Give Thanks!
We have so much in life to be thankful for. We walk, talk, see, hear, think and breathe – usually without effort. Why do we spend so much time dwelling on what we can’t do, don’t have and what is going wrong? We can instantly recall the negative experiences, people and circumstances without recognizing we have the ability to walk away, get away or make a change. Perhaps we have too many options from which to choose. Or it could be we simply like to complain. Maybe if we spent just a little time saying “thank you” for what we do have, we won’t have so much time to dwell on what we lack. Gratitude, praise and thanksgiving activate the divine laws of abundance. When the universe can see we are conscious of and grateful for what we have, it is activated to shower us with more. Even when it seems that the well is drying up, we can affirm, “I can hardly wait to see the good that will come out of this.”
Excerpt from Acts of Faith: Daily Meditations For People of Color by Iyanla Vanzant
