Daily Gratitude: You might be reading this and saying that this is dumb, that you can’t ignore your past and certainly must pay attention to the future. And you’d be right. But the keys here are the words “dwell on” and “dream of” when it comes to he past and the future. The memories and dreams come hand in hand for us humans, don’t they? Yes and no. When you dwell on the past, you sort of step into it and that will propel you back there and you can wallow in despair and the “what if” or “I should have done…” mode. Neither of these are productive. Sure you can learn from the past and you should learn from it but then you put those lessons in your armamentarium for later reference. It’s the lessons, not the event or your perception of failure or success that you focus on. You now know a way NOT to do something. Moving on to the future, you need to know where you want to go and that’s an entire process in itself. But once you know where you want to go, use the future for visualization not “i wish” this or that. When you know where you’re going and you know what has or hasn’t worked in the past, you can focus on what you need to do NOW in order to achieve that “dream”. That means you need to take action. Dwelling on the past and dreaming of the future are not action activities. It’s the actions that get you going and keep you going. Take a look at what in you are doing (what actions are you taking) right now. Are they aligned with the lessons you’ve learned about achieving your dream? You may have learned a lot of lessons but you also need to decide which ones are pertinent to achieving your dream. Discard the others if they hold no value at the present moment

Daily Gratitude: You won’t believe this to be true until you try it; until you experience it. The key word here is “concentrate”. It’s not always easy to find the good in every situation but it’s there. You just have to dig like an archaeologist, sometimes slowly and carefully. But if you’re persistent, you will find the good. Why bother? Because the effort feels good and the results of that effort feel even better. Make each exploration a project, not a task. Be excited about finding that good, knowing it’s there. It’s not a chore to look and work hard to find it. It can and will be fun. Maybe you won’t be successful the first couple of times but you know what? You will have planted the seed in your subconscious and it will continue to work on that “problem” (finding the good in a particular situation) while you go about doing other things. Also, it’s like anything else. The more you practice, the better you get and the easier it gets. Start today. Don’t put it off. Keep track of what you discover so as to “pay yourself” on the back, so to speak. Keep a record so that later when things might be really tough, you can look back and say “i know it’s there. I Have proved it before so I just have to keep digging!”

Daily Gratitude: This goes along with the vibration post I made. It’s about visualization but it’s visualization WITH FEELING. It’s not a lot of good to just visualize in a bland or apathetic way. You need to put feeling into your visualizations. Don’t just see yourself as having a nice family and going somewhere on vacation. Put the feelings you’ll have with it. Elation, relief, relaxation, joy etc. whatever you want to feel on your vacation should be a major part of your visualization. It’s those feelings (the vibrations) that the universe will pick up on and then know that you want more like that. Don’t complain that your visualization didn’t work. How often are you doing it? AND what are you feeling when you do do it? Is it joy or is there fear in there too. Often fear of this thing is underlying doing it. “Am I going to fall?”; “am i going to fall?”; “what will my life be like?”; etc. Dig deep to see if there is any fear behind your visualization and then work to remove it. That is a strong vibration that the universe will pick up on even if you don’t.