We know that like attracts like and what we focus on expands. My favourite saying on this subject is this:
Where attention goes, energy flows.When energy flows into other energy there is expansion. In any area where we want expansion we need to place our attention, energy and focus in order for it happen. If we want more good stuff in our life then it behoves us to be grateful for what we have already. When we embody gratitude, not just by saying thank you, but by thinking, feeling and being thankful for everything we experience. It is then that our vibration sets up resonance in the unified field or universal intelligence or God energy (pick the phrase that suits you) and brings to us more good, more health, more abundance, more joy, more peace or what ever more is looking to express through you.
The expansion of consciousness in any area of our lives is something the spiritual seeker is often endeavouring to achieve. To expand your consciousness of gratitude one of the best practices I have found is to keep a gratitude journal. Make time to write what you are grateful for every day. This can be done at any time of the day. I know some people who prefer to start their day embodying the attitude of gratitude, personally I prefer to take that energy into dream time, so I write up my gratitude journal before I go to sleep. If you are someone who likes to watch the news headlines before going to bed, I seriously invite you to swap that habit for this one. You will sleep more peacefully and have more empowering dreams.
If this is new to you start by recording five things that you are grateful for in your day, or the previous day. As you practice and play with this, you will find many more things that you are thankful for. If you have a significant other, play together, compare and share your gratitude. This is not meant to be a chore. If you find it becoming a 'should' then stop and evaluate what's going on for you. This is supposed to fun.
Depending where you are in life right now, you may feel that you have plenty to be grateful for and are ready to write it all down. However I have worked with many clients who are in a place where it doesn't feel like there is anything to appreciate. That's okay, don't make this into another excuse to beat yourself up.
Take a moment to breathe, connect with your heart and think of someone you love, that loves you. Breathe into that feeling and allow it to spread through your body.
Spread the feeling through your body and start to think of a place in your body that works well. Perhaps it's your eyes, or perhaps you really like your little finger, or how about the big toe on your left foot. Somewhere in your body there is something, no matter how small, that you can appreciate. Let us take the example of the little finger.
I am so grateful for my little finger because it allows me to have normal looking hands. I love my hands because they allow me to experience sensations, I can stroke my cat and feel his soft fur in my hand and the vibration of his purr through my fingertips. I am so grateful for my cat because he helps me to remember what it looks like to be peaceful and calm. I am so grateful for my memory as it allows me to function in the world and to play games with my nieces. - You get the idea. Find one thing, no matter how tiny it might be. It can be in you or outside of you. Perhaps you are currently sitting in a comfortable chair, or are drinking a tasty coffee. Start as small as you need to start and build as slowly as you need to build, but do start, always remembering that a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.
Today I see opportunities for gratitude in every situation of my life. I express my gratitude to others easily and effortlessly. I turn within and feel gratitude in every cell of my body. My embodiment of gratitude is contagious and I infect all I meet with their own attitude of gratitude.
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