Daily Gratitude: What a great time for this to appear. So often we say “i can’t wait for 2024 (or whatever year it is) to be over.” Why not take some time to look back all over the entire year and itemize everything. I think you’ll find a lot of good things even though the bad ones might overshadow them. What did you learn from each event of the previous year (and those before that one)? They are the building blocks for your further growth. No matter what’s been going on, each event has its place in your future. They are your LEGO blocks. They have arranged themselves in the proper place to provide you with a sound foundation. You can continue to build on that foundation in the coming year. That’s what i hope to help you with when i begin my daily calls on Monday the 13th of January (2025). Tiny concepts – 180 seconds – each day to help you grasp and use in the continued construction of your house (your life). Your past is your foundation. Let’s build on it together.

Daily Gratitude: Love is, indeed, an energy. In that regard it’s similar to gratitude. By that I mean that experiencing and expressing gratitude mobilizes more energy in your life than you can imagine. Gratitude is as powerful as love. Feeling one or both of these will increase your vibration and when that happens, you will bring more love and more things to be grateful for into your life. Take some time to remember how you feel when you’re in love with something (and it doesn’t have to be a romantic type of love). Didn’t you think you were pretty much invincible? Or, perhaps, you didn’t need as much sleep as usual. What’s behind all that? Energy! Did you know you can imprint these memories along with the feelings on your brain? When you do that, you can call upon those emotions and immediately improve how you feel. We all need to experience love. If you know someone who doesn’t appear to have much love in their life, see what you can do to share some of your love with them.

Daily Gratitude: The way to overcome fear is to take action. The more you remain immobile, the more time you have to worry and doubt. And what comes after worry and doubt is fear. They are all variations on one theme. Stand up, recognize your fear, break it down so you know what you’re really afraid of and then you’ll know which action(s) you need to take. Let me give you an example that I’m still working on. I’ve talked about it before. I do not like making phone calls or even talking on the phone. We were not allowed to be on the phone for more than 3 minutes as I was growing up. But that was a long time ago so what’s really behind this fear. One thing I have discovered and probably written about before is that on the phone I can’t use my other senses to try to figure out what’s going on with the other person. I can see them to see if they look bored or aren’t paying attention etc. so what? Well, those characteristics were apparently what I learned were the key to whether someone was bored with me or didn’t like me or thought I didn’t have anything useful to say, or think I’m not smart etc. I really need to see someone or else I don’t trust what i “hear”. Not sure that was clear but that’s why I’m still working on it. But I still need to take action and that takes an act of Congress for me to pick up the phone. The more I do it and realize that I’m not going to melt or have a meltdown just calling Verizon, the easier it will get. This is, I guess, the essence of exposure therapy. Are there any fears that you have that you’ve dug deep into? Do you know what you’re really afraid of? Work on that and then figure out a game plan. Solicit help from friends and family too. Sometimes just expressing the fear will help you realize there aren’t any ghosts in the closet. We can continue to work together.