E30: Abundance, Gratitude and Criticism: the compassionate guide to growing a global brand
Episode 30 of We are Open Circle’s Beyond Listening Podcast saw Terces and Matthew Engelhart come on to the show to share their personal stories, the formation of Café Gratitude and their philosophies on entrepreneurship, abundance and sustainability.
The initial concept behind Café Gratitude, and stories from throughout its existence.
Their farming motivations for moving away from a plant-based diet.
Systems of oppression, and the abundant kindness of those less fortunate in life.
Terces and Matthew Engelhart are the co-founders of west coast restaurant Café Gratitude. Meeting in midlife, the pair married twenty years ago and now live on Be Love Farm. Authors, teachers and creators of The Abounding River Board Game, they lead lives full of spirituality, appreciation and kindness.
Here are some of the key insights from the conversation...
The true feeling of abundance is being satisfied with all that we already have.
”The gratitude movement is now a thing, there's gratitude journals and they teach gratitude at higher universities and yet we still have so far to go! Can we keep our attention on all that we already have? That's abundance, rather than to be wanting more.”
Free will gives us the power to transform our beliefs and actions to foster fulfilment.
“We say: what you think, what you say, what you do, what you believe and the attitude that you have are how you have access to your being. The beingness of human. So if you want to shift who you’re being, you shift what you say, what you do, what you think, what you believe and your attitude. The beauty of human beings is that we’re the only creatures that were given free will and we don’t use it most of the time for creating the lives that we love, but we have that option.”
We all need to work on our ability to co-exist respectfully with one another.
“Are we going to learn to love unconditionally? Or are we gonna just stay in our own camp and fight the guys in the other camp? I think that’s a huge lesson that’s up for us as a people right now. I think we have to learn to see the other side and be okay with disagreeing.”
The best place to find Terces and Matthew Engelhart is here.
