WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:07.799 Something happened the other day that I got to share with you. It really 2 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:11.800 helped put things into perspective in my mind, and I thought someone out there 3 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:16.079 might benefit from it as well. See, a friend of mine very recently 4 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:20.440 told me how things are going so poorly in her life. She's constantly having 5 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:24.839 things happen to her that you could define as bad. She's been mixed up 6 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:28.480 with men that have treated her poorly. Her family life is going through some 7 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.320 very serious challenges. Financially, she's not doing as well as she'd like. 8 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:36.399 So I asked her how much time and every day she spends focusing on that. 9 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:40.439 Now. I don't pretend to be any kind of spiritual guru or wise 10 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.840 sage or anything like that. God knows I'm not one of those. But 11 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:46.600 every once in a while, if I get myself out of the way, 12 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:49.920 will gets out of the way, some words will come out of me somehow, 13 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:56.240 and these words sometimes have some wisdom inside them. And when she was 14 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.719 talking to me about what I was going on in her life, suddenly that 15 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.599 happened. Something inside me stepped out of the way, and what came through 16 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:08.640 was so inspiring to me personally that I thought I should share it with you 17 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:12.200 as well. I asked her how often she focused on the good versus the 18 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.599 bad, and she said, oh, all the time. I think about 19 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.799 good things all the time. I know how important it is to stay positive 20 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:21.799 and focus on the good, so I make sure that I do that all 21 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:25.319 the time. So then I asked her, well, how many times how 22 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:29.319 often do you focus on the bad? And she said, well, I 23 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:32.439 try not to focus on the bad, but you know, bad stuff keeps 24 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:36.599 happening to me, so of course it derails my good thoughts, and I'm 25 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:40.239 always starting to feel like, oh, woe is me? Why is this 26 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:42.760 always happening to me? So then my advice, or the advice of whatever 27 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:48.200 was speaking through me came through, and they said that every morning, when 28 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.280 she got up, for just ten minutes every day, all she had to 29 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:55.840 do is just sit there and think about what she was grateful for. Now, 30 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:59.480 I know we've all heard about gratitude practices and all that kind of stuff, 31 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:02.120 but really, I invite you to really think about that. She said. 32 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:06.560 I don't know that I can focus on things i'm grateful for when there's 33 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:10.000 nothing really good going on for me right now. So then I invited her 34 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.240 to think about her life and compare it to someone in another country, for 35 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:15.840 example, who isn't sure if they're going to survive from one day to the 36 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:21.039 next. Look at the people in Ukraine her being bombed every single day, 37 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:23.680 who don't know whether they'll have a house or their lives. Look at these 38 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:28.240 people who are starving across the world, who barely make ends meet. Think 39 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.400 of the homeless folks on the street that are forced to stand in the street 40 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:36.120 corner asking for money. She has a house that she should be grateful for. 41 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:39.240 She has a family, a loving family that she should be grateful for. 42 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:43.439 She has a great job that she should be grateful for. She has 43 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.000 wonderful health. She has food to eat anytime she wants it. She has 44 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:51.120 friends here to support her anytime she needs us. She turned to me and 45 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.520 she said, you know what, You're so right. You're so right. 46 00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:00.319 I don't think about those things because I'm so concerned about the bed. I'm 47 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:04.759 always focused on what is not going well, But the good stuff. There's 48 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:07.599 so important to think about what you actually have. And I bet that if 49 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.120 you took a minute to think about all the things that you take for granted, 50 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:14.599 I think you'd be grateful for them too. Be grateful for the air 51 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:16.199 that you read, the water that you drink, everything around you, the 52 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:21.319 bird just sing in the morning for you. The most important part is this, 53 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:25.400 I told her, don't just think about it, thinking about something good 54 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:29.719 all the time just to replace something bad. That's super easy. Oh nope, 55 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:31.639 I don't want to think about how I can't pay my bills this month. 56 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:38.159 Instead, I'm going to think about how wonderful French toast is this morning. 57 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:42.919 Folks, it's not the thought that makes it happen. It's the emotions. 58 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:49.840 You need to feel the emotion of gratitude. It's emotions attract things to 59 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:53.280 you, good or bad. The more you feel gratitude for all the things 60 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:57.960 that you really should be grateful for, the more the universe is going to 61 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.599 decide to give you the things to be grateful. Out on the flip side, 62 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:05.439 the more you feel pain, sorrow, trouble, negativity, the more 63 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:09.120 the universe is going to go, Okay, that's what this person wants, 64 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:13.319 so let's give them more of that because that is what they're feeling right now. 65 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:18.120 We're more aligned with the vibrational aspects of emotions, So my advice take 66 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:21.199 it or leave it to sit in the morning for ten minutes. It's all 67 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:25.800 it takes. Focus on your heart, Breathe in and out through your heart, 68 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:31.279 open that heart chakra and feel grateful. Feel grateful for all the things 69 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:35.800 that you have that you should be grateful for that so many people in the 70 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:43.279 world don't have. It's the feeling, it's the emotions that count, not 71 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:48.040 just the thoughts of the words. And right now I feel grateful that you 72 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.040 are still here listening to these words.