At times our own light goes out and is rekindled
by a spark from another person.
Affirmation: I am full of gratitude.
“I have so much to be thankful for. All of my needs and many of my wants have already been met. People who care about me surround me and I am aware of their loving presence. Because of this, I am full of gratitude.
So many people in this world go without the basic needs of life, such as food, shelter, or clean water. Many people struggle just to get through each day. When I consider these things, I remember how absolutely blessed I am. Regardless of what my future may hold, today I have food, I have shelter, and I have clean water and those gifts are worthy of my gratitude.
Every day, I take a few moments to remind myself of my many blessings. I think of the people who love me. I take a moment to mentally send love and gratitude to all of them in return.
I remember all of the ways in which life is easy for me. I have gifts and talents to share. I know that many things come easily to me, even when I am feeling challenged by my life circumstances. Other things come less easily to me, but I know that each one is a new opportunity for me to learn.
I intentionally cultivate thankfulness for life’s challenging situations too.
If I ever start to feel like I have little to be grateful for, and counting my blessings does not seem to help, I will go out of my way to do a good turn for someone else.
By being helpful to others, I can remind myself that the world is an abundant place.
And when I finally remember this, I am grateful.
Today, I am thankful for the blessings in my life.
I take time to be conscious of each of them.
With all of this abundance surrounding me, I am full of gratitude!”
Homework: Self-Reflection Questions –
1. What can I be thankful for today?
2. How can I be of service to someone today?
3. In what ways does being helpful to others increase my own gratitude?
Remider: This is a short term experiment that started 10-21-12.
My current plan is to do this every Sunday in preparation for our week ahead. But I need for you to do four things for me.
1. Read the affirmation and statement aloud to yourself.
2. Write out your answers to the self-reflective questions. You don’t have to share them if you don’t want to, but write them down for your own benefit and boost.
3. Subscribe. If we continue this series, the only way you will know if I am doing it on any regular basis is to subscribe.
4. Comment. I don’t usually press for comments. However, as I continue to consider adding this as a regular feature to the blog, I am asking for feedback. If you liked it, or didn’t. If you see ways that I can tweak it to make it better. If you found the exercise helpful or not. If you had some kind of breakthrough, epiphany or wake up call. If you’d rather get this as a newsletter on a monthly basis. Anything…
Here’s the bottom line for this experimental feature. Because it will take a little extra time to get these ready, no comments or feedback, no musings. Ok?
Have an awesome week!
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