Gratefulfillment

Gratitude grounds me…

In the middle of drama, trauma, or confusion, what role does gratitude play?  A big one to me – gratitude grounds me when I want to become grounded again.  When crisis happens around me, I can look at it as though I caused it, making it worse or look at it as an incident that allows me to creatively handle it.  Gratitude for that awareness goes a long way.

Thankful for Monday mornings as a person who works from home, and being thankful for each one is part of the adventure. This particular Monday morning is a little different, though.  The time alone is what refreshes me when others get their day away from home, and I spend mine here.

Organizing comes easier and grouping the top 3, and accomplishing them is a luxury I don’t always accomplish, but more than not, it’s doable when the fires are not set by others here!

More importantly, when I have a sleepless time the night before, or a bad hair day today, it’s really ideal to work from home as the cobwebs can come undone more easily than thrown into traffic at rush hour!  Better for other drivers as well as me!  The gratitude that I choose to grasp at times like these gives me more productivity than I thought possible a year ago.

Everyday is Monday morning for me, as I move from one office in the home to another.  The picture shows a bird’s nest view I get to look at outside my office window.  The flexibility of what I do online and offline is by design, and sometimes the design is excellent for me, at other times, when I forget the choice of gratitude, I feel closed in by the hats I wear.  So, it is in the power of choice that I live and love and play and work in gratitude, and every Monday morning is a good one!

So, what is your view from your office window?  Are you in the throws of collaborative creativity, or going through the motions and finding gratitude is a bit out of your reach?  Consider sharing what steps you take to find a little more gratefulness in your day, a way to say thanks…  It turns my Mondays around every day!

Best for now,

When I saw this picture of a collection of images on my hard drive collecting dust and the possiblities of sharing one with an inspirational message, The Road Less Traveled immediately came to my mind. Those who have foraged the page before have made it a bit easier for us who follow, and make our own way through this type of forest.  The spiritual rainforest of many choices and ways to get to the one overall peace, is astounding to me.

At one time, long ago, I thought there was one way.  That one way has so many spaghetti threads intertwining as another way to get to the same place of spiritual fulfillment and peace.  I am grateful that the path is a Road Less Traveled and I love this photo that I found so I can share it with you.

If you have a thought or two about this saying, this book, or this blog post, please share it below.  It always inspires me when someone shares and connects what is on their mind with others.

Gratefully,

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What to be Grateful for?  The quality of the question belies the wisdom in it.  Gratitude is that thankfulness or appreciation which leads to an attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has.…

There is absolutely so much to be grateful for, I just haven’t written it down here for a while.  Each moment, a glimpse of gratitude whisks by me, catapulting me into the next one.  Images flow, words describe, feelings wash over me, receiving it all.  The judgments that come I notice, and move on, the less the better, so all can be received fully.

The wonder of observing all in my world is thrilling most days, from the pain of a sprained ankle to the healing of it daily, from experiencing a teenager’s schedule and the pride in catching him in the act of maturity, and the heat of the day giving way to soft sounds of crickets and warm breeze at night.

What if all is exactly as it should be, gratefully?  What if in the present moment, the seemingly small events are just perfect as is?  And, what if, in the anxiety, all really is well?  I am grateful for that realization, and enjoying a time of clarity and creativity.

When looking around at the world, I see a reality of integration, rather than disintegration, which is sometimes what the media  or events seem to communicate.  And, the events that occur can always be looked at in another way, as Dr. Wayne Dyer says often, “When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.”

It’s in those simple everyday musings that the most rich results come into play.  I sometimes wonder what you see in your world and I hope it is in some ways similar to mine.  Mostly, my wish for you is that is as beautiful as mine.  I don’t mean that in a bragging way, since my life is far from idyllic when anyone looks around my house or my physique, or compare with family and friends.  Since I don’t do any of that in a conscious way, the view that I have is from the top, a view that is full of wonder and peace, love, joy, even when someone around me may experience, angst, anger, sadness.  It is all the cycle of life and for that, I am grateful to be part of it with you.

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Best for now,

Every new day is a new start.  The sun comes up and the birds visit the backyard feeder at dawn again.  After a good sleep, all is well.  All possibilities exist.  In light, everything becomes a little clearer.  This day I am grateful for a new start on older projects.  I am starting anew with a different perspective.  The hope and anticipation I feel gives way to energetically taking this day as time reveals it and allowing all that is in me to just flow outward into the world.  Lots of ways to do that, and one of those ways is by writing this post!

Another is photographing the beauty of this day, capturing it in the lens, like this:

For many years, I’ve enjoyed creating a backyard birding area, where our neighborhood creatures like to come to feed and to nest.   It’s a little noisy in the early morning hours, and a great alarm to wake up to!  I am so grateful for the little things that are all around me here at home.  Gratitude trumps taking things for granted every time.  When I envision my best life, it’s most of what I’m living now.  When I want to expand into more, it’s always from a place of gratefulness for the spot I have created in my life here working from home, living with my family, serving all those I can with the time, talent, skills, and knowledge I can see in me at this moment and can share effectively.

The choice to be grateful and to expand beyond who I am today and what I do today may seem contradictory to some.  I have a deep fulfillment of all that is, as well as a yearning for expanding beyond my present place of service.  Gratitude for that gap has allowed me to be the peace I like to see around me.  It has also shown me that, in the midst of chaos, Harmony at Home can exist within me, and can flow to and through and around me by being grateful.

So, what are you grateful for today?  The power of it is immense, so allow it into your day to see what surprises may be in store.   If you find some inspiration here, share your encouraging story below.

Best for now,

This gift from Pat O’Bryan made my day!  Check it out and enjoy the clearing it brings, the peace, the gratitude that washes over one as you enjoy the rythm, the notes, the tone, the visual effects and the affirmations.  Gratefulfillment, right here right now.

Enjoy!

Grateful and in Love,

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This is one of the most powerful shortest messages of a ‘woman’s place’ in creating peace that I have come across in my short lifetime.

We are in a special time.  Peace is available to all with a change of heart, with a change of mind, with a change in action, one inspired homemaker at a time, one grateful action at a time, one person experiencing gratefulfillment and moving the message outward like a stone cast into the stream leaving its ripples to go outward infinitely.

Peace, Love and Gratitude to you on this Memorial Day weekend,