Welcome to this morning gratitude meditation.
One of the best ways to start your day on
a positive note is to be grateful for all
you have in your life right now.
Yes, you can aspire to have more.
And the best way to attract more love and
money and good health and fun into your life
is to fully appreciate what you have right
now.
It's the foundation upon which more good can
flow into your life.
So let's start this morning with an attitude
of gratitude.
Let's set the tone for the day we are about
to launch into.
So whether you're still in bed or whether
you have already gotten up, put yourself in
a comfortable position where you can truly
focus on this short meditation.
Take a moment to stretch if you need to.
Stretch your arms.
Stretch your legs.
Roll your head and your neck.
Scrunch your shoulders.
Just wake up the mind and the body to prepare
yourself for this day with a sense of gratitude.
Also take a couple of slow, deep breaths in
... and out.
Another big one in ... and out.
Take a moment to relax and listen to the music
and just clear your mind.
There'll be plenty of time to engage in thought
and launch into your day and be consumed with
the task at hand, but right now give yourself
this little oasis of peace.
So, what are you truly thankful for?
What's good in your life?
What are you truly grateful for?
Let's start with aspects of you.
Are you grateful for your five senses?
Your sense of sight and hearing, smell, taste,
touch?
And if you happen to be missing one of those,
is there a gift in that?
Regardless of your situation or what is swirling
in your life ... Where is that silver lining?
What else are you grateful for?
What about the dwelling, the place that you're
in right now?
Are you sitting on a couch, in the living
room, are you still laying in bed?
If you're out in a park in the fresh air,
just be grateful for your surroundings and
the environment that you're in right now.
Are you safe and comfortable, relaxed?
That's a blessing that should be savored.
Think about the people in your life -- your
family members, your friends, your community,
the groups that you're involved in, activities
that you participate in.
Just think of a handful of people that you're
truly grateful are in your life.
What do you appreciate about them?
And maybe how do the things that they do that
drive you crazy, how do they truly benefit
you?
What do you learn about yourself by being
exposed to their personalities and their unique
talents?
How about what you currently do for a livelihood?
Do you have a job?
Are you self-employed?
Is there something that you do to generate
income?
No matter how positively or negatively you
feel about that activity, what's the benefit?
How is that serving you?
How can you be more and more thankful for
that job, for that activity, for that vocation,
and perhaps the income and the joy that it
brings you, whatever amount that is?
Let's also consider your own talents, your
gifts, your personality.
What are those unique, specific, maybe even
quirky aspects of you that you can embrace.
Maybe not everyone embraces them, but can
you embrace them?
What are you thankful for that is uniquely
you?
What aspects of yourself do you truly love?
What skills have you developed?
What talents are you either interested in
or have you displayed?
Think about those things right now with a
true, deep sense of gratitude.
Soak that in for a minute and relax into your
sense of thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude.
This would be another good time to take a
couple of deep breaths in and out, nice and
slow, as you let that feeling of gratitude
wash over you.
Are you not truly blessed right now in this
moment?
Breathe it in.
Any final thoughts about what you have to
be grateful for?
What have you missed?
What have you overlooked?
What's something or someone that maybe you
haven't thought of in a while, but you can
also be grateful for?
No matter what thoughts might cross your mind
when you look in the mirror, I know to my
core that you are a unique individual.
No one else like you has ever existed on the
planet, exists to this day, or will ever exist
on the planet just like you.
No one has your unique qualities, your individual
experiences.
No one brings to the table the unique gifts
and capacities that you do.
I encourage you, be grateful for who you are
right now in this moment.
Life has brought you to this point in your
life and it is good.
Is it not?
Can you feel the good?
Can you sense the good in your life, emanating
from within you and radiating out?
Feel that.
Sense that.
Know that right now.
Mmm, feels good, doesn't it?
I knew it would.
Take another couple of deep breaths here as
we head into the stretch of this short meditation.
Breathe in ... and out ... in ... and out.
Return to this recording any time you need
a boost of gratitude.
Any time you need to remind yourself of the
multitude of things in your life that you
have to be thankful for.
And this feeling that you have right now,
this feeling of gratitude ... You can take
this with you and let it be your companion
throughout your day -- this unique, one of
a kind day.
I know it's gonna be fruitful.
I know it's gonna be amazing.
It's gonna be incredibly productive and enjoyable,
because you took the time to focus on you
and all the gifts and the blessings that you
have in your life right now.
So go forth and have an awesome day.
