Gratitude is the fastest way for us to align with our higher selves
Thanksgiving is a holiday centered around gratitude and a time to reflect on the blessings in our lives. For most of us, it provides an opportunity to really slow down, to vocalize our love and appreciation, and to get present. This year, I encourage you to take that intention into each day. While we collectively tend to focus more on gratitude at this time of year, it's a practice that we can extend to our daily lives. For some, that may look like making a list of what you're grateful for every day. For others, it may be reflecting on your morning drive into work or on an afternoon walk. Whatever way works best for you, lean into that practice and do more of it.
Gratitude is the fastest way for us to align with our higher selves and raise our vibration. Even if it's something small, when we give thanks for what we have, that gratitude tends to build. And, through karma and the law of attraction, what you put out comes back to you. When we show up and offer gratitude for everyone and everything around us, the universe begins to reflect our intention and mirror our grateful heart, bringing us even more to be grateful for.
Ultimately, the soul knows what the mind has forgotten–that everything we experience gives us the opportunity to grow and evolve our soul, to become more compassionate, loving, kind, and wiser human beings. When we sit in appreciation for what is, bypassing the ego's tendency to label things as good or bad, we can more easily recognize the gifts in every situation.
As with many things in life, practicing gratitude can be easier said than done. It's important to acknowledge that this can also be a difficult time for a lot of people. When we're facing tough circumstances, grief, loss, or any of the other things that make life messy (especially at this time of year), we may not be able to so easily recognize the blessings and gifts. In fact, some days make it downright hard to align with our higher selves. But I believe that intention is everything and if our intention is to feel more joy, happiness, inner peace, and love, a heartfelt prayer can help us make an important shift. If you find yourself having a difficult time finding gratitude, try pausing and repeating the prayer below, out loud or silently.
God and Guides, please help me change my mind about this. Help me to see “this” through your eyes. Help me find the blessings and feel appreciation for all that is. Inspire me to show up and practice gratitude in everything I say and do. Help me to get out of my head, out of my fearful thinking, and into my heart, into a place of soul knowing that all is well and all is love. And so it is.
Wherever you are in your journey this Thanksgiving and holiday season, we have an opportunity to look at our lives through a lens of love and shift our perspective to one of appreciation. For some, it may come easy, but even if it does not, remember that we always have the loving support of God and our team spirit, who can help us get back into our hearts so that we can feel the peace and joy that accompany a deep sense of gratitude for all that our life experience has given us.