Giving Thanks

Its Thanksgiving, this is the time to celebrate all the things we are grateful for.

I'd like to share a different perspective.  It was about a week ago, that I realized what massive resistance I had to "gratitude".  It came from childhood.  The classic "you should be grateful".  As I was doing my gratitude list, I was getting so angry!

Also with gratitude, to me there is an element of it might go away, or I usually remember when I didn't have the thing I am currently grateful for.  So I usually feel the simultaneous sting of happy that I have it now, and remembering how painful it was when I didn't have it.

And so this year if you want to count your blessings, but feel like its hard to do, try using some other words that emotionally mean the same thing:

Talk about what you value
Write a list of appreciations
Count all the things you like or love in your life
What do you enjoy?
Practice feeling thankful 
What makes you happy in your life?

When I realized that substituting gratitude for one of these words was energetically/emotionally the same thing, but I felt lighter and instantly way happier, I had to share this!

Also when I count the things I am happy about in my life, I notice there is no attachment to fear of not having it.  Conversely, if you notice resistance to any of these words, simply substitute it for one that suits you better.

If you are able to read this article, you have many good things to count, as do I.

Love you, thank you for reading!  I would love to hear what you appreciate about your life, send me your list, or comment below.  If there is a particular topic that you would like me to write about please e-mail me at Creativelyjessica@gmail.com

Love, Jessica