Living in Grace, Living in Gratitude

Situational Awareness

Observe everything around you at any moment, and you will likely see that you are safe and have almost everything you need, and probably more than you require. I know this is true for me. Look at the basic essentials, like running water, electricity, food, and a warm, secure place to sleep, and give thanks for each and every little gift that makes your life comfortable.

Pause for a moment of gratitude.

Be present in each moment.

Notice the flowering trees or the bumblebee sipping nectar.

Pause for a moment of gratitude.

Meditation can deepen your gratitude practice by fostering a mindful, present awareness that helps transform appreciation from a passing thought into a genuine emotion. It acts as a method to redirect attention from negative thinking toward the positive and supportive elements of life, often by calming the mind and opening the heart.

Gemstones and Aromatherapy to Enhance Your Gratitude Practice

Combine lavender essential oil with the gemstone amethyst to create a powerful combination that comforts and soothes. Both lavender and amethyst are excellent to transform challenges and out-of-balance conditions, not only physically but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, as well. Both the gem and essential oil are great tools for meditation. In addition, this combination attracts blessings and love. Like lavender, the purple vibration in amethyst has powerful transformative qualities.

The sweet, peaceful scent of mandarin essential oil improves feelings of blessings and nurturing vibrations. Inhaling the aroma of mandarin essential oils helps you to realize and remember that you have an abundance of spiritual helpers available to help you in all areas of your life and amplifies gratitude. Mandarin pairs well with pink calcite. Work with both to enhance your gratitude practice and expect the best of everything. With this due you can manifest the good at this moment. Believe and imagine that the best is yet to come.

feel, and be love, and encourages loving thoughts toward yourself and others. Permit blessings and love to pour into your open, receptive heart. It’s time to receive with grace.

With focused attention and heartfelt appreciation and admiration for the blessings around you, you will create an aura of

 grace. Share your good energy with others in an intentional and uplifting way. Spread the blessings and expand your circle

 of grace and gratitude every day.