As children, we were taught to say “thank you” when we received something. On our birthday, during holidays, from adults around us. So, for the most part, we grow up saying thank you (or “thanks”) when somebody gives something to us.
But what about all the other things around us that we take for granted every day. Clean water to drink and to bathe in and to wash our clothes in. Clean air to breathe. Sleeping in a bed. Having food to eat. The chair you’re sitting in. The table you are writing on. The book you are reading. Not to mention all the other things we just “assume” should be ours – our clothes, our vehicles, our proximity to grocery stores and clothing stores, medical care if we need it…the list is endless. There are a lot of people in the world who don’t have these things.
Who do we thank? Well, that depends on what spiritual practice you identify with. But you don’t have to even have a formal spiritual practice or religion to say thank you. Yes, but WHO am I thanking? I just say “thank you” to the air? Yep, you can just start by saying thank you to the air. We all have spirit guides, angels, spirits around us all the time. They’re everywhere. And many of them are just waiting for a directive from us. Something to do. Something to help with. Everybody likes to hear thank you. Everybody. I imagine my dog likes it when I thank him for going outside and going to the bathroom.
So say thank you. Your guides and angels will hear you.
And….when you say thank you, you get more of what you are thankful for. The universe is a bit like a parent. If you keep giving and giving to a child. And they never say thank you. And then they come to you whining and crying for more of this or that new thing…you’re probably not very likely to give it to them. You may think, I’ve given you all these things and you’ve never said thank you once. Why would I go out and get this other thing….you probably won’t be thankful for that, either.
But the child who says thank you when you give them anything….even a toy they may not especially want or even like….you’re going to be more apt to give that child more things.
If you want more money in your life, start being thankful for the money you have. But that’s the problem, I don’t have enough money. You may not have as much as you want, but you need to start viewing it as being thankful for what you have. You have a house or an apartment…money paid for that. Be thankful for the money to pay for that. If you ate food today, money paid for that. Be thankful for the money you had to pay for the food you ate.
If you want a new romantic relationship in your life, start by being thankful for the other relationships in your life that bring you happiness and love and joy. Your friends. Your family. They may not be romantic relationships, but they also bring you happiness.
Get in the practice of writing out 10 things you are thankful for every day. Before you go to sleep. Ten things. And if you can’t think of ten specific things on that particular day, then go general. Thank you for clean drinking water. Thank you for my office mate being in a good mood. Thank you for getting to work on time. Thank you for how good lunch tasted.
You can also write a short list of things you would like to see happen that day at the beginning of your day. Start by being thankful for them….before they’ve even happened. I do this after I meditate and read (tarot) for myself. I just write out two or three things I’m thankful for that day…that I’d like to see happen.
The list may look like this: Thank you for not having to wait in line at lunch today, thank you for a wonderful unexpected surprise, thank you for feeling strong during my run after work.
Thankfulness. It’s magic all on its own. Our guides and angels hear us and the universe then conspires to bring more of what we are thankful for to us.
Be open to what calls you…
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There’s also a wonderful book on this subject, The Magic by Rhonda Byrne. A great read I highly recommend.