Eating delicious food and enjoying your time with family tend to be the focus for Thanksgiving, and that’s fantastic (especially if you’re making a healthy meal) yet the central activity of the day shouldn’t be forgotten: Thanks-giving = Giving thanks.
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The thought and feeling of gratitude are among the most powerful tools of creation. Thinking about the things in your life that you are grateful for having not only makes you appreciate them more – it also sends out a message of “have” versus “lack” into the Universe. And since you attract what you are, you activate the mechanism that allows you to have that which you desire and are thankful for. Gratitude is most powerful when followed by action – when thought and deed are aligned – so showing your gratitude brings even more of this ‘have’ energy to you. Thinking, feeling, and acting thankful every day doesn’t take much – just awareness of what you’re already doing and connecting these to the thought and feeling of gratitude. Here are some examples: Read More…
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We’re all thankful for what we have. The people we love, the friends we make, the house, the job, the car – all of these gifts add to our lives on a daily basis and, yes, we are and should definitely be thankful for them.
But there is more to be thankful for, including the very things we may see as difficulties. Consider these:
- I am thankful for my car breaking down, because this gave me the opportunity to be humble and ask for help – and for someone special to show me true friendship, for me to learn that you can be surprised by the people that you least expect to be, surprised by, and for the Universe to reinforce my belief that everything – even what appears to be “bad luck” – happens for a good reason. Read More…
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