Grace of Gratitude
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Bios
  • Blog
  • Media
  • Events
  • Shop Books & Cards
  • Testimonials
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Bios
  • Blog
  • Media
  • Events
  • Shop Books & Cards
  • Testimonials
  • Contact
Search

Joy, Joy, Joy – Deep in My Heart!

5/5/2023

 
Picture

​Thank you to new subscribers who received my free ebook. My name is Deborah Perdue, and it’s my heart’s calling to share and
spread gratitude in the world. Many thanks to my loyal gratitude tribe too.

Joy is indwelling. It is naturally within us, and always there for us to feel.

For me, being grateful helps me access joy. Right now, in the United States, we are celebrating Spring and it is extra-stunningly beautiful this year. In Oregon, we got a lot of snow and rain which helps the drought situation, and now I am seeing April and soon to-be May flowers everywhere. ​I am doing a Happy Dance to see the tulips, daffodils, 

wisteria, lilacs and more coming soon. Nature always brings joy to my heart. Taking walks in nature brings peace and a deep sense of sacredness to me, and that elicits joy. Some of my other passions include creating art and photography, writing, teaching, swimming, sharing spirituality with like-minded folks, and being a homebody with our pets and my partner. All of this ignites my joy and zest for life. What are your passions? 

Letting go of worries, doubts and fears helps us access more joy. If you are sad or grieving, don’t deny it. We need to feel all our emotions and not try to tuck them away. I have found that when I have grieved, the world does start looking brighter eventually. And then joy returns to my heart and soul. I also know that we can simultaneously be sad, and still feel joy. If I have lost a loved one, remembering my times with them can bring a happy smile to my face.

If you are sad or sick and/or just cannot find joy, here are a few ways you might re-discover it.

•  Write in a Gratitude Journal each day and night. 
List 5 things that you appreciate it. Mix it up. Keep going.

• Guided Meditations – Go to YouTube or Insight Timer (a wonderful phone app). Do a search for Joy – there are many meditations to choose from. And I also recommend Gabby Bernstein’s All is Well 5 minute meditation. I never grow tired of it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNVTSpSSPQg

• Create a Vision Board for Joy – Find images or words on the internet or from magazines or calendars. Cut out what speaks to your heart and soul on finding more joy in your life. Put it all together on a big piece of paper and place it where you see it a lot, to amplify your joy and passion.

• Discovery, Exploration & Play – Each week, let yourself enjoy one new thing that brings you joy.
Delve into what brings you passion and joy, and share it with the world. Each of us can affect the world positively by doing what makes our hearts come alive. Be playful and free. Open your heart to be more loving and kind! Giving can help us be more joyful.
​“Your purpose is to be joyful. Your purpose is to live with ease. Your purpose is to surrender to the love of the Universe so you can live a happy life. Accept the purpose of love, and your life will radically change this instant.”
Gabrielle Bernstein

Free Gratitude Gifts for You!

Enter to win a FREE Grace of Gratitude Journal!

Just reply to this email to be added and entered in the contest.
I will give out 10 Journals to the first who reply. Please include your mailing address.
​(U.S. Subscribers only due to Int’l shipping costs.)

Enjoy a Beautiful Gratitude Meditation by Jess Hysop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfD4HaBBc0I
​

The Healing Song by Karen Drucker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAocwPRVFsg
Picture
Picture
UPCOMING ZOOM BOOK STUDY CLASS SPIRITUAL GROWTH: BEING YOUR HIGHER SELF

​​Facilitated by Deborah Perdue, RScP and assisted by Ron Marshall, RScP
​Starts Wed. May 24th, 3:30-5pm U.S. Pacific timefor 6 weeks
​
As we study this excellent book by Sanaya Roman, your mind will be uplifted, your heart opened, and your body will experience deep sensations of peace.
​
We will meditate, listen to spiritual music, engage  in deep sharing, with questions to ponder and answer together. Participants will learn to work with light for healing and growth, to connect with the Universal Mind for enhanced creativity, and to link with the Higher Will to carry out their higher purpose. Spiritual Growth gives you tools to lift the veils of illusion, see truth, expand and contract time, raise your vibration, achieve higher states of consciousness, open your heart, and know yourself in new, more loving ways. As each of us shifts, we bring more light, love and peace to the world. $90 love offering for the 6 week class. Can be paid $15 each week. Please reply to this email to sign up and/or with questions.
Happy May!
Sending you love, light and joy! Deborah, Gratitude Gal

Comments are closed.

    Author

    Deborah Perdue

    Archives

    May 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    April 2024
    May 2023
    February 2023
    July 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    May 2020
    February 2020
    November 2019
    August 2019
    December 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    December 2015
    August 2015
    May 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    August 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

NEW! Daily Gratitude Reflections – 365 Guides to Great-Full Living, softcover, 6×9”. Full color with beautiful photographs on every page. Use this powerful book of inspiring thoughts of gratitude each day for a year,  you can start anytime.

We also offer two gorgeous Gratitude Journals (or Gratitude Diary). Grace of Gratitude Journal (blue hardcover version) and second edition Grace of Gratitude Journal (gold paperback version). Both are 6×9” with gorgeous watercolors by Tara Thelen, and inspiring thoughts of thankfulness by Deborah Perdue, with blank lined pages for the reader to practice writing down their grateful thoughts too.

A wonderful Path of Gratitude Coloring Book, for adults or parents and children. 8.5×11” with full page B&W hand-drawn illustrations by Tara Thelen on the right pages, and on the left, prompts to write in your grateful thoughts and to doodle.

We also offer Grace of Gratitude Reflections. This is a 4×6” soft cover, which can fit In your pocket or purse, with thoughts of thanksgiving to motivate and inspire the reader as well.

The beautiful greeting cards contain watercolors from both Journals. Check out the unique and special Thank You Cards too.

Just click on the ordering bars next to each product! 
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Bios
  • Blog
  • Media
  • Events
  • Shop Books & Cards
  • Testimonials
  • Contact