Are you feeling it?

It’s gratitude month and I’d love to participate, but there is so much going on in the world, and I’m having a crappy week. How can I get in a better place so I can see things differently? 

Nothing lifts a sagging emotional frequency like gratitude and appreciation, but sometimes it seems like a bridge too far when you’re just not feeling it. 
It could be the word gratitude that’s tripping you up. For some, it has a heaviness that brings up feelings of being beholden or undeserving. Maybe they had a parent who scolded them for being so ungrateful.

If the word gratitude doesn’t do it for you, try appreciation, which has a bonus definition—INCREASE. By acknowledging what you appreciate, you are sending the signal of what you would like to see more of. 
And you will!

When you’ve mastered practicing appreciation, try finding things to say wow, about. (The good wow, not the sarcastic wow.) 
For instance…
Wow, I have really amazing friends!
Wow, I just heard the information I needed to hear from this bizarre unrelated source!
Or, the ever-popular…Wow, a parking spot right in the front!
And don’t forget to say, thank you!

Most importantly, elevating your frequency to love or above energy is the most powerful thing we can do for ourselves and everyone else, as we are all cells in the same body of consciousness. 
I am so grateful we know that!
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