Gratitude

What to do when you can’t feel grateful — We have heard it all before: Be grateful for what you have — and honestly it is a good saying and a good thing to keep in mind. The more grateful our hearts are, the more blessings will come into our life. However, sometimes it is hard to stay grateful…

Painting Hopes Sky — Greetings fellow Quill dippers. I wanted to reach out and thank you for putting your eyes on my dabbling. We live in interesting times, some of us fairing much better than others. I bow my head to those of you struggling. I understand the magnitude of pain available to each…

Relationships — In the movie The Last Samurai there is a poignant scene: the young Emperor Meiji asks former US Army captain Nathan Algren, “Tell me how he died,” and the captain replies softly, “I will tell you how he lived.” It is a scene that I go back to, again and…

As you near the end, what thoughts will consume your mind? — This question weighed heavily on my mind after a profound experience many years ago. At that time, I had been working for two years in my husband’s tax consultancy, attending to clients and managing various tasks and procedures with the freelancers we worked with. It was just a job like…

I want to tell you a story that has had a powerful impact on me, which in turn, changed my life in the best ways possible. And it’s my hope that you have a similar experience. I had a professor who started the semester with an experiment; it was brilliant…

The Attitude of Gratitude I am going to start off by expressing my gratitude to Chelsea Marie. Her non-fiction prompts have given me so many thoughts to explore to stretch my creativity abilities and share my perspective at the same time. Please be sure to check out her weekly prompts…

…Perhaps, I Simply Never Felt Their Love — One might speculate that familial bonds arrive packaged with automatic sentiments of affection. That a child’s heart naturally overflows with an enduring love for their parents. Yet, the contours of human emotions resist such easy categorization. It is not uncommon, or indeed unnatural, for an individual to feel an absence…

What is Mindfulness? Before we explore what it means to be mindful, we must address the topic of being mindless. In today’s fast-paced, urban lifestyle where one is a slave to “hustle culture”, does one really get the time to be mindful? How often have you truly been able to…

The transformative power of gratitude in shaping our personal identity, molding who we are through the practice of thankfulness. — I. Introduction In a world filled with constant change and self-discovery, the quest for a meaningful personal identity remains a fundamental pursuit for individuals. As we navigate through the complexities of life, there is one powerful virtue that often goes overlooked but holds the potential to shape who we truly are: gratitude.