The 40th Chapter - The Importance of Gratitude

Nov 27/16

I am thinking of the importance of gratefulness.  Specifically I would like to express, as I continue my journey of growth, having the growing awareness of knowing and being able to identify patterns in my life that contributes to life's experiences.  I am grateful that when something happens that triggers a negative emotion that I now have the ability to firstly recognize that negative experience and secondly I am able to control my thoughts in a way to enable me to not lose my balance and focus.

In the past I would allow experiences or people to dramatically affect my center of being.  When that would happen a feeling helpless would surface combined with a lack of clarity of what happened.  To now have the ability to provide my own strength and reset my own course in a very short amount of time, the feeling is very empowering.  Life is truly incredible.

Sometimes when you are in a a energy force or one of life's storms - it will sometimes cause your thoughts to wonder - the patterns of life will always repeat.  Right now the image of a ocean storm comes to mind.  With the crashing of waves and wind that makes your forward course of your journey difficult.  So your thoughts can also be impacted by someone energy and can cause slowing of your direction.  Once the wind and waves quiet down the journey becomes easier and a lot more clarity is possible.

As the storm, one can not control when or where a storm will exist - the same with a persons energy you cannot control this energy.  The course of action is up to you to realize the impact and pull away from people that are causing a storm within your journey of life.  By doing this it will allow the waves and wind to become calm and your journey will become easier again.

The importance of time and the value of what you spend your time on - come to mind now.  It may seem there is endless amount of time and it is easy to get swept up in the day to day events,  Once awareness is triggered on time - what will your thoughts be on how you spend your time?

Did you fill your days with success?  Did you accomplish what you set out to do today?  Is there a feeling of job well done?  Or one of regret?

Today is the exact moment for you to ensure you will feel job well done and full steam ahead to conquer any storm that you may face.