Dear Colleagues~
Over the past year I have added a simple gratitude practice to my self-care routine and feel this has cultivated more joy in my everyday life. The practice involves intentionally “lighting” a candle on this website: https://gratefulness.org.
When I light a candle on this website, I can see candles from all over the world that have also been lite. In addition, I can create a “mini candle” that I drag into the corner of my computer that reminds me all day long to be grateful.
This organization was founded by Brother David Steindt-Rast who is a Benedictine monk.
This is one of my favorite quotes by Brother David:
Each day is given and the only appropriate response is gratitude. No day will ever be exactly like today.
Warmly,
Paula
Paula Koppel, MS, RNC, GNP-BC, AHN-BC, NBC-HWC
Age Well Be Well, LLC
PhD Graduate StudentDuke University School of Nursing
**There has been positive response to Paula’s email this am, prompting a start to a GBNC candle community. For those interested: To create our own community, in the message dedication box start your message with GBNC. When looking for messages from our community search on GBNC on the search candles box at the top of the page. All candles with GBNC will show. After opening a candle rather than clicking on “back to candles” click the back arrow on your browser so you can dip in and out of the candles in our community. **