Before we begin,
We'll start with a brief blessing or intention.
May we be blessed with the awareness to notice what is quietly supporting us each day.
May we allow moments of goodness and care and connection to fully land within us.
May we have the courage to receive and to experience the truth that we are wholly interconnected and supported by so many things outside of ourselves.
And may our gratitude remain grounded enough to hold both the beauty of what is present and the truth of what is hard.
I will read each statement twice,
Pausing in between to give you a chance to repeat them out loud to yourself,
And I do recommend saying them out loud.
The statements that are easy to embrace,
Savor them,
Appreciate them,
Stand like a mountain in their truth.
And then the statements that feel not so good,
That feel uncomfortable or foreign.
Go ahead and say them anyway.
This is where we are doing the work,
Rewiring those neural networks.
This is also where we gain insight into unhealed wounds,
Limiting beliefs,
And ingrained biases and judgments toward ourselves or toward a particular way of being.
It's great material for journaling or discussing with a counselor or trusted friend,
Maybe even someone doing the series with you.
Whether you're just waking up.
Walking your dog.
On your commute.
Or getting ready for bed.
I hope these affirmations serve your deepest,
Greatest,
Highest self.
And with that,
Let's get started.
I am grateful.
I am grateful.
I notice what supports me.
I notice what supports me.
I receive with openness and ease.
I receive with openness and ease.
I allow goodness to be felt.
I allow goodness to be felt.
I appreciate the people who shape and support my life.
I appreciate the people who shape and support my life.
I honor my full experience and remain open to gratitude.
I honor my full experience and remain open to gratitude.
I welcome care,
Kindness,
And connection into my life.
I welcome care,
Kindness,
And connection into my life.
I recognize the seen and unseen ways I am supported.
I recognize the seen and unseen ways I am supported.
I notice the small moments that bring meaning to my day.
I notice the small moments that bring meaning to my day.
I let appreciation naturally deepen into gratitude.
I let appreciation naturally deepen into gratitude.
I receive life with presence,
Awareness,
And openness.
I receive life with presence,
Awareness,
And openness… I allow gratitude to expand my perspective.
I allow gratitude to expand my perspective.
I recognize the effort,
Care,
And intention around me.
I recognize the effort,
Care,
And intention around me.
I remain open to giving and receiving in balance.
I remain open to giving and receiving in balance.
I am grateful to be an offering to something greater than myself.
I am grateful to be an offering to something greater than myself.
As always,
Thank you guys so much for showing up and being with me on this wild ride called life.
It really is a curriculum,
This human experience.
And I'm trying to say it's here for us to take the curriculum.
We don't have to skip to the last page.
We don't have to be the finished product already.
It's okay to be a work in progress.
And thank you for working exactly where you are in this moment.
And I meet you exactly where I am in this moment.
And may we continue to orient ourselves towards balance and virtue and goodness,
Staying flexible,
Along the way,
And may the work that we do on ourselves be an offering to our contribution in the world.
Please go forth with peace and many blessings,
And I will see you next time.
