Today's gratitude practice is about using gratitude to have wonderful relationships, even if the relationship is strained. I am using Rhonda Byrne's best-selling book The Magic as a guide for my gratitude practice. The book has daily gratitude practices designed to make gratitude a habit and an essential part of a person's life. Today's practice is titled 'Magical Relationships'.
Today's practice begins, as usual, with Counting My Blessings, which I will at the end of this post.
Today's gratitude practice about using gratitude to make relationships flourish. When we are truly grateful about another person, by law of attraction, we bring more joy, happiness and blessings to our own lives.
When we are truly grateful for another person, we won't criticize, complain about or blame them. There's nothing we will want to do to change them. We will love them just as they are. We will be grateful for them just as they are. We will not find fault with them. We will not judge and be critical in a negative way, about them.
Gratitude makes relationships flourish and it changes us from deep within. In fact, gratitude gives us more patience, understanding, compassion and kindness to the point we won't even recognize ourselves. We will live for the good of others. This will, by the law of attraction, bring more love, joy and happiness into our own lives.
Words are powerful. When we complain about another person, we actually harm our own lives. Scientific research studies shows that grateful people have closer relationships and are more connected to family and friends. Also, for one (1) complaint about a person, there must be 10 blessings for the relationship to flourish. Otherwise, the relationship will wither and die.
Awesome Relationships Gratitude Practice
Today's gratitude practice is therefore about being grateful for people just as they are. I will chose three of my closest relationships to be grateful for. I must have a photograph of the person.
I have chosen 4 people - my daughter, my father, mother and #mylove. I take some time to think about the things I am most grateful for about each of them. Then I put their photograph in front of me, I chose the 5 things I am most grateful for. I look at the photograph as I make my list and begin each sentence by saying 'thank you' and address the person by name, and write what I am grateful for.
I will place the photograph where I will see it often today. On at least 3 occasions, I will look at the photograph and speak to the person in it, saying "thank you" and their name and be grateful for the reasons why I am grateful.
(a) My daughter Lydia Phoebe
I will place the photograph where I will see it often today. On at least 3 occasions, I will look at the photograph and speak to the person in it, saying "thank you" and their name and be grateful for the reasons why I am grateful.
(a) My daughter Lydia Phoebe
1. Thank you Lydia for being a respectful and obedient young woman;
2. Thank you Lydia for living a life based on God's principles and for loving God. You make me proud.
3. Thank you Lydia for loving me and caring about me.
4. Thank you Lydia for doing your best in school and getting good marks.
5. Thank you Lydia for being a smart, intelligent and beautiful young woman, with empathy and consideration for others.
(b) My Father (Awa)
(c) My Mother (Namo)
2. Thank you Lydia for living a life based on God's principles and for loving God. You make me proud.
3. Thank you Lydia for loving me and caring about me.
4. Thank you Lydia for doing your best in school and getting good marks.
5. Thank you Lydia for being a smart, intelligent and beautiful young woman, with empathy and consideration for others.
(b) My Father (Awa)
1. Thank you Awa for all the sacrifices and the hard work you did to raise me from childhood to now. I wouldn't be here today if I wasn't born.
2. Thank you Awa for putting me through school, working hard to pay my school fees and care about me so that I can be educated.
3. Thank you Awa for looking after my daughter so I can complete school.
4. Thank you Awa for giving me money so I can buy good things in my life.
5. Thank you Awa for praying for me, loving me and always wanting the best for me.
2. Thank you Awa for putting me through school, working hard to pay my school fees and care about me so that I can be educated.
3. Thank you Awa for looking after my daughter so I can complete school.
4. Thank you Awa for giving me money so I can buy good things in my life.
5. Thank you Awa for praying for me, loving me and always wanting the best for me.
1. Thank you Nam for all the sacrifices and the hard work you did to raise me from childhood to now. I wouldn't be here today if I wasn't born.
2. Thank you Nam for putting me through school, working hard to pay my school fees and care about me so that I can be educated.
3. Thank you Nam for looking after my daughter so I can complete school.
4. Thank you Nam for giving me money so I can buy good things in my life.
5. Thank you Nam for praying for me, loving me and always wanting the best for me.
(d) #MyLove (Bubengu)
1. Thank you #mylove for loving me despite my weaknesses and failures.
2. Thank you #mylove for your patience and understanding.
3. Thank you #mylove for your sensitivity and wanting the best for me.
4. Thank you #mylove for going out of your way to do things for my benefit despite the challenges.
5. Thank you #mylove for being a smart, intelligent, and wise man.
COUNTING MY BLESSINGS
2. Thank you Nam for putting me through school, working hard to pay my school fees and care about me so that I can be educated.
3. Thank you Nam for looking after my daughter so I can complete school.
4. Thank you Nam for giving me money so I can buy good things in my life.
5. Thank you Nam for praying for me, loving me and always wanting the best for me.
(d) #MyLove (Bubengu)
1. Thank you #mylove for loving me despite my weaknesses and failures.
2. Thank you #mylove for your patience and understanding.
3. Thank you #mylove for your sensitivity and wanting the best for me.
4. Thank you #mylove for going out of your way to do things for my benefit despite the challenges.
5. Thank you #mylove for being a smart, intelligent, and wise man.
COUNTING MY BLESSINGS
1. I am eternally grateful to YHVH for the gift of this life and eternal life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
2. I am eternally grateful to YVHH for blessing me with the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
3. I am deeply grateful for the gift of health and healing. My body is healthy and I am well. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
4. I am grateful for my daughter, who changed her surname and also won the raffle draw and is so grateful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
5. I am grateful for my nephew Nahvon who respects and obeys me and goes to school. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
6. I am truly grateful for #mylove who is such a lovely understanding and loving man. Despite the challenges, he goes out of his way to mentor, counsel, forgive, put up with my shit and have a soft heart for me. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
7. I am grateful for all the money I've been given throughout my life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
8. I am truly grateful for my staff in the office who respect me and do the work allocated to them. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
9. I am grateful for Cecelia and Maggie who help me with work in the house, cleaning, cooking, etc. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
10. I am grateful for ANZ for helping me open that bank account in Aussie and for linking my Paypal account with it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I am truly blessed and I am deeply grateful.
2. I am eternally grateful to YVHH for blessing me with the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
3. I am deeply grateful for the gift of health and healing. My body is healthy and I am well. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
4. I am grateful for my daughter, who changed her surname and also won the raffle draw and is so grateful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
5. I am grateful for my nephew Nahvon who respects and obeys me and goes to school. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
6. I am truly grateful for #mylove who is such a lovely understanding and loving man. Despite the challenges, he goes out of his way to mentor, counsel, forgive, put up with my shit and have a soft heart for me. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
7. I am grateful for all the money I've been given throughout my life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
8. I am truly grateful for my staff in the office who respect me and do the work allocated to them. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
9. I am grateful for Cecelia and Maggie who help me with work in the house, cleaning, cooking, etc. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
10. I am grateful for ANZ for helping me open that bank account in Aussie and for linking my Paypal account with it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I am truly blessed and I am deeply grateful.