Daily Gratitude: I find this a valuable reminder especially in this time of upheaval in our country (and probably in the world but my short sightedness leads me to think only about the stuff that directly affects me. I should work on that). We take so much for granted here when we should be looking around for things to be grateful for (it doesn’t really take much looking). The feelings and vibrations created by feeling and expressing gratitude are so much better than any other. Why that isn’t our default position instead of being negative? Because It’s how we’ve survived all these eons. Our primal brain is focused primarily on picking up what it perceives as danger (which makes it look for things that are negative). I am making more of an effort to find gratitude all around me and I’m also trying to not have it he an effort. That should be the goal. Try setting the timer on your phone for an interval of your choosing (an hour or every four hours etc) and have it go off to remind you to take 10-30 seconds at least to look around and specify the things you’re grateful for. Are you willing to change your “taking it for granted” attitude to “wow I’m really grateful for…”?

Daily Gratitude: This is why it’s good to do an evening review, either in writing or in your head. Hopefully it will help you realize you accomplished something that day. And again it may be just planting seeds but at least you started something. There’s no requirement that everything you work on be finished but just that it was some effort toward something constructive. Do you know what you did last week? Could you describe and quantify your activities? With the fast pace of this world, I would bet you’d miss something. This nightly review will stimulate your tomorrow. It will get your mind in gear to either continue gaining on your momentum or to begin to conquer the inertia. Try it for a couple of days to see the effect it has on your life.

Daily Gratitude: This is pretty simple. Say you’re worried about a physical symptom because you don’t know what’s causing it. Try being grateful for all the health you have surrounding that symptom – after all, your heart is still working, so are your legs and lungs etc. be grateful for all you have. This will help you distract your attention from the “oh my goodness, what’s wrong” symptom. Being happy and grateful for all you have will help raise your vibrations and they will help you either do something about the symptom (e.g. go to the doctor rather than just worrying) or let it be. Putting everything in the proper perspective helps diminish the intensity of the fear. Gratitude will facilitate that too.