Gratitude = Healing

Want to feel happier instantly? Be grateful for what you already have! 

So much  healing can take place in your life when you feel gratitude for all the good things in your life.  The happiest people in the world are those that feel so grateful for their blessings.  And you can be one of those people.

Do you keep a gratitude journal? When I first heard that suggestion, I loved it and starting keeping one. Now, I admit I don't write in it every day, but I DO think about the things I'm grateful for every day. You can accomplish this even if things in your life are really painful and difficult. There is always at least one thing or one person in your life to be grateful for, every single day. It might be as simple as 'I am grateful that my friend sent me a text today' or as big as 'I am grateful that the bank approved the loan for my mortgage today'. One day I wrote that I was grateful for a beautiful sunset that I felt like had been created just for me.  Another day I was grateful that I ran into an old friend at the grocery store and she gave me a hug, even though she didn't know I needed one. 

Whatever you can find to be grateful for multiplies. And suddenly you can think of more and more things to be grateful for, and you feel happier. Go ahead, smile! That increases your feeling of happiness, too.  Feeling grateful is like being on an elevator going up....farther away from things that have hurt you.

It's totally fine to want more than you have. In fact, it's noble to want 'all things good' in your life. You can be grateful for what you have and still want more or better. Go ahead and think about having an abundance of the things you want most in your life-money, love, a happy marriage, your own thriving business, traveling the world-the sky's the limit. And the more you focus on being grateful, the faster those good things you want in your life will come to you. 

Happy Holidays, my friend.

Michelle

Nice to meet you!

Hello my new friends!

I have learned some things this year (or maybe re-learned is a better term) that have helped me be a happier woman, so I'm writing this blog in hopes that I can help someone else.

I am a divorce and infidelity survivor, and now I am creating the life I have always dreamed of.

The first few months of this year I was pretty negative...about my job, about money, about life in general.  And truly, I had so many things to be grateful for that I feel pretty foolish for feeling that way.  I had a new wonderful husband, I had great kids, and I had a stable job.  Then in July, I had a conversation with my oldest son, Tyler.  I was complaining and telling him all the things that were not right in my life, and he said some things that had a huge impact on me.  That conversation started me on a different path of changing the things that weren't working for me, and accomplishing some life long goals.  The last 5 months have been amazing.  So what really changed?  My thoughts.

Changing my thoughts has changed my life.  And I can look back and see many times when just changing my thoughts has turned everything around.  I have known this for a long time, so why had I let negativity creep back in?  I've been aware of the Law of Attraction for many years, and for some reason, I had forgotten how powerful my thoughts really are, and how they shape my life.

Since July, I obtained my private investigator license, wrote and published my first book, and created my own private investigation agency.  I am writing my second book, and have begun speaking to groups about surviving and thriving life's challenges.    I don't tell you this to boast-I tell you because I hope you'll explore what you really want in life...and then make it happen!  I want to share my happiness and optimism and help you feel empowered.

I'll share all the great things I've learned over the years about surviving and then thriving after painful experiences.  We all have them and we can learn so much from each other.  I'm still learning too, so as time passes, I will also share the new stuff I'm learning.  I really believe that we go through difficult things to learn and to help others.  There has to be a purpose....and that's what helps me get through them, and later I can feel grateful for the experience.

So here's to the year that has passed and the new one just around the corner. 

Michelle