Dear One,
Thank you for being here and for being on this journey with me. I am so grateful for your presence, for reading my words and this blessed connection we share through this list whether you’ve just subscribed in the past week, or have been receiving my emails since I first started this list back in 2013. Thank you for helping me cultivate and grow a beautiful open-hearted community birthed out of Love.
Today, there may be a lot coming up for us in many different ways. If you need some inspiration or support to navigate this day, may gratitude spark the light of peace, connection, and love within you.
PRACTICING GRATITUDE TODAY AND EVERY DAY
Gratitude is a big part of my life. I have a devoted gratitude practice that I offer to the rising sun every single morning. I give my gratitude to the sun for rising every day, to the plants and animals that live on the land I inhabit, to my beloveds for their presence in my life, and to my breath for reminding me of the divinity that is ever-present, amongst many more things. This daily practice always brings me into present time and reminds me of the gifts that always surround me, even that which does not appear to be a gift. Articulating my gratitude helps me recognize the beauty of challenges I’m experiencing.
However you are spending today, may it be blessed with the spirit of gratitude, kindness, peace, and Love.
SIMPLE RITUALS TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE
If you are finding yourself struggling today, firstly know that you aren’t alone in this. Secondly, I have found that when my heart feels pain or I feel alone, powerful medicine can be found in reaching out to someone and simply letting them know how grateful I am for them. It might be someone I love dearly who I haven’t connected with in awhile, or a relative who hasn’t heard from me in a year, or maybe someone I interact with regularly, or a total stranger who is doing something in the world that I appreciate. Consider reaching out to someone today and simply letting them know how much you appreciate them and are grateful for them.
Connect with your ancestors. I make offerings to my ancestors daily, and it’s a powerful simple practice to honor them, and bless them with healing and gratitude. You might offer a bit of food you prepare today to your ancestors, or light some incense or a candle for them. Ask that they be blessed with healing, peace and love, and express your gratitude to them for the gifts you’ve received from them.
Honor the land you dwell upon and those who came before. There is a wonderful website that you can use to discover what territory you live on and which Indigenous people originally inhabited the land. Visit the site https://native-land.ca/ to find out the name of the territory, and take a moment today to make offerings to the Natives (with food, incense, or your heartfelt prayers) and honor these Indigenous ones who lived on the land before you. Take a moment to connect with them in your heart and be grateful for the land you live upon.
If you need connection today, please reply to me and write about how you are feeling. I would love to hear how you are doing, and I’ll offer back some words of loving support to you, along with my gratitude to you for sharing your vulnerable heart.
Thank you for sharing time with me on this planet at this most powerful time of transformation. It’s an honor to walk this path with you. Thank you for helping me to anchor gratitude, peace, and love in the world.
May you know you are loved. May you know you are Love.
I love you,
Angela