gratitude is key

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

Melody Beattie

It is rare these days for me to find a quote that I haven’t heard before. This one fell into my lap and felt like a warm blanket wrapping around me. I truly believe that by having gratitude in your life you can tap into the fullness of life. We often can get stuck on what we don’t have which blinds us to what we do have. When you enter the state of gratitude you stimulate the part of your brain that is already in a state of enoughness. Gratitude allows us to be thankful for what we do have and actually celebrate it. When we can live in a field of gratitude we are actually available for more to be grateful for.

I always say, “you will find exactly what you are looking for in life” Meaning that life is here for us to experience and if you are looking for drama and sadness, you will find it. If you are looking for joy, peace, and harmony you will find that. The world has all of it -- the good, the bad and the ugly and the question is, what do you see? I see amazing things and when I don’t I look harder. It’s there, it’s always there.

Today look for the small wonders in life and be grateful.

I am grateful for my cozy blanket, my sweet sweet dogs, my loving friends and the always providing universe.