Weekly Gratitude List

Before I began this life changing journey I lived from negativity on the regular.  I was so stuck in the negative mindset that I didn’t even realize every time I focused on those things, I was asking the universe to send them.  You know what she sent me…. all those things.

We often forget that our words hold an immense amount of power.  What we think and speak are often the things that come into our lives.  When those things are not great things, we find ourselves saying, why me?

I began making a gratitude list about a year ago.  It has become one of my most powerful tools of manifestation.  Why, you ask?  It helps me stay aligned in the positive. To acknowledge all that I have to be thankful for.  It has helped me to bring my focus to all that I have.  To realize when I am living in a lack or scarcity mindset and provided me the ability to instantly re-frame and bring myself back to abundance.

Once I realized this, I decided to make this part of my weekly ritual.  Generally, I complete my gratitude list as part of my Monday morning routine.  I sit down after doing my Reiki self-treatment, pulling my cards and drinking my CBD latte and write a list of all of the things I am thankful for from the previous week.

This list always includes my family, my dogs, my husband, my friends, my clients, my home & car, clean clothes, laundry, and water.  Yes, these are things that I have in my life all the time.  I believe these are more important to be grateful for because it is so easy for us to take them for granted.  Putting these on my list every week helps me to be mindful of them.  To recognize that I have so much in my life even when it seems like I do not. 

I always make sure to add things I have purchased, money I have made and spent, plants, the weather, and the little luxuries I have.  I also always add trips I get to take and entertainment we’ve been able to have that week. 
Gratitude doesn’t have to be extravagant or flashy.  Your list doesn’t have to be filled with expensive items and trips.  It doesn’t have to include anything new. It just needs to be your list to remind you that your life is filled with great things and people.  A little reminder when life seems hard AF that you live in abundance and the moment will pass.
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Don’t wait to start your gratitude list.  Make one today! Show yourself all that you have in life. 
 
*This is not meant to disregard the difficult moments or lessons to be learned.  Just a reminder to help you find the good in your life and hold it in front of you regularly. *