Gratitude

As I sit on my sofa meditating on goals and giving thanks for what I'm grateful for, something which I've done my whole life, it hit me how long it’s been since I really sat and said thank you to Spirit for the good in my life. Then it hit me how I might not be alone in that because life can get so full and chaotic. Sometimes we forget to take a moment and look at the good that does exist around us.

As a kid I would often give thanks to 3-5 things in my life, I don’t remember being told to do this. It honestly might be a learned behavior from my dad come to think of it. Plus my mom did something while she was pregnant with me that I think played a role. During the whole pregnancy she would talk to me and say positives and work hard to stay positive within herself as the pregnancy was very hard on her (they didn’t think she would be able to have kids). The power behind the mind and body connection is simply amazing.

I don’t take gratitude lightly, I think it was part of surviving my childhood more so after my mom died. So if I allowed myself to see the good where it was then the hard stuff felt lighter and more manageable. Sometimes I would make requests to spirit and then I'd simply forget about the request till it happened. I still get amazed at that experience to this day.

A cute example of this would be when I was in middle school. I went outside and it was daytime when I went to the side of the house and decided to talk to the sky.. I said that I wanted to find a partner and have a marriage like my parents but not with their ending, a better one please and I’d like a specific song to play when I met that person. I gave the song and said thanks, I hope it’s approved. And I left it at that. Fast forward. To my senior year and I get a slight visual and sense of my person as I'm walking to my locker during the school day.. I responded with cool, thanks.

I was shown that because relationships got hard and I was beginning to shut myself down, then I met my person and heard the song. I had completely forgotten about the song and when it played on the radio as I was driving, I went wait..what??? For real!!

I was extremely grateful and it was a huge lesson in practicing gratitude and trusting things to happen when they're meant to.

Gratitude is also why when I work with clients I see the positive in the body wherever it is and it shows a kind of progress. It might not be in the direction you thought it would go but it’s there. It shows hope toward the common goal of being more comfortable in your body.

With that said, take a moment and allow yourself to reflect on some positives in your life. It doesn’t need to be large, it would simply be that you have a roof over your head and healthy food to eat. If your mind slips into the negative, journaling can help restructure that with practice, time and grace. 

I’m grateful for YOU!