Expressing Gratitude Brings Me Closer to Me
I am 38. I’ve lived through being a latchkey kid with both parents working as part of a divorced household, dot-com booms and busts, reached adulthood just when the internet became a daily part of life. Watched the Berlin Wall fall, and sat posted to the tv watching the twin towers fall, while worrying about my $6 an hour job at Blockbuster Video I was running late for. A job I despereatly needed to pay my rent on a house I shared with four other adults and still could not afford. (Yay to being 18.) I saw the end of Apartheid in South Africa, Middle Eastern Wars, jobs I hated, a challenging marriage (that I tried twice), kids with troubles, teenagers with troubles, financial losses, an undiagnosed heart condition that was revealed to me when I turned 30 (surprise), and many other events both personal and world events. How can I experience all of this and still feel happy, joyous, grateful, and optimistic with an inner knowing that we are all in for amazing wonders of planetary transformation? How can I have such a great life with so much expanding love of family, friends, and complete strangers? How can I be seeing material success beginning to occur even within the current economic climate? Am I different than others? Am I more blessed? More special? I think not. I think that on a personal level I have begun to understand how life works. My experience has shown me to: learn how to focus on what’s good learn how to let go of the old negative tapes I’ve picked up from various places in my life tell the truth of how I feel – at least to myself keep expressing gratitude know for sure what makes me happy By doing these I not only create the life I want, but I also contribute to the positive vibrations on the planet and get to be a part of the solution. I am no different than you. We are all one. We all affect each other by our very eye blink. With all that said, I will tell you what I am grateful for: I am grateful that I have 3 beautiful children. I am grateful I am my right weight and able to maintain it and love myself in the doing. I am grateful I have been able to heal, to break generational trauma. I am grateful for my smartphone and my laptops. (I love fun new technology.) I am grateful for all the wonderful connections I’ve made all over the world by doing social networking. I am grateful for the knowledge of how to feed my body and keep it healthy. I am grateful that I could go on and on and on. Expressing gratitude works to create the life of your dreams. What are you grateful for? Manifest in the Midwest
