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What anchors (or has anchored) my life amidst the storms? - Grateful.org
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  1. V
    Varsha
    4 years ago

    This has a very short answers. Friends. One friend in particular is always there 🙂

  2. G
    Gregoire
    4 years ago

    Faith in my God and my aspiration to holiness have helped me to overcome many things in my life and also led me to gratitude. I have also been blessed with a wonderful wife. She has been a guiding force to steer me toward all that is good. Namely, caring for others first. Maintaining a peaceful heart and an attitude of acceptance are my one two punch against adversity.

  3. O. Christina36171
    O.Christina
    4 years ago

    Taking a deep breath, then the next, then the next. Talking or being with friends. My faith in His Love.

  4. Elaine19531
    Elaine
    4 years ago

    Movement practices, Essentrics and Iyengar yoga.
    Physical activities,-bike riding, walking, swimming,
    Gratefulness practice,
    Friendships. .

  5. Cathie
    Cathie
    4 years ago

    That Spark within and the support around me.

  6. J
    Jerika Stanley88944
    4 years ago

    What anchors me in the storms in my life are my art and my music.

  7. Dusty Su 14325
    Dusty Su
    4 years ago

    Knowing that each situation would be very different a year (or however long) from now. The storm’s power, pain, and persistence will have have a lot less influence over me and others.

  8. Don Jones69078
    Don Jones
    4 years ago

    I think it is an unfiltered, raw honesty. Seeing things as they really are, and acceptance. The Truth has always served me, even in my lowest times.

  9. Mary Pat10798
    Mary Pat
    4 years ago

    What anchors me best is being able to get quiet, go down to my office space, and write, journal, or whatever my soul leads me to do for peace. Sometimes, it is meditation, other times it is journaling, which for me is writing my feelings and insights, and sometimes a memory or a plan for the future, or poetry. What is always the same is the need to connect with my soul. Always. In some way….it is necessary. And my family. Past and present.

    1. dlaporte0622@hotmail.com
      Pilgrim
      4 years ago

      It is good to see you here today, Mary Pat!

  10. Antoinette88615
    Antoinette
    4 years ago

    Right now what anchors me is letting go over and over again.

  11. s
    sb
    4 years ago

    What a lovely question and one which immediately triggers feelings of gratefulness for my anchors: my parents, gradually handing the baton on to my wonderful husband; my faith; the nature around me that never fails to heal and calm; my natural optimism………

  12. Craig Kor70587
    GratefulOne
    4 years ago

    “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.” – Louisa Mae Alcott

  13. Neil45035
    Neil
    4 years ago

    I would have to say a combination of things have anchored my life over the years; certainly friends and loved ones (past and present) that I can have conversations with, movement (qigong, Tai chi, yoga) and stillness (meditation, sleep), spiritual teachings (Taoism, Buddhism, Law of Attraction…) have all allowed me to reset and weather the difficult spots that will always be part of life. I’m so grateful to have these tools.

  14. SK78567
    SK
    4 years ago

    My understanding that this too shall pass. That I can endure anything as it’s only temporary. That my spiritual practices and deep abiding faith are so much a part of my essence that I just need call out to God and He knows.

  15. sunnypatti48317
    sunnypatti48317
    4 years ago

    My daily practices anchor me – meditation, gratitude, prayer, yoga. Each of these things help me to stay centered and aligned.

  16. dlaporte0622@hotmail.com
    Pilgrim
    4 years ago

    My family, first and foremost, along with friends. And the familiar … nature, music, Spirit. I am thanking Christine for her perspective (below).

  17. DeVonna 54597
    DeVonna
    4 years ago

    Faith is my anchor. My faith teaches me that God is with me no matter what I face and I have felt His presence. The knowledge that God cares not just for me but for all humankind encourages and helps me.

  18. K
    Kelly
    4 years ago

    My faith in God. My Higher Power never leaves me, never abandons me and is consistently there for me at all times…unfailing love! It’s my only true anchor ⚓

  19. Michele17440
    Michele
    4 years ago

    Inner strength.

  20. Holly in Ohio90819
    Holly in Ohio
    4 years ago

    I’ve weathered some quite big storms in my life. Many of you mention that your family is your anchor. Mine was not. I once lost everything in life that much mattered… I lost all the people. Every one. And had to begin, in one of the roughest periods of my life, when I was quite messed up, and most vulnerable, without support.

    My anchors were determination and logic, and after a very dark night I found gratitude. It must sound strange that I say determination and logic. More like obstinance and reasoning. The unwavering decision to hang on, and reasoning to sort out the confusion and to find solutions. I would say over and over to myself, “There are things that I know, and things that I don’t know. Start with what you know.” I knew I wanted to feel better. Okay, figure it out. I tried many things, but it was gratitude that shown like a star. It is how I addressed and rode through each wave of the storm, until I could see light again, and the seas calmed.

  21. devy39652
    devy
    4 years ago

    Making breathing, meditation, focusing on the now part of of my daily practice. During the day whenever troubling thoughts or emotions come into my mind, I acknowledge them, look at them and try to love and support my inner child who is upset. It’s still a work in progress, but there are improvements and I know that I must continue practicing..

  22. Kathy29496
    Katrina
    4 years ago

    Breathing, sitting in the Presence of Love, my two sisters, and a couple of close friends, beautiful nature and finally good worship experiences – traditional, in the sanctuary, hymn-singing worship.

  23. Clarity16250
    Clarity
    4 years ago

    Practicing Nichiren’s Buddhism has anchored and saved my life. So grateful.

  24. EP29020
    EJP
    4 years ago

    Family and faith.

  25. kevinthequaker123
    Kevin
    4 years ago

    My faith is my anchor, plain and simple.

  26. Howie Geib97277
    Howie Geib
    4 years ago

    Recollection. The 17th century sense, an internal tranquility which, almost magically, descends in these kinds of situations, and allows me to avoid panic. Thus, whatever mastery I can muster can be engaged. Even the smallest bit is useful. The source of this is accessed through practice. Daily practice. Developing the rightful understanding of the nature of our existence: Our uncanny connectivity which unhindered allows power to move through us from one to another. Panic, fear, despair, anger are all ways this recollection is tarnished or shattered.

  27. Christine25199
    Christine
    4 years ago

    My anchors are what is going well in my life. I learned that from my grief counselor. She asked me “Do you eat healthy?” “Are you taking enough fresh air?” “Are you getting enough sleep?”…and more questions. Everywhere I could say yes to were my anchors. If I was almost unbearably sad and had to cry a lot, I could grab an anchor. It has helped me, and still does. Coming here is also an anchor.

    1. dlaporte0622@hotmail.com
      Pilgrim
      4 years ago

      This is helpful to me, Christine. I hadn’t thought of the perspective of anchors, but will go forward with this. Thank you.

    2. Holly in Ohio90819
      Holly in Ohio
      4 years ago

      One of my friends who went through Alanon shared with me she had been taught when she was feeling bad to H.A.L.T. and check her needs: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired. (eat, express, call a friend, sleep). Your grief counsellor struck on something very similar, and fresh air is a great addition! I think we can all be helped by this basic care.

  28. Javier Visionquest65209
    Javier Visionquest
    4 years ago

    Most of us have relatives, some of us have family


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