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THE GRATITUDE
MOVE
Gratitude is a way of being in which we are willing
to see the blessing in everything occurring in life. The practice of
gratitude is a way to open our hearts to life and find the gifts here for
us.
Many of us have the process backwards: we wait to
see if there is something to be grateful for before we choose to be
grateful. What we are doing is waiting to see if life will show up the way
we want it so we can appreciate life doing it our way.
I'm going to give you a gift right now. Use it or
not - you choose. AND if you choose to use it -- prepare yourself for a
change in the experience of your life.
Ready?
<<<>>> The Gratitude Move
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Shift your focus from what you can’t do and don’t
have to what you can do and do have.
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True gratitude is about embracing life the way it
is, taking whatever is in your life and finding the gift for which you are
grateful. To be grateful for what you have in the moment and who you are
in the moment; to appreciate what you have and who you are, is a
transformative shift.
One of the things that fuels our blind consumerism
in life is the belief if we eat enough, buy enough, have enough, maybe
then we’ll have a sense of satisfaction inside. Yet we find the opposite
is true. When we eat, and buy, and consume out of a sense of vacancy
inside, the vacancy actually grows bigger.
As a matter of fact, the emptiness we sometimes
have, right before we eat when we’re not hungry, buy something we really
don’t want, seems to get filled with the practice of gratitude.
Gratitude is a big dose of what we all can use right
now as we each deal with whatever is ours to deal with as a result of the
economic correction we are facing. Let's stuff our turkeys with
cranberries, appreciations, and awareness of the abundance of blessings
which are present right now.
You may need to train yourself to be grateful. A way
to cultivate awareness and grow in any experience is to pay attention. Pay
attention by tracking your awareness and write down specific things,
people, situations, experiences for which you are grateful.
Your willingness to track at least three ‘gratitudes’
daily will serve you tremendously. You may find during the time you are
going for your goals, and you hit some disturbance as you exit your
comfort zone, it is empowering to look at those things you are grateful
for in the past few weeks. You may be surprised as to how this fuels you
and gives you fortitude to proceed.
Gratitude satisfies. When we are fulfilled there is
a natural consequence of centeredness and empowerment. It is then easier
to take action towards our goals, to nurture ourselves and to genuinely
make a contribution to others.
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I invite you to consider asking for help if and when
you find yourself stuck in negativity, fear or inaction. Please consider a
one-time coaching session, signing up for my free eCourse, or re-reading
the eBook available at my site, to support you in getting unstuck and back
in action towards living a life of joy and gratitude. You can learn to
generate wealth and thrive in challenging times.
I hope you'll take a moment to browse our website to
learn more about Living by Design.
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