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Glorious Gratitude

10/19/2021

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This morning a beautiful sunrise reminded me of the power of gratitude and that two simple words, 'thank' and 'you' make an enormous difference to the way I feel about myself and my life.I didn't have my phone with me and wad thankful to Nathan, the construction worker who kindly took and sent this photo to me. 

There has been much research which shows that gratitude contributes to happiness and self-confidence. So why don’t we do it more? For me I think it is about forgetting and a lack of awareness around the power of gratitude and the destructive nature of taking things for granted. 
 
Some things that have helped me are understandings like…………
  • Research has shown that being grateful contributes to our happiness and self confidence 
  • Being grateful is a great way to overcome feeling down
  • It is easy for us to be grateful when we consider our amazing lives and all those people in our lives are doing kind things for us all the time.
  • We can be grateful to others who give us the opportunity to show kindness. And grateful to ourselves too for the kindness we show toward others. 
  • It is not possible for us to survive if it were not for others kindness. Those who grow our food, make our roads, appliances, clothes, and cars, and teach and care for us. 
  • I have a choice between focusing on what I am grateful for and what is going right in my life or choosing to focus on negativity. 
  • We can’t be grateful and unhappy at the same time so choose to be grateful 
  • It’s good for our mind to notice how often known, unknown or unseen people are contributing and making our lives possible and being grateful to them all.   
These understandings of the benefits of gratitude have helped me to establish and sustain a morning gratitude practice and remember to express thanks lots. Although I need a little reminder sometimes! 
 
Helpful thought: Gratitude feels great. Thank you. 

With love, thanks and very best well wishes to us all 
Maree xx
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Chillax: Breathe, Chill, Relax and Trust

10/19/2021

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As I said, I have been trying to remember to do my best to be fearless and to trust that everything is happening as its meant to be amid all that's going on, including lockdowns, protests and an earthquake!  

Ironically I decided to theme our yoga class on Wednesday around tuning into our wise CEO for what to do when we feel fear or worry.

We did our yoga 'checking in meditation' on what to remember when the feeling of fear or worry pops up. What came up for me was to relax and trust and that everything was happening just as it was meant to be. Ten minutes later we experienced a magnitude 5.6 earthquake!  What a great opportunity to put into practice letting go of fear and trusting as the house began to shake and grumble. 

I was so happy to be with others on zoom, the three of us in Melbourne shared the experience and remained quite calm. Amazingly we had had a little dress rehearsal for the event.

Fortunately there was no one hurt and the only damage I heard of was our local Betty's Burgers restaurant in Prahran. There was a flurry of activity on our family WhatsApp. Our family earthquake expert in New Zealand was underwhelmed by the size of the quake, and my husband thought he had had too much coffee and had the shakes.

I find it so helpful when I to remember to breath and to check into my wise CEO for what I need to remember when I feel fearful or worried. This helps me prevent panicking and creating further fear.

With love, appreciation and very best well wishes to us all 
Maree xx
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