“Serving Up Daily Gratitude Through These Times”
“Gratitude turns what little you have into abundance.
Gratitude is so much more than saying thank you.
Gratitude changes your perspective of your world.” ~ Tiffany Sauber Millacci, Pd.D.
What are you receiving from experiences within the world today that damage you? Rise from fear, rise from any emotional struggle which you might be feeling by focusing on that struggle, evaluate it and then decide whether you might begin to intentionally phase it out of your life.
Wherever you focus your attention… is where you are going.
You can remove the information that you allow yourself to be exposed to. You might give yourself the “green light to shed” what brings emotions that you no longer want to feel. The interaction and daily exposure of what brings you sadness, guilt, worry, anxiety is often up to you to disengage from. What might you do to remove this imprint?
What if you became brave toward this action? What if you did not regress and worked hard to think and surround yourself with goodness, courage, gratitude and service to yourself and others?
All human emotion falls under either “love” or “fear.”
Where would you say that your emotions most regularly rest in these times? Emotional check-ins are great for noticing changes in mood.
By addressing where your emotions most frequently lie, you can lead a more fulfilling and purpose driven life. Remind yourself that love can be a source of inspiration, growth, and connection… while managed fear can be a catalyst for positive change. Itty-bitty shifts make for a big internal transformation and that transformation will eventually improve your general outwardly life experience.
Ground yourself as needed to toward these feelings. How would it feel if you intentionally set a daily practice of communicating with yourself… like an actual “daily check-in”?! Could you notice where you lie recurrently “on your personal emotional scale” of serving up gratitude.
Tips to noticing your mood:
Work on watching your own self-reflection skills, make them more conscious and regular. While you analyze your mood, recognize activators or triggers that harm you. Notice your negative self-talk and immediately reframe it to a more positive state of being. YOU can focus on what you desire to feel and be in the world.
Practice mindfulness and slowing your mind down through meditation. Rest in the quiet.
See your own body cues and how you physically present yourself in certain situations.
Keep a mood diary. When are you outside of the behavior or expression that you want to present? Where do you go when you feel best?
Record all that you are grateful for in a gratitude journal. Who validates you? What was your happiest moment in the day? How might you ask a reflection question of yourself in this journal?
Listen. Act. Create. Become.
When you start with self-love you cultivate a strong sense of self-worth and self-compassion, you accept yourself, you become more capable of giving and receiving love from others.
What activates you? You are allowed to defend yourself against it, you can heal yourself. What have you seen or experienced that you no longer want to see or experience? Should you choose to do so you will raise your consciousness into greater balance. Your focus will change toward peace, joy, uplifting feelings, and emotions with gratitude layered throughout oh that you think about.
“Rise from worry. You have permission within you to give opportunity a chance. ‘Opportunities’ can be gratifying as these are often destiny appearing, a circumstance, a nudge for action from fear. Be bold.” – Jessica Hartwig
Love is empowering. Living a life in love is living in gratitude. You can allow yourself to enter a new chapter within your life. When you think of your identity, is there something that you like to remove or add that would bring you strength, self-respect, and gratitude within? Rise to gratitude for the experiences you have already experienced. Think about those future experiences that you will have within your mind, your body, your spirit, your emotions. Bless your future with gratitude.
How can you serve up daily gratitude to the people, places and things which bless you?
You might strive to practice unconditional love. This means loving someone for who they are, flaws and all.
Express. Release. Support.
When love and gratitude come together, they create a harmonious and fulfilling life. This devotion is empowering, connects us to others and allows us to appreciate the beauty in a life of increased wellbeing. You can create a cycle of conscious joy and contentment. These new practices will change how you live through “these times”.
Sources
What Is Gratitude and Why Is It So Important from Positive Psychology
