Gratitude is a tool, a key, an opener.
It opens your heart and mind to receive the positive.
The universe contains all the beauty, love, and joy you could ever hold—so empty your hands.
Put down any patterns of behavior or conditioned thinking that disconnect you from appreciating life.
The first post of this series discussed the benefits of gratitude in making your world a happier place. Your homework was to start a special gratitude journal…time to check in!
To keep the power of gratitude working in your life:
The 5-A-Day.
A list of 5 things you are thankful for. It’s okay if they are the same every day, although as you get into it, you will discover more and more to be thankful for. What matters is that you take the time on a daily basis (and it isn’t much—very affordable), to acknowlege, by hand, that which has made you smile, that which you are glad to have, those whom you are glad to know, etc. Keep it easy and clear. Don’t over-think it. The key is that you are able to FEEL it; take the moment to acknowledge the good. And as the words sit on the page, they fester. They fester and marinate and empower your world.
You can take this simple daily exercise one step further. Once a week, on your least favorite day (Monday?), after you list 5 things you are thankful for, take another few minutes to write about what you want to create, see, feel, know, and experience in your life to come. Write your dreams, ideas, goals, intentions, prayers, questions, and comments. Again, these can be repetitive from week to week; the point is that you are keeping them fresh, fed and watered.
Do this in remembrance of who you are, who you have been, and who you will be. Watch what happens!
See what The Happy Guy has to say about tracking thanksgiving: http://www.thehappyguy.com/articles/gratitude-journal.html
It opens your heart and mind to receive the positive.
The universe contains all the beauty, love, and joy you could ever hold—so empty your hands.
Put down any patterns of behavior or conditioned thinking that disconnect you from appreciating life.
The first post of this series discussed the benefits of gratitude in making your world a happier place. Your homework was to start a special gratitude journal…time to check in!
To keep the power of gratitude working in your life:
The 5-A-Day.
A list of 5 things you are thankful for. It’s okay if they are the same every day, although as you get into it, you will discover more and more to be thankful for. What matters is that you take the time on a daily basis (and it isn’t much—very affordable), to acknowlege, by hand, that which has made you smile, that which you are glad to have, those whom you are glad to know, etc. Keep it easy and clear. Don’t over-think it. The key is that you are able to FEEL it; take the moment to acknowledge the good. And as the words sit on the page, they fester. They fester and marinate and empower your world.
You can take this simple daily exercise one step further. Once a week, on your least favorite day (Monday?), after you list 5 things you are thankful for, take another few minutes to write about what you want to create, see, feel, know, and experience in your life to come. Write your dreams, ideas, goals, intentions, prayers, questions, and comments. Again, these can be repetitive from week to week; the point is that you are keeping them fresh, fed and watered.
Do this in remembrance of who you are, who you have been, and who you will be. Watch what happens!
See what The Happy Guy has to say about tracking thanksgiving: http://www.thehappyguy.com/articles/gratitude-journal.html
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