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an open heart is a grateful heart.

this is both descriptive and prescriptive. 

a characteristic of open heart is that it is naturally quite free and grateful. 

however, sometimes due to life experiences and situations, we may not feel all that open and free, we may not feel very grateful at all. we suffer.

an antidote to this suffering can be to practice opening our heart by practicing being grateful.

gratitude may or may not be something we automatically feel – and that’s okay! (spoiler alert, i’ve been struggling with it today for various reasons) BUT it is something we can practice.

gratitude is a practice.

grateful for all of you and wishes for a beautiful day!

~j

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