November Solan - Gratitude for the Unpleasant
November naturally turns our thoughts toward gratitude.
It’s relatively easy to make a gratitude list when we’re thinking about the people, experiences, opportunities, and comforts that bring joy into our lives.
But what about the unpleasant things?
Can we be grateful for disappointment? Difficult relationships? Loss? Mistakes? Challenges? The experiences we would never have chosen?
And do we even want to be?
“Gratitude for the unpleasant” doesn’t mean pretending that painful experiences were good or that difficult circumstances didn’t hurt. It doesn’t require us to put a positive spin on everything that happens.
Instead, it invites us to become curious.
Is there something these difficult experiences have taught me?
What strength, wisdom, compassion, or clarity has emerged because of them?
Can I find something meaningful without having to call the experience itself good?
SoulCollage® can provide a powerful way to explore these questions. Images can help us approach experiences from a different angle, sometimes revealing meaning that isn’t immediately available through words.
This November, we’ll create SoulCollage® cards and explore the theme Gratitude for the Unpleasant.
We’ll make space for the whole story—
the beautiful,the difficult, the confusing, and the unexpected.
Perhaps gratitude isn’t always about being thankful for what happened.
Perhaps sometimes it’s about discovering what became possible because we lived through it.
Join us for a creative and reflective exploration of gratitude, including the parts of life we don’t usually put on our gratitude lists.
The 3 hour monthly Solan will cost $25 per session or purchase all four months for $80.
Bring a friend who is new to SoulCollage® and their first session is FREE (send me their email and I will register them separately).