I try to remember to be grateful ALL the time, even on a bad day. Not long ago there was a time when someone would ask me to make a list and I would put 1. My beautiful kids. 2. .... For the life of me I couldn't come up with anything else to be grateful for. I was very unhappy and of course everything around me was NOT what I wanted it to be. I felt lost and I had no control over anything. I was just existing in time. During this difficult time for me I realized I was blessed to have some amazing friends, who stood there by me, guided me, held my hand, provided a shoulder to cry on and on so many days just let me be. One night I was visiting a little spiritual workshop in town and it was focused on Gratitude. My dear friend Cynthia knew my troubles, but she just let me be and gently she was guiding me through the night. At the end of the night she handed everyone a little piece of paper that said:
Today I am so grateful that
I saw............................................
I heard.........................................
I tasted........................................
I smelled.....................................
I touched.....................................
I honor my senses. They keep me in the moment and they allow me to remember.
That single little piece of paper was probably the most important thing for me to change my cynical outlook on life. It started with simple I am grateful I was able to see my beautiful kids, or I am grateful I was able to taste my food today.... Some days it was a sunny day, and that was all I had to go on for the time being... BUT in no time everything changed, I found I had so much abundance to be grateful for. This is also a very most important thing I teach others. GRATITUDE. It all starts there. :)
As for yesterday.... A wise man once said: I am grateful for today, it was great, but I am looking forward to tomorrow, because it's going to be better.
Here is something I had on my facebook status few days ago...
You must constantly ask yourself these questions:
Who am I around?
What are they doing to me?
What have they got me reading?
What have they got me saying?
Where do they have me going?
What do they have me thinking?
And most important, what do they have me becoming?
Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by CHANGE.
I hope at least one of you my dear friends decides to make that change in your life for a better YOU, better LIFE. As for me I wanna release my gratitude to few very special people in my life:
Be well my friends, love and hugs to all...
