…That I am a fortunate one?
It is easier when life is an ongoing gratitude list.
I am currently wrapping up another wonderful break in a place that I hold very dear to my heart. For this reason I thought it would be appropriate to sit down and write a little bit about the concepts of good fortune and even a bit about luck. Although gratitude and positive thoughts can be contagious and lead to more of the same, it is not always easy in a world that dwells in and generates negatives. In my world it is something that I must make part of a daily r0utine and mindset. I must create the habit of perpetuating the positives in order to build and attract the “luck” that is there for me to experience and the good fortune that is everyone’s right if only by being subjective and gracious about what being fortunate actually is for you.
Even more important than the idea of gratitude, luck or good fortune is the key to recognizing it when it occurs. Awareness and humility are integral for me for an association to what is positive, coming from a foundation of simplicity in a world that is all too often very material and complex. If I were to expect that luck and gratitude were to only be assigned for big ticket gains and comforts I would be missing out on a plethora of the simple pleasures that are all around and within me. More than often if I am recognizing the simple blessings I am going to start the cycle of positive thinking and build the basis for more and more good fortune… whether it be simple or the beginning of something bigger. Where negative can create a vicious cycle, positive thoughts and energies can create the opposite.
So why am I fortunate? I am so because I am in recognition of the positives in my life. I am not alone in having them… and I have not always been of the mind to accept or recognize…. but today I am. Everything about my world is a blessing and I am able to stop and breathe when my head starts to perceive otherwise. That in and of itself is fortunate.
As I move on to the next phase of my existence, leaving a wonderful holiday and a host of friends (both new and old) behind , I am grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow in this environment. I am happy and blessed to have had the chance to be where I love to be. I am ecstatic to feel the joy that practicing and living a more spiritual existence can provide. When I slide out of gratitude I will do my best to pull myself back into these words and thoughts in order to remind myself that even the tougher, more challenging moments and periods are the very reasons I have been able to take my life into new and better levels of existence.
For that I am fortunate.
To those who are reading: Have a lovely weekend and a magnificent week ahead. Think positive and find the gratitude in the simple things. Watch what happens…
Be Happy. Be Well. Be.