Lasára Allen » The Gratitude Place http://lasaraallen.com …author, educator, activist, coach. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:59:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 A Grateful A – Z — A Gratitude Game for Kids of All Ages http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/a-gratitude-game-for-kids-of-all-ages/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/a-gratitude-game-for-kids-of-all-ages/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:03:44 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=2372 When I was a kid, we played alphabet games in the car to pass the time on long drives or road trips. I’ve recreated one of those games, with a gratitude theme. A Grateful A to Z includes players of all ages – from talking age up.

A Grateful A to Z is an adaptable game.

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]]> http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/a-gratitude-game-for-kids-of-all-ages/feed/ 0 How to Grow a Grateful World: Three Steps to Engaged Gratitude http://lasaraallen.com/articles/how-to-grow-a-grateful-world-three-steps-to-engaged-gratitude/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/how-to-grow-a-grateful-world-three-steps-to-engaged-gratitude/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:44:11 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=1581 Do you want more gratitude in your life? If so, cultivate it! This article will give you tools that allow you to take an active part in creating a more grateful world.

As AJ Muste, a committed nonviolent peace activist said, “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” The more we practice peace,

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1. Desire + action

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1. Take Inventory

There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING to be grateful for. It’s just true. There always is.

Every complaint is a request. Where you see a complaint (“The financial news is so bad!”) there’s a request underneath it (“I

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]]> http://lasaraallen.com/articles/three-simple-steps-to-gratitude/feed/ 0 How to Create a Gratitude Altar or Shrine http://lasaraallen.com/articles/how-to-create-a-gratitude-altar-or-shrine-gratitude-games/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/how-to-create-a-gratitude-altar-or-shrine-gratitude-games/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:56:52 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=840 A Gratitude Altar or Gratitude Shrine gives you and your loved ones a visible reminder of all there is to be grateful for. Creating this altar with family and/or friends can be an act that allows for bonding, as well as an opportunity to focus on the gratitude you all have for each other, and

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]]> http://lasaraallen.com/articles/how-to-create-a-gratitude-altar-or-shrine-gratitude-games/feed/ 5 Why Guest Host a Twitter #GRATITUDE Gathering? http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/twitter-gratitude-gatherings/why-guest-host-a-twitter-gratitude-gathering/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/twitter-gratitude-gatherings/why-guest-host-a-twitter-gratitude-gathering/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:26:09 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=714 1. Because it’s fun to help create a Twitterwave of Gratitude, and share the love. 2. It increases your visibility on Twitter, and expands your network in the nicest way – you get a whole lot of new friends who are #gratitude enthusiasts. 3. It is a way of offering service to the awakening of the

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]]> http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/twitter-gratitude-gatherings/why-guest-host-a-twitter-gratitude-gathering/feed/ 0 The Gratitude Place http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/the-gratitude-place/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/the-gratitude-place/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:10:08 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=372 Grateful Sacred Heart

Gratitude can be a wonderful, large, beautiful part of your living spiritual practice.

Gratitude offers benefits that range from the physical, to the psychological, to the spiritual, and affects both our inner and outer lives. Gratitude practice, in and of itself, bring us into creative co-creation with our personal reality, our

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]]> http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/the-gratitude-place/feed/ 0 The Gratitude Journal http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/gratitude-journal/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/gratitude-journal/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:42:32 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=525 The Gratitude Journal is a place where you can come to share gratitude with a grateful community. Hosted by Lasára Allen, The Gratitude Place, and Gratitude Games, there’s a lot of gratitude to go around! So leave your gratitude posts in our comments section. To be continually inspired by the comments others leave as well,

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]]> http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/gratitude-journal/feed/ 10 Mystical, Spiritual, Philosophical, Metaphysical, Inspirational Quotes Compiled by Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/mystical-spiritual-philosophical-metaphysical-inspirational-quotes-compiled-by-lasara-allen/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/mystical-spiritual-philosophical-metaphysical-inspirational-quotes-compiled-by-lasara-allen/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:00:44 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=489 God is Limitless.

Enjoy some of my favorite quotes on mysticism, metaphysics, and more:

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This

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~ Kahlil Gibran

You say grace before meals.  All right.  But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing,

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]]> http://lasaraallen.com/articles/articles-on-gratitude-by-lasara-allen/the-gratitude-place/lasara_allen_favorite_gratitude_quotes/feed/ 3 The Benefits of Gratitude in Family Life http://lasaraallen.com/articles/the-benefits-of-gratitude-in-family-life/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/the-benefits-of-gratitude-in-family-life/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:38:44 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=467 Continue reading The Benefits of Gratitude in Family Life

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How to Host a Gratitude Gathering!

by Lasára Allen, MPNLP

1. Choose a date!

What date makes you want to practice gratitude? You can choose Sunday, and have it be your church. You can choose the new moon, and have it be the beginning of a new cycle. You can choose

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Practicing gratitude with your children encourages both humility and empowerment.

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A Bodhisattva Meditation for Cultivating Loving Compassion for the Self

by Lasára Allen, www.lasaraallen.com

Gate gate, para gate, parasam gate, bodhi svaha.

The one responsibility of the bodhisattva is to not cause suffering.

The one commitment of the bodhisattva is to love all beings pervading space and time, regardless of any beings ability to return,

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Have you made any resolutions for 2010?

Many of us make resolutions – and then fail. Though I have almost always met with success in my new year’s resolutions, I think resolutions come from a somewhat limited, and

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