Your Daily Dose of Gratitude ~ Day 659

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I Cherish The Experience Of Life

…there needs to be a greater understanding about taking care of self and taking care of planet. Planet is the place that you reside. So being aware of your surroundings is a very good thing. And not getting trapped (this is the best word that I can come up with at this time) in your computers and video games, and television sets. It's like you're mesmerized and asleep and not paying attention to all of the small quiet wonders of this world… So this period of time is a wake-up call, in essence. It's about becoming aware of the impact that you have… It is about you coming to an understanding about how you impact All That Is. And not just physically. Not just with your trash and your pollution of the air and water and all. It's also about how you pollute yourself with your thoughts. How you pollute your world with your thoughts and with your emotions and how that pollution affects others. (Metatron through Bonnee Klein Gilligan) - www.geocities.com/bonneekleingilligan

I Cherish My Challenges & Challengers

Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience. ( Holt)

I Cherish The Moments ~ I See WOWs In More NOWs

Experience life like a child… It can be quite inspiring to observe how they greet life, particularly prior to the solidification of their boxes of being. Often, when encountering something for the very first time, they completely immerse themselves in the experience in a way most adults have either forgotten altogether or have simply quit doing because they have lost, or perhaps misplaced, their natural curiosity and abundant joy for the magnificence of the world… I would like to suggest that each of you schedule some precious moments in your busy, full lives to discover the unpretentious innocence through which you used to view your world. Chances are pretty good that you liked the world more in those days. Where did your exuberance for life, with all its marvelous wonders, go? Where have you hidden the bright spark of awareness that looked forward to every new morning and ended each day completely exhausted because of all the exciting moments contained in the scope of a mere twenty-four hours? Some of you, as adults, have had the opportunity to be in the presence of highly evolved humans, or individuals of great spiritual accomplishment. You may have noticed that spending time with them can be somewhat like being in the presence of an innocent child. Both are filled with exuberance for life; both are (or can be) radically present in the moment, unaware of either past or future; both have expanded capacities for joy and wonder; both seem to delight in the mystery of who it is that peers at the outer world through unjaded eyes. Indeed, we could go on, but this comparative list should be enough to make the point. Both are committed to living life fully and savoring every precious moment.

Some of you may wonder a bit as to the meaning of that last sentence, since you may believe that the evolved or enlightened being is on his/her way out of this world. While that might be true, as long as they are here, the great bodhisattvas love and enjoy not only life but all the beings with whom they share life, as well. Neither little children nor awakened masters see life as an exercise in drudgery. They do not arise in the morning dreading the day, nor do they feel burdened by the fact that the sun came up.

Both the innocence of childhood and the wisdom of sages offer compelling evidence that liberation is found through commitment. While most people worry about how to live a meaningful life, one who knows his/her life's purpose and is committed to fulfilling it discovers that virtually every interaction in life is meaningful. The force of one's commitment quite naturally provides the meaning that might be missing for those who know neither purpose nor commitment. Thus, if one wishes to imbue her/his life with meaning, a good example can be taken from wise masters and innocent children. When commitment is lacking, a sense of meaning cannot be present in any lasting way. Oh, yes, there will likely be moments of meaning, and some of those moments may be quite profound. But lasting meaning comes from commitment to one's life purpose. (Master Djwhal Khul through Kathlyn Kingdon) - www.vajraflame.org

I Embrace Who I Am

Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable. ( Ueland)

What I Say, Be, & See - I Become

Goals in writting are dreams with deadlines. ( )

I Neutralize Negativity ~ I Prefer Positivity

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. (Helen Keller)

Kindness Is My Favourite Way To Display My Gratitude

Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. ( Luther King, Jr.)

Today's Praise Perception

With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. (Barack Obama, at the Democratic Party's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, on 29 August, 2008)

My Daily Phrase Of Praise

(1) Apply this "phrase of praise" to all the nouns you encounter throughout your day. Write it on a piece of paper & keep it where you'll repeatedly see it & it'll re-mind you to remember to "spend your days in praise." You will feel yourself filling up with the energy of gratitude as you consistently use this phrase throughout your day. Fill your nows with "wows" by routinely using this phrase of praise.

With profound gratitude I ????

(2) Use this "phrase of praise" as a mantra in the "nows" throughout your day. Concentrate on your breath as you visualize filling up with the essence of this phrase and then breathe out and imagine releasing all that is NOT who you truly are - returning it to Source with gratitude, for all the lessons attained and the many strengths gained from the polarity initiation process of its passing presence as a chapter in your life. Now breathe in your next chapter, breathe in this "phrase of praise," turn the page and let it all in.

As You Breathe In, Affirm and Believe "I live with profound gratitude" Now Breathe Out

As You Breathe In, Affirm and Believe "I live with profound gratitude" Now Breathe Out

As You Breathe In, Affirm and Believe "I live with profound gratitude" Now Breathe Out

As You Breathe In, Affirm and Believe "I live with profound gratitude" Now Breathe Out

A Daily Gaze To Arouse Your Praise

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Gratitude

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AKA

Acceptance - Acknowledgment - Appreciation - Approval - Benediction - Christ Consciousness - Counting your Blessings - Grace - Gratefulness - Happiness - Honoring - Kindness - Love - Namaste - Optimism - Passion - Positive Perception - Positive Thinking - Praise - Recognition - Respect - Reversing "stinkin thinking" - Enjoying "Here & Now" - Receptive to All That Is - Joyfulness - Thankfulness - Thanksgiving - Finding The Silver Lining - Expecting Miracles - Savoring Life - My Cup Overflows