" Giving thanks for Blessings increases Blessings". - Rumi (The Masnavi)
This morning, on my way to work I was listening to an excerpt from a talk on Blessings.
My mind came to rest on how the practice of gratitude ignites powerful blessings in our day to day experience of life. I have a daily ritual that I do in my car, which helps me align with feelings of gratitude, leaving me with the powerful experience of being blessed. My responsibility then is one of practicing holding onto the Blessed feeling throughout the day. That's not to say I always do, but it's my offering to my higher Self, the One in All.
My ritual is simply... a prayer. It goes like this. "Good morning Lord, (followed by any and all the dieties I relate and pray to). Thank you for this day and everything in it, the good, the bad, the highs, the lows. Thank you for my daughter, granddaughter (names of all those I want blessings for that particular day), and I ask for your Grace for (anyone who is in special need of intercession). Bless my work, my clients and everyone with whom I may come in contact with throughout my day today. May my words be your words, spoken through me to those who have a need to hear a message from you. You are my love, my life and for that I am grateful and I love you Lord of all."
What is your practice for invoking Gratitude and Blessings?
Copyright 2012 by Mercedes Calderon. All rights reserved. This material may be copied and distributed subject to inclusion of this copyright notice and my blog themysticnextdoor.blogspot.com
This morning, on my way to work I was listening to an excerpt from a talk on Blessings.
My mind came to rest on how the practice of gratitude ignites powerful blessings in our day to day experience of life. I have a daily ritual that I do in my car, which helps me align with feelings of gratitude, leaving me with the powerful experience of being blessed. My responsibility then is one of practicing holding onto the Blessed feeling throughout the day. That's not to say I always do, but it's my offering to my higher Self, the One in All.
My ritual is simply... a prayer. It goes like this. "Good morning Lord, (followed by any and all the dieties I relate and pray to). Thank you for this day and everything in it, the good, the bad, the highs, the lows. Thank you for my daughter, granddaughter (names of all those I want blessings for that particular day), and I ask for your Grace for (anyone who is in special need of intercession). Bless my work, my clients and everyone with whom I may come in contact with throughout my day today. May my words be your words, spoken through me to those who have a need to hear a message from you. You are my love, my life and for that I am grateful and I love you Lord of all."
What is your practice for invoking Gratitude and Blessings?
Copyright 2012 by Mercedes Calderon. All rights reserved. This material may be copied and distributed subject to inclusion of this copyright notice and my blog themysticnextdoor.blogspot.com
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