Gratitude Newsletter for 06/12/23 Monday

Gratitude Newsletter
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Hey grateful people! Happy to see you again 🤗

Hope that you’re all doing very well and living life gratefully.

Here’s your gratitude newsletter:

Affirmations
70 Daily Mantras for Peace and Wisdom
For the first time on this blog, I am making a post on mantras. As an Indian, they are nothing new for me. We’ve chanted mantras since we were children and studied Sanskrit in school.

It makes me grateful that the beautiful parts of our culture are leaping beyond oceans and enriching lives all over. In this post, I will share daily mantras that include the Sanskrit mantras and affirmations, as they are mantras too. Let me talk more about this.

What are mantras?
Mantras are ancient spiritual tools that have been used for centuries as a way of focusing the mind and cultivating a positive mindset.

The word “mantra” originates from Sanskrit, where “man” means “mind” and “tra” means “instrument” or “tool.”

Mantras are powerful phrases, words, or sounds repeated either silently or aloud to aid in meditation, self-reflection, and personal growth. Mantras distinctly have a strong vibration sound that resonates through the whole body, creating a peaceful and lasting effect…

Learn more about how to practice mantras and find 70 examples here:

70 Daily Mantras for Peace and Wisdom

Wisdom & Self-help Tips
60+ Writing Prompts to Write About Yourself
Writing about yourself can be a very fruitful exercise to help you learn more about yourself. Although it can be difficult sometimes to turn the lens on yourself, it gives us the skill to understand our feelings and reasons.

Self-reflection helps us really know what we want, why we want it, and hold our choices firmly because we did the work in building solid ground for them.

Benefits of writing about yourself
Self-awareness: When we write about ourselves, we explore our thoughts outside of the chatter in our minds. It makes them more organized and easier to analyze. It also helps us discover more aspects of our personality.
Stress relief: Being honest about how you feel and your opinions without the fear of judgment from others gives you the space to let loose. Often, I have scribbled my racing thoughts and uncomfortable feelings on paper to then feel more centered and capable.
Clarity: By putting your thoughts into words, you can gain insights, identify patterns, and make connections that might otherwise remain hidden. This clarity can be invaluable when making important decisions or navigating through complex situations.
Choosing your goals: Writing about yourself is also super helpful in finding and cementing what you want. If you keep seeing that there are patterns in your wants in life, it becomes quite certain what you need.
Room for creativity: When you write freely about yourself, it gives you the space to explore ideas and think outside of the box.
Memories of your life: Lastly, I find it really beautiful that I have journal entries written by a younger me that I can read anytime. It helps me reconnect to my childhood and also see how much I have grown. It truly is beautiful.
Find tips for writing and 60+ prompts here:

60+ Writing Prompts to Write About Yourself

Inspirational Stories of Gratitude
Lipika’s Story – Miracles do happen
“Hi everyone. My name is Lipika, and I have been struggling with my own thoughts, relationship issues, misunderstandings, and an inability to balance my work and personal life.

I was in a long-distance relationship for eight long years, and we barely spoke to each other. However, I was unable to break up with him because I believed that relationships should be repaired, not broken…”

Read Lipika’s full story here:

Lipika’s Story – Miracles do happen
I’ll see you next Monday!

With Gratitude,
Aarushi

I hope you find beautiful moments in life every day 🙂