"Grateful seeing is the ability to look first for what is good and working in our lives without minimizing or denying the hardships or challenges that are also present. Many traditional societies hold the perspective, or worldview, that what has been given to us ultimately ignites growth and strengthens us. Individuals who are viewed as seers in Indigenous societies are highly respected, honored, and valued for their gifts of insight, vision, and grateful seeing. The Maasai of East Africa, for example, call their seers diviners, ones who perceive in the seen and unseen worlds, that which is divine and good. We, too, can learn to be seers- seers of the blessings, learnings, mercies, and protections that are ever present on a daily basis. "
from Living in Gratitude
Angeles Arrien (1940-April 24th, 2014)
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