Wednesday WORD — by Diane, The California Dreamer

GRATITUDE 2007 – Pt 2 of 2

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice."

— Meister Eckhart

How are you doing in week 2 of the 30 days of conscious Thanks - Living? Did you keep up the list or did you ditch the effort a couple days into it?

It has been an eye opening experience for me.  I have always more or less been grateful, but this exercise forces me to become more aware.

Taking this tiny action can be a great step toward seeing your life with increasing joy.

If you kept up with this exercise, have you noticed a change or shift in your perception of your life and all that is around you? Did you notice the more you were thankful for the more you had or that there was more which came into your life?

I noticed my attitude about so many things shifts when I see and focus on all the good during my day.  Nothing changes with what is happening, necessarily.  What changes is my focus, and the experiences I have appear more positive.

I can't explain just how this happens, but it does.

When I reflect back on times or situations in my life I might not have thought were too good, I know today that everything happens for a reason and ultimately is for my best.  I have grown emotionally or spiritually from just about every experience I’ve had.  By applying the magic formula of gratitude to those times, I can see how important all those lessons where or why those people might have been put in my life, and how necessary all of that was for me.

I am curious about how you are doing with this exercise.  Has your life improved even a small bit since you started it?  Have you noticed more positive things are in your life?  How has this affected you? Drop me a line and let me know.   E-mail: Diane

Here's to the beginning of week 3 in the 30 days of Conscious Thanks-Living!!

— © Diane, The California Dreamer

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