Some say it could be the overdose of tryptophan or just to have the day off of work, but regardless, I feel grateful. The challenge is keeping the grateful feeling going through out the year.
The past year has be a rough one for me with everything happening in my relationship and figuring out the path to take in my personal endeavors. But overall the biggest challenge has been being grateful for me and appreciating who I am and what I am; and it seems that its a challenge for a good amount of people.
But why...
We live our days in a rhythm of waking up, going to work, handling our responsibilities, and sleeping. And of course, we weave in other auxiliary things that seem to make our life complete. In essence we're in go mode on a regular basis. However, for me personally, I realized I didn't take the time to give thanks at those moments that seemed the most mundane.
When I became aware of this I began to make a conscious effort to appreciate the "notes" in the rhythm of my day and several things became clear to me.
- Every situation has a lesson - The most mundane has a seed of opportunity and there is always something to learn. This came to me at work when I slowed down and realized there were tons of opportunities for me to bring my creativity, wisdom, and skills to even the smallest thing to make my experience better and benefit my employer.
- I tailor made this - This was an interesting one, because when I stopped and gave thanks to me, I realized that a situation I was in, was created by me and is an opportunity for me to remember something special about myself to bring to whatever I was involved in.
- Refocus - I saw that was just doing things to do them, and just running on autopilot. When I experienced this, I took a step back to refocus on a task and re-establish my intentions and appreciate who I am and what it is, I set out to do.
When I brought awareness and gratefulness to each task, or activity, a sense of empowerment would fill my body like boston kreme filled a chocolate frosted donut. (Hey, its Thanksgiving so damn right I'm going to use a food reference :-))
This empowerment is my greatness and its something we all possess but we just forget to remember it in our daily lives.
So for today and throughout the holiday season, be grateful for everything YOU are; your energy, your talent, skills, body, mind, and spirit. Stay in that space for a moment and experience the greatness within you and when you do that, everything will be amplified and become clear.
Happy Thanksgiving and Give Thanks to You
