The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.
Robert Holden
Rick LepageI know meditators who don’t “do” gratitude, and grateful people who aren’t interested in immediacy. They treat meditation as meditation and the present moment as the present moment. Still, I think Holden is on to something.
Practice: Identify which comes more easily to you. Gratitude or presence?
Advanced practice: Commit to connecting the two. When you feel grateful, investigate whether you’re present. When you feel present, intentionally access a sense of gratitude.