Dancing in the Light

A couple of years ago, Lance Armstrong came out with his “Livestrong” campaign. It’s a great concept, and many people can identify with it. Every morning on my way to work I see a bill board that simply and starkly states “Be Grateful”. What a powerful statement. Also something that most of us don’t do other than the usual please and thank you to be polite. Being grateful is so much more than just simple politeness or the big moments in life. Which is why I suggest “living grateful”. Our jobs can be a place of stress for all of us at any given moment in the day. But if we are able to step back and be grateful for something in that moment of stress, it is amazing how quickly that moment eases off. I have started keeping a blank journal in my bag for just that reason. I call it my book of gratitude When things are particularly rough, I take a moment to breathe, and list a few things that I am grateful for in and about my life. My vibrational frequency is raised, simply by the act of counting and listing blessings, enabling me to rise above the stress and move forward to a different angle to approach the problem from. To my delight, doing so has begun to create a habit of thinking grateful, even in non stressed moments, adding a richer fuller flavor to an already enjoyable experience, and stressed out moments have become fewer. Whether you believe in God, Spirit, a Higher Power, Angels…what ever.. honestly it doesn’t matter who you offer the thanks up to, as it is all sourced from the same place, just the simple act of offering up that thank you in the moment, whether it be that moment of joy, or a moment of stress, when you can shift your focus from &$#@(*&* to “thank you for the intelligence to get myself out of this ” can make a huge difference in the fabric of our lives. There will be a tangible difference, that people will notice, and petty things and petty people for that matter, ( I have noticed that people who in the past seemed to feed off of my energy, now tend to keep their distance. Guess the higher vibration is not to their liking!) will remain just that, and for the most part, below the scope of noticing. So, here is my challenge to myself and to anyone who may read this. I challenge you to “live grateful”, and give gratitude to everything and everyone in your life. Let it become a joyful habit that takes over and enriches your life, because when you live grateful, the doors remain open for more wonderful things to enter and be grateful for. Who doesn’t need more of that?