Welcome to this talk of insight on gratitude.
Today I wanted to talk a little bit about how I feel about being grateful.
Five years ago,
More or less,
I had the experience of my daughter being kidnapped.
And she was kidnapped for three days.
And it was a very difficult and stressful moment.
And I prayed a lot for her safe return.
And apparently my prayers worked because she returned safely.
But that moment,
When she was safely in my arms,
I felt so grateful for that moment.
For me,
Really,
Was a breakthrough of how gratitude can change our lives and how being thankful and grateful are connected.
Each one of us can choose a way to say thank you and to be grateful.
But what is very important for me is that when the heart is grateful,
It opens up like a flower to the sun and allows all the good energy that surrounds you to come in.
When that flower is closed with anxiety or fear,
Fear of the future or concerns or guilt of the past,
This good energy that surrounds you,
Full of blessings,
Doesn't come in.
So when you say thank you,
Something happens in your brain and in your heart.
But it opens up.
When your heart is completely open and your mind is completely present,
This allows for that subtle energy of blessings that surround you to come in.
And when that energy comes in,
You feel warmth in your heart and you feel peace in your mind.
So when we connect the present with gratefulness,
Great joy starts to take us higher in awareness and allows me to be really present when magical moments happen in our lives.
Magical moments like when a butterfly touches a flower,
Like when my son smiles at me,
When there's a beautiful sunset.
These moments,
Sometimes when the heart is not open,
You become numb.
The present becomes blurry.
At the end of the day,
You're not so much aware of what happened or if you did something meaningful.
So the mantra that I use is,
I'm aware and present in my life.
I am aware of gratitude.
These are some of the mantras I use during the day with my eyes open to remind myself of this beautiful state of the opening of the heart.
Some of you know me because of my music,
But now I'm trying to share some of my insights on these subjects that move my heart.
Thank you for listening.
I'm very grateful for your time and for Insight Timer.
I send all of you a lot of light and peace.
Thank you.
