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Title: Thanksliving
Author: Gregory Anne Cox
Article:
Would you agree that you have much to be thankful for? Me too.
Anyone reading this has more than many and we are aware of what
we have. We are grateful.
"Thank you" is one of the first lessons we learn growing up and
it's an important one. Not only is it of cultural importance to
acknowledge people for their gifts, cooperation, a pleasant
transaction, holding open a door; it's a respect thing.
Is there a bigger reason to take stock, to keep a gratitude
journal, to start each day thankful for the Tom's of Maine
toothpaste I so enjoy? (Fennel if you must know.)
Yes, in a word, Power. Power to attract more of what we want in
our lives.
Gratitude is a high energy frequency; as such it is powerfully
attractive. Positive thoughts and emotions, such as those
associated with gratitude, send that positive high frequency
energy out into the ether. Negative thoughts and emotions, such
as those associated with resentment, send negative, low
frequency energy out. What is met and returned to you is exactly
what you send out. What you focus on expands. It's an immutable
law of the universe.
Another law is this, everything that happens has two polar
opposite aspects. You cannot have good without bad, black
without white, fat without thin, etc. So that means that
although something looks horrible from one perspective there has
to be something positive in there.
How can one be thankful when everything has gone to hell in a
hand basket? "My teen aged step-kids are rude and treat me like
crap, my car needs $1000 worth of repairs, I still haven't found
a job I like", and so on.
Ok take a step back and see if you can accept this next thought.
Negative thinking and dislike of what's going on is resistance
to "what is." Resistance is also a low vibrational energy. The
things that "happen" to us, rather, that we create, are there
for a reason. If it's possible to see the hidden opposite of our
perception of "what is" then our vibration lifts and we can
expect our situation to change.
Let's find the gratitude for the above situations.
The teenagers. Difficult though it may be, in order to have the
man you love, you have had to take on the kids (temporarily)
from hell. "This too shall pass" comes to mind as does, "how can
I give to them to ease their resentment?" PS, Gratitude does not
mean you become anyone's doormat! Accept this as "what is" for
now in this newly blended family and all sorts of joy might be
hiding just out of sight. A friend of mine lives this situation.
Rather than continue to create anger and resentment by seeing
them out of obligation she now enjoys a couple of days a month
alone when her husband visits with his girls. Everyone is
thankful.
The expensive car repair. Do you have the money to do it? If not
will you be able to get it? Yes? Great then be thankful for the
ability to pay for the repair rather than have be without a
vehicle.
That job you hate. "I am not satisfied with this job but I'm
glad it pays the bills." When one accepts responsibility for
having created what we have in our lives then we know we can
choose to create something else.
Here's a short story from my own experience. Eight years ago I
moved back to the east coast from California. My now
ex-sig-other offered a do over of our relationship and I
accepted. He was living on the North Fork of Long Island. I
wanted to move back into New York City. I had to start
reconnecting from somewhere so I chose thankful to get started
only 2 hours away.
Three months into this experiment it was clear we were not
working. I determined that I would head into Manhattan on the
second of January, new resume in hand, and hit the head-hunters
hard in order to move out by month's end. For the last weekend
of the year my pal Chris suggested I come up to hang with her
and her brother in a town a few hours north of the city. I went.
We played, we drank wine, we hiked, we made plans for our new
lives.
The room I slept in that night was cold, just the way I like it,
so I kept my socks on. Once awake I jumped up, eager to get
going. As I pushed myself up off the mattress, (it was not on a
bed frame but on the floor) my foot slipped out from under me, I
landed on my left hand and I heard a snap. I had broken my wrist.
In the ensuing hours my thoughts were all over the board
regarding my new life plans and how this was not included. I was
not especially thankful.
Looking back though, here's what the results were as I can trace
them from now. * I was offered one of the more interesting jobs
I've ever held working on a private island. * I was able to buy
a spacious house-something I'd wanted since I was a little girl.
* I met the man I am now married to working on that island.
Obvious at the time? No way but what I've learned since is to be
thankful for what comes along-oops, for what I've created-- even
when it seems bad. That's just a perception. And what is
perception but thought? And who chooses my thoughts?
"I think my thoughts they don't think me."
I've read that here and there and there are days I don't like it
but hey, it's a fact!
Sometimes "what is" serves only to sure up our understanding of
what we don't want. In that way there is room for gratitude as
well.
When things look bleak go inside and check your thoughts. Look
around and choose something to be grateful for even if it's only
your little toe. Change your vibration by giving something to
someone, or simply listing some of the things that are good in
your life at this moment. You'll find this practice above all
others we take on has the greatest power to transform your life.
And think about what it can do for others.
About the author:
Gregory Anne Cox is a certified life coach who has been dishing
up all-you-can-eat servings of health and nutrition information
for years. Midlifers are welcome to experience powerful support
to transform "what is" into the life of their dreams. One on
one, group, and teleseminars. http://www.livebettercoach.com
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