An Attitude of Gratitude

I was in Kinko's the other day waiting for a fax to go through and I picked up a nearby book and started reading about Gratitude, and how it can change your life. I don't know if that is true, but I started trying to consciously practice a meditation of gratitude every day, and I mean to continue it.

It can't hurt. It might help. Who knows?

Cultivate the Healing Power of Gratitude from Deepak Chopra is one place to start, if you want to explore this.

I have had so many tough things to deal with this year, and I will be glad to see the end of 2013, but I also have seen a lot of blessings that have deepened my faith.

These are some of the many things I am grateful to God for:

Good friends who prop me up when I am faltering

Having my mother in my life to help me through tough times and share my joy

My beautiful children

My house, which is comfortable and safe [despite being haunted! LOL]

My ability to stay focused on what's important [people, not stuff]

My ability to meet new and interesting/good people

The ability to write about things and work them out either in a blog or poem - this helps my sanity

Good clients who make my writing jobs fun

//What are you grateful for? Maybe it's time to make a list,

thanks to my cousin Mark for sharing his photography gifts...

If you want more happiness, joy, and energy, gratitude is clearly a crucial quality to cultivate. It is a fullness of heart that moves us from limitation and fear to expansion and love. When we’re appreciating something, our ego moves out of the way and we connect with our soul. Gratitude brings our attention into the present, which is the only place where miracles can unfold. - See more at: http://www.chopra.com/ccl/cultivate-the-healing-power-of-gratitude#sthash.twec80bC.dpuf

If you want more happiness, joy, and energy, gratitude is clearly a crucial quality to cultivate. It is a fullness of heart that moves us from limitation and fear to expansion and love. When we’re appreciating something, our ego moves out of the way and we connect with our soul. Gratitude brings our attention into the present, which is the only place where miracles can unfold. - See more at: http://www.chopra.com/ccl/cultivate-the-healing-power-of-gratitude#sthash.twec80bC.dpuf