Intentions for living a full day of gratitude.
Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths all the way out and all the way in.
Notice how your breathing so often just takes care of itself.
Just breathe,
Moving itself through your keeping you alive,
Just keeping you alive.
Commit to not taking this miracle for granted.
See if you can take an inventory of the things for which you are grateful.
Thinking of five things that you are grateful for which matter to you.
See if you can engage in an act of kindness today.
Notice if you are pulled toward kindness for a stranger more than someone close to you.
Either way,
Offer your kindness with no strings attached.
No need for recognition.
Just notice the completeness and fullness of letting go of needing anything back and bring to mind someone for whom you are grateful for.
Someone who has influenced you positively.
Perhaps they are a protector,
A benefactor,
A mentor.
Someone for whom you are grateful.
And try to allow the image of this person to be held by all the cells in your body.
Not just your mind but throughout the body.
Savoring this feeling of gratitude for this person.
Notice what happens in your emotions and in your body when you do this.
And at any point during the day,
See if you can reflect upon one important thing that you've learned today or yesterday.
One important thing that you've learned.
Feeling gratitude for having learned this new thing.
Today,
Can you let someone know that you're thinking of them?
Sending a message,
Calling someone,
Writing,
Sending a text or an email and letting them know that you are thinking of them.
Expecting nothing in return.
Just sharing your appreciation and acknowledgement of this person.
And at some point,
See if you can sit quietly and allow a sense of peace to enter your heart.
Allowing the sense of peace to flow into your heart.
Perhaps lighting a candle,
Creating a grateful intention.
Settling into the sense of peace and allowing the sense of peace to enter your heart.
Residing in this space of gratefulness for a few precious moments.
And seeing if you can make the decision to see your most challenging moments today as opportunities.
What might be making itself known or available to you in hard times?
How can you cultivate even small sentiments of gratefulness for the gifts that come with you when you struggle?
Seeing your most challenging moments today as opportunities.
And see if you can turn all the waiting moments of the day into moments of hidden awareness.
If you're waiting in line,
Waiting for a meeting,
Waiting to get somewhere,
See if you can turn these moments into moments of gratefulness.
Try to be fully present in these times to what might be blessings in disguise.
The blessings are protections around you.
Notice at the timing between things is a huge gift that you can enjoy.
And if you share a meal with other people today,
Ask each person to share something for which they are grateful.
Maybe even two or three things for which they are grateful.
If you are eating alone,
Bring to mind something for which you are grateful for and dedicate your meal to the gratefulness.
So these are some simple intentions to cultivate and savor the feelings of gratitude each and every day.
Thank you and I wish you an abundant and grateful universe.
