Hello,
Every day we wake up is another opportunity to take another go at life.
Of course being grateful is a superb first thought. And part of gratefulness is forgiveness.
Here’s how: if we were truly grateful for having another chance at life and living, we would make COMPLETE use of that chance, no? When you’re truly grateful for something, aren’t you appreciating having the thing or opportunity or person to the point of actually doing something about that gratitude?
Gratefulness implies activity, not passivity. Being grateful and doing nothing about it – in spirit or in deed, is not gratefulness.
So, what’s that got to do with forgiveness? If you are truly grateful for having another day, you would want to be at your highest and best and take full advantage of the time you have to accomplish what you have set out to do. You’d want to take all the blocks out of your way of creativity, productivity and success.
As in life, during any challenge, consistent forgiveness is a must. During this 21-day detox challenge of your spirit, mind and body it is particularly imperative that you forgive yourself daily, all through the day for whatever is not completed as intended.
If you don’t, you will be blocking your path to creativity, total commitment, accountability, productivity, with anxiety, guilt and even shame. Negative emotions can take hold very easily when the stakes are high. You have to remain diligent about protecting your positive approach to each day…to each moment actually.
So use forgiveness to really demonstrate your gratitude for another chance at life each day.
See the daily forgiveness ritual here and do it as prescribed. You will be giving yourself a brand new clean slate every single day. Can you imagine that?
Wishing you an abundance of peace, joy and light,
♥~
This message is part of the 21-Day Detox Challenge – Spirit, Mind & Body: Day 1. The program includes preparation exercises and specific planning and all previous messages can be found here. The video introduction is here.
This series begins on on Wednesday, December 8, 2010. By following the directions, you can begin this detox challenge in its entirety whenever you would like…or catch up and join us!
All program downloads can be found here (chart of challenges, self-evaluation, agreement form and handy checklist of all preparation exercises)