i just received the most beautiful email from a friend of mine ... just a simple email to his mastermind group running through a litany of things he has to be grateful for.
but my heart is lifted and my spirit is rejuvenated because i stopped in that moment - in the midst of a morning filled with cheerios and carpools and intense negotiations with my three year old's strongly held fashion choices for the day (ALL red shorts and tank top - we have snow in the forecast today - but, oh my does he ever feel HANDSOME today!) - to BE grateful for my life as it is RIGHT NOW.
i find the biggest roadblock to that place of gratitude is the "little voice" in my head that chatters away with a running dialogue of all my missteps, miscalculations and mistakes and generally reminds me what morons we all can be.
that "little voice" is completely disempowering.
i have a new tool for shutting up that "little voice" ... okay, maybe not shutting her up completely but at the very least putting her in time-out for a very long time.
"LOVE, ABUNDANCE, GRATITUDE"
when i stop the destructive monkey chatter and replace it with those three words i FEEL the difference in my body as well as my mind.
"LOVE, ABUNDANCE, GRATITUDE" ... now THAT's empowering!
thank you, mike, for reminding me how much i have to be grateful for and for giving me cause to stop and reflect on it this morning. YOU made a difference in my day and for that i thank you my friend!
P.S. - my friend mike is up to BIG things ... as a member of our armed forces mike has a passion and a vision for assisting soldiers returning from combat zones as they reintegrate in to a non-combat lifestyle.
P.S.S. - if you've got friends or family in the military keep checking back for an update on mike ... what he's working on has the potential to absolutely transform the life of the men and women who have given up so much to protect our freedom!
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