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GRATITUDE FRIDAY
Gratitude Practice: Walking a Peaceful Path on a Labyrinth
A simple guide
O Spirit, draw me into your center so that I may hear your Voice.
One of the ways you can practice gratitude, especially if journaling isn’t your thing, is by walking a peaceful path on a labyrinth.
What is a labyrinth?
The simple answer is that it looks like a flat maze etched into the ground or a canvas that is laid out either indoors or outdoors. The difference between a maze and a labyrinth is that there is only one way in and one way out.
The labyrinth is one continual path that leads you to a center. After taking a pause in the center, you follow the same continual path to exit.
The original labyrinth is from Chartres Cathedral in France, built in 1214, which is made from hand-cut, hand-laid marble and is still present within the cathedral.
Labyrinths are often used for a personal sacred walk that nurtures spiritual and contemplative transformation. There is no right or wrong way to walk, other than to be respectful of others who might be walking at the same time you might be.
The thing I find liberating about labyrinths is that though I started out writing about…
