Positivity

 It is so important to find the positive in each day. That is one benefit of keeping a Gratitude Journal. Just a few moments reflection, a short meditation in which to find 3 or 4 separate items to record, makes a wonderful way to start my day. After coffee, of course, for which I am very grateful!

We are inundated with the heaviness of this world. These are the lower vibrations which feed off more of the same. How can I lift the vibes around me? Why should I? What difference will it make?

First, I don’t need to dwell in the negative. I can get lost in the weeds of heaviness if I’m not careful. The consideration of those things for which I’m thankful immediately lifts me above the weeds, where I’m able to see the flowers and fields, the forests and the sky, the shapes of the clouds as they dance in the air. I can smell the sweetness of new growth, hear the songs of the birds, and “dwell in possibility”, as so eloquently stated by Emily Dickinson:

I dwell in possibility — A fairer House than Prose — More numerous of Windows — Superior — for Doors —— Of Chambers as the Cedars — Impregnable of eye — And for an Everlasting Roof The Gambrels of the Sky —— Of Visitors — the Fairest — For Occupation — This —The spreading wide my narrow Hands To gather Paradise —