Feeling gratitude for everything today, is that possible? It might sound overly optimistic, or a grand idea, but not especially realistic. No matter how optimistic you are, obstacles are sure to present themselves at some point during the day, and may even grow into one or more personal challenges.
This became my challenge for the day, feeling gratitude, as I returned to work after a relaxing vacation. I returned to an inbox that was overflowing, looming deadlines, and demands on my time. Suddenly, I was looking at a list of obligations and I consciously felt my focus shift. My energy drained, and I entered into a state of resistance. I wanted to go back to my leisurely routine from the week before!
Being conscious of my emotions, I knew I needed to flip the switch, choose a better feeling. I reflected on the fun I had the week before and I felt my spirits lift. I knew I needed to change my point of focus, or I’d manifest more things in my day that would lead to feeling more stress.
Consciously choose your emotion
Rather than feel resistance, I decided to practice some Rich Mind Life Strategy. Rather than be troubled by my crazy day, I consciously, and with great intent, chose to feel gratitude that I have a career I truly love. I felt gratitude for the clients who need my help. I felt gratitude that I have special people in my life that rely on me for support. Suddenly, I felt gratitude for the interruptions and obligations and to-do list before me.
I’ve written before about the idea that things don’t happen to us because we’re good or we’re bad. When something happens we don’t like, it’s not the Universe trying to punish us. The Universe is simply energy and your thoughts, emotions, and intentions create the reality that you experience. You literally think it into being.
Because we have the amazing power to create our experiences with our thoughts and our emotions, it’s important to feel gratitude for the gifts in your life, even when those gifts are presented as challenges.
Challenges are opportunities for gratitude
So today, I feel gratitude for all the little challenges I’ve faced. Because they were opportunities for me to feel appreciation and manifest more experiences that will bring more of the same.
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Hi Zoey,
Thank you for the reminder and practical tip to change my thoughts and emotions around a busy day. I’ll use this right now and shift into appreciation.
Warmest regards,
Rosemary Heenan
Wow! That really shapes the BIGGER image of grattitude…
I will now be greatful for everything, ups and downs, Love and Life all around, to appreciate without any struggle and I know
I will recieve..
Thank you,
Kristy
Gratitude is a powerful and often neglected thing. We do need to use it more. We are alive so let’s celebrate!
I love the power of this message!
What I need to ask is this, I have always thought I was doing this, but over the last few years I’m losing a great deal of ground.
I was always happy and cheerful, as helpful as I could be and positive even in negative situations. I have had wonderful things come into my life. But there is an over riding plague that comes up and ruins things over time. Why do my good thoughts and practices not outweigh and keep such terrible sadness from my door?
Why then, do I now have such a terrible turmoil in my very soul?
Why is my stomach and heart aching so much I can hardly function, and why am I not able to revert this anguish into the peace and beauty I once saw?
How do I reconcile the recent events and sadness that overwhelms me daily. My personal life and relationship is in ruin, I have lost complete hope and I am distanced from wife and child. Please, what thoughts have I manifested that should leave me so paralysed and unhappy when I have always looked to the good and the bright side. Respectfully … Terry
I know you are telling the truth. It do seems as though when I get worried or frustrated about money it never seemed to come to me when I need it the most. The reason being is maybe I am to anxious to get it, I just seemed to want to pray and ask God to give me what I need and just patiently wake on God to perform things for me. God is a good to all of us, and if we only just
wait, pray and believe we will receive it. The money will be sent to us through many different ways and forms. I have seemed this happen. So oneday I am praying for a Large Amount of money to come into my life. I dont know how, when or where the money is coming from but God will make it happen. When it do come to me I will be most graceful and happy because this miraculous miracle would have taken place in my life. I have always believed that a person just got to know that it will happen for him and no matter what stick to that belief. It is written in God’ word if you pray and believe you shall receieve
Things and events are happening because of our thoughts and emotions.True. You say feel gratitude. To whom? when I knew that I am the creator of pleasant / unpleasant events,simply I have to continue my thinking pattern or change my thoughts as per situation. If unpleasant situations occur, how to change them in shortest possible time? That is my thinking pattern. When we pray to a higher Being and get something out of it, then we do feel gratitude. Otherwise it is all one’s own making. May be we should have a sense of gratitude to those teachers from whom we learn these truths.
Gratitude makes the day. I have once read a report which could be feely download from the internet (sorry couldn’t remember where), it states that gratitude is the highest energy of all even above love.
So be grateful for whatever that you have and whatever that you have will be expanded to what you desires. Dr Wayne say that it you appreciate and be grateful for the penny that is in your pocket, you will direct your mind to find the second, third and so on penny. It’s the appreciation force that bring up your vibration to match up of the abundance world. Be grateful even if you are broke, it will show up when you are ready.
it’s great to read it, tks