The Path to Grace Begins Today

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.”
— Maya Angelou

Welcome to our 21-Day Experience, Manifesting Grace through Gratitude. We

are excited that you are joining us on this inward journey of gratitude and

grace. Together we will discover how to make grace the active center of your

life here and now. The source of grace already resides within our own

awareness. We don’t need to go anywhere or search anywhere to find it, we only

need to change our perception of what is already around us. In the next three

weeks we will learn how gratitude shifts our awareness, changing our approach

to others and the world. This new perspective will reveal the grace that already

inhabits our life.

CENTERING THOUGHT

When I am grateful, I find my grace.

SANSKRIT MANTRA

Dhanya Vad ~ I feel gratitude

JOURNAL QUESTIONS?
1. “Write in your journal what grace means to you.”
2. “Make a list of the people in your life you are most grateful for.”
3. “Now, list one specific thing about each of those people that you are
thankful for.”
4. “Reflect further on today’s experience.”

Gratitude is Within You

“Gratitude is the experience of our true self.”
― Gina Lakes
“Gratitude is a two-way flow of appreciation between your thanks and the

uplifting response that you feel in return. Today in our meditation, we begin

that conversation and find that as this conversation expands, we create even

more thankfulness. We will learn how the flow of gratitude from the heart is

received by Nature in the same spirit it is given, and it is returned back to us as

grace. In today’s meditation, we learn to express gratitude from the silence of

our awareness, which is the source of grace within.”

CENTERING THOUGHT

All good things bring gratitude

SANSKRIT MANTRA

Kripa Hum ~ I am divine grace

JOURNAL QUESTIONS
1. “Describe three qualities about yourself that you are most grateful for.
2. “Write about a time when your gratitude or appreciation was received and
reflected back to you, and you felt the situation was transformed by grace.”
3. “List the people you would like to share your gratitude with more fully and
more frequently. Then, write some specific ways you can do that.”
4. “Reflect further on today’s experience.”
Day 3 Awaken the Energy of Gratitude
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”
― Karl Barth

“In today’s meditation, we learn how to recharge our gratitude batteries. If we

are tired, upset, or stressed, then our heart is closed and we are not able to feel

or express real gratitude. Genuine gratitude comes from a feeling of

contentment, safety, and being welcomed in your life – what Buddha called the
“gladdened heart.”
This natural energy of gratitude is awakened when we meditate. Our intention

in meditation will be to invite this warm attitude of appreciation into our

awareness and perception. With this recharged heart of thankfulness we will

find reason to be grateful wherever we look.”

CENTERING THOUGHT
I am gladdening my heart
SANSKRIT MANTRA
Ananda Hum ~ I am bliss
JOURNAL QUESTIONS

1. “Write down the things in your life that most gladden your heart. These

could be as simple as breathing pure mountain air on a hike or feeling the

warmth of the morning sun on your cheek.”

2. “Close your eyes, place your attention in your heart, and reflect on the

people you are most grateful for. Now, write down what this experience made

you feel.”

3. “Describe the most beautiful thing you saw today and how you felt about it.”

4. “Reflect further on today’s experience.”

Day 4