Better yet – Have you spoke out loud the “WHAT WHATS” You are THANKFUL for?
Someone once said at a conference… “When you speak thanksgiving it cancels out discouragement” … I love that concept – Speaking WHAT you are thankful FOR OUT LOUD IS SO ENCOURAGING.
When I was headed out the door this morning –something strange happened – Ya see…. we have this full length mirror I always glance into –to make sure everything IS where it should BE. Ha… WELLLLL TODAYYYYY… I looked at myself in the mirror –and thought of what my INSIDE looked like -and I asked myself IF-my INSIDE was matching my OUTSIDE. At first glance I am quite certain it wasn’t matching…. …. However……..That changed quickly….. as I got a revvvvelationnnn. I needed to look in the mirror directly into my very own eyes (really… my soul)… and … BE even more THANKFUL. So I got on it…..
Looking at my reflection in the mirror… I begun to recite out loud EVERYTHING I am thankful for … I started with the obvious and THEN SOMETHING CAME OVER ME and I started smiling and laughing and thanking God for the smallest of things. Things we often take for granted. I realized I couldn’t stop having this thankful attitude … Yep-you heard me right …. I was talking to myself in the mirror –directly into my reflection – AND the crazy thing WAS it was bouncing back on to me –giving me TONS of supernatural energy. I kept it up for what seemed like an eternity … My voice tone literally went from a gentle whisper to a POWERFUL blissful belting out of thanks…. I was READY for the DAY… I was thankful. I was smiling, joyful, at peace, confident and ready to get my game on.
WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS?
IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR DAY …. Go look in the mirror and start giving thanks for all of the things you –we take for granted. Your spirit will lift. Your energy level will increase. There is something so reinforcing w speaking what you are thankful for out loud.
Being thankful cancels out our pity partys.
Being thankful brings you a whole new level of awareness.
Being thankful keeps your heart at peace.
Being thankful changes your countenance for the BETTER- In other words… IT MAKES YA LOOK GOOD..
I AM- THANKFUL-TODAY!
PS- Speaking of energy – A fun side bar – as I was looking into the mirror –reciting my thanksgivings – the Consumer’s Energy meter reader walked by the window -to get a meter reading. I laughed again out loud b/c I have such a wild imagination that I couldn’t help but think my meter reader on the side of our house was spinning in circles w ALL the THANKFUL VOLTAGE I was belting out… Wow – wonder that that Bill is going to look like. Ba ha. (that’s a joke –but I thought it was fitting)
Now- Go Find you a MIRROR!