A Moment Of Gratitude - Missing Someone You Love

A Moment of Gratitude is a tiny podcast to help with your gratitude practice. This episode is about having gratitude when we are missing someone we love. Whilst I made this episode during the lockdown period, it relates to any time that are missing someone. Alway, have gratitude.

Transcript

A moment of gratitude,

Missing someone.

My name's Abby and today's moment of gratitude is a very personal one for me and one that this week I have been feeling more than ever.

It is about missing someone.

I have felt this pain in the past but I think it is now more prevalent and heightened for everyone.

The feelings I have are those of pain and hurt and they burn inside entwined with frustration at there being no way to resolve the situation at the moment.

I have been using meditation a lot recently to try and bring calmness and peace to my mind which has been racing and preoccupied.

I did a distancing meditation which can help to take a little of the heat out of the emotion and give a different perspective.

I went through the process but when I finished the meditation I realised that I didn't want to be distanced from those feelings because the feelings I have are from love and I don't want to be distanced from that love.

Even though there may be pain at the moment,

It comes from love.

So I started reading about sitting with your emotions.

I realised that I actually wanted to experience and feel those feelings because they come from love and joy that that person brings to my life.

When I spend time thinking about them I think about how they are part of my past,

Part of my personality and they will be part of my future and I am truly grateful for that.

By allowing myself freely to feel the whole range of emotions I was giving myself permission to dream about the time when we can see each other again,

To visualise the future,

To focus on the joy and although the pain is still there I feel able to allow the pain to exist but to also embrace the positive emotions.

So if you're missing someone like I am right now,

Take a moment today to have gratitude for that person being part of your life,

Being part of your past and part of your heart.

Always have gratitude.

Reviews

It really resonates with me. To sit with the emotions and be grateful for the person

Thanks. It’s good to feel this way about someone. I enjoyed this!
Helped me, in a great way, in just a few moments of hearing your voice. Realizing that there are positives that can come from missing someone, what a great way of thinking!
I cried and smiled in less than three minutes. Thanks and have a wonderful day!🤗.

I frequently come back to this one. It's reminds me I need to process things to grow and progress forward. You can grow without trying to forget the hard days. 🙏

This was especially sweet, and exactly what I needed today. Thank you! 💓

Thank you. You message is very helpful and uplifting. Chuck

That was exactly what I needed to hear as I am so missing my daughter right now. All the best to you and that someone you are/were missing. Blessings

Thank you Abi. I am missing my daughter, who has just left to go to university. Your kind words have helped me deal with the process 🙏🏾☀️

I am missing someone today and this really helped. Thank you ❤️

i don’t think he will ever be a part of our lives again sadly....

Thank You. I needed THIS at this very moment. Bless You🙏🏾

Just found out we can’t go see our grand children. This helped me to think of the happiness through the pain♥️

Thanks Abi :)
I really needed this today, and I love the idea of focusing on when you’re gonna see the person again.
I’m gonna focus on only that now :)

this warmed my broken heart. thank you so much...

Thanks for sharing that I really feel beter

This hits very close to home for me. The pain comes from a place of love. To the loved and missed person, I still embrace the positive emotions as a form of gratitude - because that person is indeed a part of my life, a part of my past, and a part of my heart. Thank you for reaffirming my feelings.

Thoughtful and kind, reminded me of being ever grateful for a special person who passed a few years ago.

So lovely and grounding, thank you!! 🙏🏻😊