Flowing from head through heart, manifested in our thoughts and actions, gratitude impacts every aspect of our lives. This is a big statement, but one that I live by. Years ago, during a time of personal stress and upheaval, a friend offered me this mantra. “I am so very grateful for absolutely everything. I have no regrets what so ever!” I thought she was crazy. And said so. She affirmed that it was essential to work with the mantra exactly as it was offered; part of its effectiveness being the ludicrously superlative language, ‘absolutely everything’ and ‘NO regrets what so ever’ . We practiced chanting the mantra together. Eventually the ridiculousness of the statements got to me and I sort of snorted. Soon I giggled. And then laughed. She joined my laughter saying, “it really does work, doesn’t it?” And then I got it. The statement helped me reach beyond my current reality and readjust the relationship between my long standing habit of
M.Ed., Counsellor, Spiritual Mentor, Teacher, Ritualist, Facilitator of Writing Circles