“Living in Gratitude”
Sunday, November 28th, 2021
We trust you are having a lovely holiday, steeped in gratitude for all that is, and celebrating that goodness with friends and family near and far. We are surely feeling it! Let’s gather this Sunday to share our gratitude and perhaps a few more stories of passing out our YOU MATTER cards as the official “You Matter Marathon” winds to a close. We encourage you to keep it going though – feels so good to let people know they matter! Terry Stanfill will be joining us on the music this week!
Love and Light, Colleen and Mark
Quotes to ponder
“Going to sleep with a grateful, open heart
is a powerful healing practice. Your dreams will become
more inspiring and you will awaken in the morning
with a lighter state of mind.” ~ Dr. John Demartini
“Practicing mindfulness of gratitude consistently leads to a direct experience of being connected to life and the realization that there is a larger context in which your personal story is unfolding. Being relieved of the endless wants and worries of your life’s drama, even temporarily, is liberating. Cultivating thankfulness for being part of life blossoms into a feeling of being blessed, not in the sense of winning the lottery, but in a more refined appreciation for the interdependent nature of life. It also elicits feelings of generosity, which create further joy. Gratitude can soften a heart that has become too guarded, and it builds the capacity for forgiveness, which creates the clarity of mind that is ideal for spiritual development.” ~ Philipp Moffitt
“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy – because we will always want to have something else or something more.”
~ Brother David Steindl-Rast
Looking Ahead/Notes of Interest
Paths of Heart Schedule
(Sundays, 11 a.m.) MASKS REQUIRED for all in person gatherings (per Larimer County guidelines). Thank you for your kindness and cooperation.
November 28th – in person, “Living in Gratitude” Terry Stanfill, guest musician
December 5th – in person
December 12th – NO Paths of Heart Gathering
December 19th – ZOOM Gathering
December 26th – in person
#Giving Tuesday is on the horizon! Giving Tuesday is November 30th, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and is a “global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.” This has been an important fundraising day for Paths of Heart in past years and we are affirming another successful campaign this year. You can donate through our Facebook Campaign here https://www.facebook.com/donate/1065442570943881/10223466097475017 or donate via our website here https://www.pathsofheart.org/donate/
Thanks so much in advance for supporting and sustaining our community and mission!
Request for guest presenters and musicians! ~ Thanks to those who have stepped up to present a topic on Sunday, or to share music! Please let us know if you’re interested or have ideas of other speakers/musicians you’d like to invite. A small honorarium is available.
Sending “Good Juju” and prayer ~ If anyone ever wants to receive our collective positive thoughts and prayers on a Sunday morning, please ask! We can be as specific or as anonymous as you’d like. Let us know if we can surround you and your loved ones in love and light!
“Paths of Heart” Labyrinth and Zen Meditation Garden – This was intentioned to be a community space, so know that you are always welcome to drop by and walk or sit – you do not need to let us know in advance. Do note that we have experienced the outer “halo” of glass blocks in the labyrinth to be slippery when wet, so it’s best to walk it on a dry day (not usually a problem in Colorado!). We also welcome volunteers to help keep our labyrinth looking beautiful and free of debris and weeds. Thank you in advance.
Giving Opportunities – Two ways you can support Paths of Heart without costing you an extra penny are detailed below:
King Soopers Community Rewards Program – if you shop at KS and have a rewards card, you can “link” it to Paths of Heart and King Soopers will donate a portion of your dollars spent (around 5%) to our non-profit. Go to https://www.kingsoopers.com/i/community/community-rewards to sign up and link your card. Our organization name is Paths of Heart and organization number is RG782. Let us know if you want help signing up!
Amazon Smile – We do love shopping locally and very often do, but Amazon sometimes fits the bill. If you are an Amazon shopper, you can make a difference by shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/81-4175487 to generate donations for Paths of Heart!
During this past year when we weren’t meeting often, online donations became increasingly important to our organization, and are still always gratefully accepted on our website, https://www.pathsofheart.org/donate/. You can even sign up for monthly giving, which we deeply appreciate. Thanks so much for supporting the continuation of Paths of Heart!
Gratitudes
We are grateful for our recent relaxing trip to Santa Fe, and for our unplanned, yet delightful meeting and gathering with new friends on Thanksgiving Day.
What are you grateful for today?
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” ~ Voltaire
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” ~ William Arthur Ward
About Paths of Heart…
Paths of Heart is a high spirited, heart-centered community where we gather together (in new and creative ways!) for music, poetry, commentary, and dialogue to create and nurture joy, compassion, gratitude, and love – in our own lives and throughout the world. Paths of Heart is a 501(c)(3) Human Services/Educational non-profit organization that uses the arts, especially, to encourage and propel seekers of a better, more peaceful world to find ways to serve, while becoming more kind and compassionate human beings.
We welcome you as we collectively and individually explore the sweet mysteries of life – this is an invitation into co-creation!
Visit us on the web at https://www.pathsofheart.org
We hope our physical paths may cross soon!