dailydatewithgod

Gratefulness used to be reserved for a one or two-time of year focus for many many years for me.  When my spiritual practice changed to a daily discipline, gratitude began to be a daily part of my life.  It is amazing the power it has to shift my thinking about everything.  It is so simple and of course, very cliché these days, but stopping and focusing on what I am grateful is the key to better thinking.  I do not use gratitude as some sort of “let’s pretend like everything is fine” attitude, but rather in the midst of everything that is not fine–what good can I focus on at the same time.  It lightens the atmosphere and takes away the negative energy.  A simple practice of listing for myself each morning and each evening three things that I am grateful for helps my mind to begin to look for that instead of what is wrong.  My prayer for you today is that you have the strength and courage to make gratitude a daily discipline–whatever form that takes.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen