I am grateful that someone reads my blog. I will start with that, because that is what the meditation today was all about. Influencing the law of attraction into your life. If you have read the 'Secret' then you know that people do this daily, whether they know it or not. You do not have to be a follower or a believer in that book, but think about it. When you wake up in the morning and say, "ugh, I have to go to work today. Life sucks." Well, chances are it probably will, because you have just set the tone for the day and your attitude.
The other day I talked about how the word 'Fail' no longer affects me negatively, but now I see it as a positive stepping stone and a "how can I make ___ better?" situation. For quite a few years, I worked under the wing of a person who preached the law of attraction, and more than likely lives it, since she has nice things and a seemingly good social life, however, she did not treat some people the same way. I would tell myself "today will be a good day" and she would make a snarky comment to me, tearing me down little by little over the years, to the point where I wanted to quit my job, because looking at her made me cringe. That is NOT the way to live, so I turned my attitude around. I said to myself, "self, she isn't going to change, so you have to." I began to wake up and say "I am grateful for a good day," and yes, things began to change. Her attitude didn't change towards me, but I changed. I began to realize I am in charge of my own life and things people say to me, well, they can say and it is up to me whether I let if affect me or not.
This is how gratitude works. It's not just amount manifesting your wildest dreams, it is about making your life livable. That is what this meditation was about. Waking up and going to sleep and being grateful for all the things in your life, your family, friends, your job, a car, a warm place to sleep, etc. As I have mentioned, it's the little things that make me happy, and that is because I see the wonder in the smaller things. A flower, a little knick knack brought back to me when a friend goes on vacation, a hug for no reason from a friend or family member. The little things.
Just to show that manifesting can work, yesterday my cousin, that I mention often in my blogs, was trying to pull herself out of a bit of a slump. She saw two consecutive numbers, then decided that she was going to manifest a series of sequential numbers...and she did. Not one two or three numbers, but ten of them. Here's another example of the law of attraction. Monday I was at the café near work and I saw the season drinks. My eyes were set on the "Mayan Mocha" which is a delightful treat, but then I saw the magic word of the season, Pumpkin, when I got to the register, so I asked for that at the last moment. Long story short, the barista made the drink and I kept thinking, that's not an iced frapped drink, but I am easy I will go along with anything to make it easier on the server. When she looked at the receipt, she shook her head, said aloud, "Oh, it's a pumpkin javiva, not a Mayan Mocha." She shook her head again wondering how she could make such a polar opposite mistake and I just smiled, because I knew I had done that.
The other day someone sent me a message on my phone, telling me 'Nothing is coincidence, everything happens for a reason." It came to me after several strange events, good ones, happened and I kept thinking, is that happening? It was so neat, but I chalked it up to coincidence, until I received that message.
Again, I don't know if any of this falls into any of your realms of thinking, but they are incidences that make the facts hard to ignore. Creating a better life is within you, it is within the make up of your soul. If you believe in yourself and you send out a good vibration, you can make it happen. I am not religious, but I believe in God and I believe in the universe, but I also believe in me, because we are the ones who make or break ourselves. Yes, people can be abusive, people can be mean and it is up to us, to cut that negativity out of our lives and focus on the positive. Remember, like attracts like, if you are negative, your situation will continue to be negative, even if you don't see it. Other things in your life could fall to the wayside and it is possible that you just might think, well that's life. I have been this way...and it can change for the better.
As a follow-up, my old boss is just that...she now works from home and her shoes have been filled by someone more qualified to work with other humans. Yes, that sounds negative, but as you can see I am still working on that part of my life too, because I still have to work with her from time to time. Even now she manages to throw in a cutting comment about me, via emails, but as I learn to reduce my negative thoughts, I find I am beginning to laugh at it now, because I refuse to let her hurt me anymore. If you have trouble with people bringing you down, say these words, "I deserve to be in this world. I am a gift to this world. I am enough." I had a vivid dream one night and that was told to me and now I share it with you.
This job is no longer an end to a means, i.e. paying bills while I write my books. It is once again a place where I completely adore ALL of the people I see everyday and others I work with in other cities that make the office an environment and not what felt like the edge of a cliff.
I realize I went a little off subject, sort of, but I am just trying to make the point that gratitude lies within you and that you can control your destiny. Be grateful to the universe, be grateful to God, whichever one suits you best, because a grateful you, will be a happier you.
Until tomorrow...be grateful for everything you see today. Right now, I am grateful for pumpkin oreos, pumpkin spice creamer and a sister (my roommate), who just made me morning, weekend coffee with whipped cream on top....and that's just the start. I promise I will do my best to be continually grateful too.
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