly shaped twig I found wandering the neighborhood , a rock from a particularly lovely walk along a river I sometimes visit. I’m going to start incorporating this item back into my daily life. 🙏
I would love to see your altar!
Yes, I would love for you and everyone to see it. It’s pretty cool. It doesn’t look as if this comment area will accept photos or do copy/paste. I tried. 🙂
For me, I think of the people in my life that I’ve taken for granted. It’s sad that I I’ve neglected to daily appreciate how precious they are to me.
It’s completely normal to forget about the value and meaning of others. It’s beautiful, Amy, that you are recognizing that you may have been a bit complacent and forgot about how much they matter. Good for you.
I love this one..I have had my car 15 years and still get that lovely feeling but it has been fading. Also, a new couch I bought a couple of years ago..that feeling had faded completely
A very present way to help me bring gratitude into my life on a regular basis..Thankyou.
I love your examples, Jill. I’m so happy to hear you could identify with my car story. It is interesting to see the way we gradually become indifferent to the people and things around us. This is why meditation can be such a powerful tool for bringing that sense of newness back into our awareness.
I must admit that I rarely look back at old journals I have written in but tonight I opened a really old one and saw how exquisite it was and valued once again what I had written. It reawakened the me that I have ever been and perhaps allowed to fall into the background of my awareness, barely noticing her in favor of admiring and noticing everyone else. Now I’m excited to look into all the past notebooks and read lots of the entries and rediscover the me who was once shining and become that one again!!
All of this was once new and got neglected and is now eliciting a new aliveness.
Beautiful, Clare. It is interesting the way we lose track of these sorts of things. Just acknowledging how influential these journals once were, and they played in your life is a great way honor them and the insights they hold. Thanks for sharing.