This post is about feeling gratitude.
Feeling abundant is a state of mind. Each of us is given what we need in so many ways. We live in the richest country in the world and we have so many choices based on the world that’s been created around us. We know this is not the case for many people who live on the Earth. It’s important for us to take the time to appreciate all that we have so that our state of appreciation increases. It’s also important for those who are less fortunate so that our appreciation and abundance is accessible to them.
We also see that when we are grateful, we are not jealous or envious. We see that when we feel secure, important and appreciated, it is not necessary for us to whittle others down in order to seem bigger by comparison. True appreciation for your self is at the heart of gratitude. The more you appreciate your true nature the greater your abundance grows.
Spend some time each day feeling grateful for all that is in your life. Perhaps you keep a gratitude journal and each day write a few things down that you are particularly grateful for in that moment. One of my clients lets each of her staff members know what she most appreciates about them each quarter. She calls these her GFY – “grateful for you” – meetings and given their feedback to me, this is one of the things she does that they love. My mother used to thank me if I did a good deed for a friend or was particularly kind to someone in our family. Spend some time creating ways that you can express your gratitude towards others.
“Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.” Edwin Arlington Robinson
Kathleen