Gratitude
Gratitude by John Cali
Over the years, Joseph has spoken often about gratitude, and the
wonders it can create in our lives. In the USA this week we
celebrate a day called Thanksgiving. A day of giving thanks for
all the blessings in our lives. A day for expressing gratitude.
Joseph and I wrote this newsletter many years ago. But it's
never lost its timeliness, especially at this season of the
year. And especially at this time in our human and planetary
evolution.
I wish you all a most blessed and happy Thanksgiving, whether
you're in the USA or another country. We all have much to be
thankful for, even in the world's current state of affairs. So
let us focus on all the good in our lives, especially during
this holiday season.
Here's Chief Joseph..
Chief Joseph
There are many souls incarnated on the earth plane who appear to
be struggling with attracting into their lives the barest, most
basic necessities of physical survival. Abundance on all, or at
least many, levels seems to elude them.
And many of these souls often wonder why. Why them? Why is life
such a struggle? Why can they not have more in their lives, more
joy, more peace, more love, more money? More of all forms of
abundance?
Now you've heard it said you create your own reality. And this
is true. All of you create your own realities, your own
experiences, every aspect of your experiences on the earth
plane. However, even in knowing that, you may find little
comfort or solace.
And yet it does not have to be this way. Abundance, in all
forms, is your birthright as a child of the Goddess, the God.
You are not only a child of the God/Goddess. You are the
God/Goddess. You are one with God. And so this brings us back to
the question of why so many, even among you, the lightworkers,
are living lives of struggle.
You will hear, have already heard, voices telling you your "lot
in life" is "God's will." Well, that's true. The only problem is
most of those uttering these words, or something similar, do not
realize they are God! They are the God, the Goddess who has
willed their own struggles, their lot in life.
Simply being aware of, and accepting, that reality is very
freeing. After all, the truth shall set you free.
We are in no way advocating you "beat up" on yourself if you are
struggling with any aspect of your life. And, of course, it is
true your higher self, your soul, can and will use whatever
circumstances and conditions you are experiencing at the human
level as the "raw material," if you will, to produce a higher
good for you. Another way of saying that is: Whatever is
happening in your life can and will ultimately result in your
highest good.
However, your highest good does not have to come through pain
and struggle. It can come to you joyfully and easily.
If you are not experiencing the abundance you want in your
lives, it is because you are literally pushing it away from
yourselves. After all, your natural state, your birthright, is
abundance. You have always been provided for, even in the midst
of your self-created struggles, though perhaps not in exactly
the luxurious style to which you would love to become
accustomed! But you have always been taken care of.
Think about that for a moment. Think about what you consider the
worst experience of your life. Even in the midst of that
experience, were you not provided for? Was there not someone
"watching over" you?
You have never been totally destitute, totally without
resources, without recourse. You are, after all, divine beings,
albeit in human form for a time. But still, you are Gods and
Goddesses. And, as such, you have power, great power, divine
power, absolute power to do, to create, to be anything you wish.
This is the part of your calendar year when some of your
societies on the earth plane set aside a time, a day, dedicated
to giving thanks. "Thanksgiving," you've named it in the country
you call the United States.
This is a good thing. The idea to set aside a time of
thanks-giving was indeed a divinely inspired one. And there is a
firm spiritual foundation underlying, if you will, the "giving
of thanks." It is what you might call a universal law. We shall
call it, for today's discussion, the Law of Gratitude.
Another law of the Universe goes something like this: You get
what you focus your time and energy on. It's called the Law of
Attraction. If you focus mostly on lack and limitation, those
are what you experience in your life. If you focus mostly on
abundance and prosperity, you will, you must, experience those
in your life. It's the law! And it's your choice. You get to
choose whether to use the laws of the Universe for or against
yourself.
And so, the giving of thanks, the expression of gratitude, is a
truly magical tool. A tool you have, literally, at the tip of
your tongue. You would be hard-pressed to say there is nothing
in your life you can be thankful for.
Sit down and make a list, if that will help you remember all the
good things, all the abundance, you have in your life right now.
Think about the clothes you wear, the food you eat, the roof you
sleep under, the money you have (even though you may want more),
the loving and supportive family and friends you are blessed
with.
Give thanks for the many blessings you already have in your
life, and they will increase. They must increase. It's the law
of the Universe.
Make every day of your life Thanksgiving, a day of giving thanks
to the Great Spirit, to the Universe, to your guides, teachers,
and angels. And also thank your higher self, the one who, after
all, helped you (the human "you") create all the abundance you
already have in your lives.
And, by the way, thank the human you too. You are all beings of
great wisdom and courage. And we applaud your brave willingness
to incarnate at this time in your planet's history. A tumultuous
time in many ways, but also a grand and glorious time to
remember who you truly are.
Your courage uplifts all, in your physical world and in our
non-physical world. Your energy extends to the farthest reaches
of the Universe, and uplifts all that is. That is how powerful
you are, individually and together.
Giving thanks, expressing heartfelt gratitude, every day of your
lives (even if only for a few moments each day) will indeed
bring you rich rewards beyond your highest and wildest
expectations and dreams.
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