Happy Thanksgiving,

Today we are having our first snow fall of the season, and I’m happy about it. Interestingly enough I’m a little amazed that I just typed that. In the past, I have not appreciated snow that much – or even at all. I considered it a four letter word not to be mentioned in my presence.

Today, for the first time in many years, I am looking at it with fresh eyes. Rather that focus on what I don’t like about snow like cold weather, slush, etc. I’m appreciating the beauty of the big fluffy flakes floating outside of my window. I also have tremendous gratitude for the things that protect me from the harsher elements of nature.

Once you start appreciating and expressing gratitude for one thing it starts to spiral into a gratitude fest. Well my gratitude fest, hmm or feast per se, started when I woke this morning and said to Chris Happy National Gratitude Day! I quickly started thinking of all the things that I am grateful for and you, the collective you of all the people I’m connected with, came to mind. Chris mentioned it was snowing and instead of my knee jerk cringe when I hear those words, it didn’t even faze me. You see, all I could think of was how much I appreciate having each and every one of you in my life.

So to you, I say thank you for being here. Thank you for being a part of my life. Thank you for providing joy or contrast into my world. Thank you for being a part of what I do to create more joy in my life. And thank you for being my first serving in my gratitude feast for today.

So now, what about you? What are you going feast on during this national day of gradtitude we know as Thanksgiving? What will nourish your soul on this day? Will it be the abundance around you? The love you give and get? How about the joy that you’ll be enveloped in? I know I’m going to go back for seconds and thirds of all those delicious morsels.

I’d love to hear about what you’re feasting on today and how it nourished your soul. Please comment. I’d love to hear from you.

May today and everyday be filled with abundance, joy and love!

Yours in gratitude,
Lena

So I happen to be in a fabulous mood right now and I decided I want to feel even better. Gratitude is always a great way to raise one’s vibration. So here’s a random list of things I’m grateful for in the moment.

• A plate of bacon and eggs, sunny side up, with lightly buttered toast
• Electric pencil sharpeners
• Indoor plumbing
• Being in touch with my creative genius
• Being a BIG thinker
• Toothpaste
• The refreshing crispness of winter air
• A good snow shovel
• Whiteboards
• The sound of a pencil as it scratches across paper
• Hot water
• Oreos
• A great metabolism
• Great health
• Sunshine, especially in winter
• Comfortable chairs
• Sleep

Gratitude is an important element of our prosperity. When we express our gratitude for what we have in our lives we align our energy to receive even more of the same in our lives.

Put simply, being grateful makes us magnets for more prosperity and abundance. Huge magnets.

Invoking this power is simple: express your gratitude for something, anything you have in your life. Size doesn’t matter on this one. If you found a penny on the ground this morning, celebrate it! After all, you just got something for nothing - free money - two things, interestingly enough, that “common wisdom” says don’t exist.

Still don’t think you have anything to be grateful for? How about the fact that you managed to read this blog in the first place? How great that you’ve got access to a computer and the internet! Got a roof over your head? How about the fact that the air you breathe is free? If you take the time to look, you’ll absolutely find something to be grateful for. And the more you find, the more you’ll find.

So on an ending note, here’s my own list of things I’m grateful for today:

I am grateful to be on this path of prosperity consciousness and effortless living I am currently sailing.

I am grateful to share my knowledge with others to help them determine their own paths.

I am grateful to be in such positive energy that grows more each moment.

I am grateful to have released so many beliefs that didn’t serve me and replaced them with beliefs that support my abundance.

I am grateful that I am increasingly more present in every moment of my life.

I am grateful to know that I can choose happiness at every moment, and do so most of the time.

I am grateful that I release judgment, especially of myself in those times I do not choose happiness.

I am grateful that I attract more abundance into my life, and celebrate every time I receive, be it a penny on the ground or a thousand dollars into my bank account.

Above all else I am grateful for my entire life experience, and that I am truly enjoying every aspect and experience of my life.