dailydatewithgod

One of the best tools for shifting my mindset is to focus on gratitude. It does not matter how small it is.  Gratitude is one of those practices that magnifies my experience.  When my head seems to be focused on what is going wrong or how I am wrong it is hard to see outside of it.  The last thing I may be feeling is gratitude.  Yet the magnification power of gratitude does not require much to get me shifting in a different direction. It may seem silly to be grateful for standing when I am dealing with the fear of standing and speaking in front of a group of people.  The one thing to be grateful for acts as a magnifier because it moves me away from my fear and turns my attention elsewhere.  The magnification is then further boosted because my energy is not being drained by focusing on the fear.  The thoughts of gratitude then begin to snowball.  Before I know it, I am grateful for having a voice, the courage to do something uncomfortable, the reminder that I have a finite time in which to do the task and it will have an ending, when it is over I can acknowledge my willingness to show up, and more. Gratitude is a magnification of the heart’s energy.  Focusing on it brings me into the present where I can dispel the fear stories which are from the past or stories of the future.  Gratitude’s magnification power bring my mind into alignment with my heart.