A teacup full of gratitude (DW#656)
This week we are continuing exploring various gratitude practices.
Today, I am sharing one of my favourite and simplest practices.
For many of us, the morning cup of tea or coffee is quite precious. It is a ritual we engage in every single day, perhaps with not much thought to what is involved in getting that cup of caffeine to us.
Today’s practice involves becoming mindful of this blessing and feeling gratitude for it.
While you are having your first cup in the morning, pause for a moment and become mindful of cup you are holding:
Notice …
The comforting warmth that fills your hands
The aroma that gently drifts up towards your nose
The quiet time before the hustle of the day begins
How many people and resources it has taken to get this cup to you .
. . . people who planted the tea or coffee,
. . . those who harvested it, processed it and brought it to market
. . . those who took care of the cow that gave the mil
. . . those who worked in the factory that made the tea cup, those who packaged it and transported it
By starting out the day like this, we cannot but be in a state of spiritual expansion, in a state of awesome gratitude for all of these resources and to Him who coordinated it all – just so that we could have our morning shot of caffeine!
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