photo credit: David Reece
Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you. ~Annie Dillard
Today’s gratitude idea comes from Linda. Yesterday afternoon I had lunch with Her, Cookie, and Teri out on the patio at Roadrunner’s. It was such a beautiful sunny afternoon, and for that we were all grateful.
Lunch was truly pleasurable, there was good news all around. Linda as always her life is blessed and interesting, Cookie has been blessed with a new job, Teri is being considered for a promotion, and there has been talk at my store of similar things. The great thing, is that we are all deserving of these wonderful things happening in our lives, and once again I know we are all grateful.
I spent the rest of my afternoon at Border’s where I came across some fantastic deals. They had a clearance aisle where they had books, and DVD’s on sale for $1.00. I picked up a few items for myself, and a few to save as gifts to give later. I then went home, and spent the last hour before I went into work reading Joel Osteen’s book, Become a Better You.
I went into work at 4:00 it was my night to close the store, and this time I got more done, and in less time, I was out by 9:40. My vibrational frequency was high last night, and it all began with starting off my morning being grateful, then spending the rest of my day looking for, and finding evidence of abundance in my life.
I was explaining to my dad on the phone last night, that as I prepare myself each day to go out into the world, I use a number of tools. I visualize, I meditate, I write my gratitude posts, and I feed my brain and spirit with books, movies and songs that inspire me. I also stick to one of my new habits, and that is dressing for success.
Music is very important to me right now, I am currently wearing out the new CD by a young group called Angels and Airwaves. I find their music very uplifting, and positive. How can you not with titles like “Everything is Magic,” where you find lyrics like this:
So hear this please
And watch as your heart speeds up endlessly
And look for the stars as the sun goes down
Each breath that you take has a thunderous sound
Everything, everything’s magic
All these tools as I said are important for me. For example, when you dress for success, even making sure all the way down to your underwear, that if you were to lose your pants in public, you would not be embarrassed for others to see them, this gives you a hidden confidence. The visualization, meditation, and the music do this for me as well. They prepare me for a confidence, that emanates from deep within as I walk through life. This is my vibrational energy.
I find that people are very receptive to me, as I walk through places in public, I smile, but it is not that fake plastic preacher smile you will find on Sunday morning television. When I greet people, they seem to sense that I am being sincere. I can count on one hand, the number of incidents of rudeness I have had in the last couple of months. Maybe two, but I’m hard pressed to remember what happened.
I know that as I walk through life, and I repeat my mantra of, “I attract love, I attract success, I attract respect, I attract health, and I attract money, ” that I honestly do, and once again, it begins with gratitude.
