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?
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