This Week's Quotation:
Authentic gratitude is a way of life. When you wake up in the morning let your first thought be one of thanksgiving that you have another day to walk in the love of God. As you go through your day, see the Giver behind all of the gifts freely being given to you. Gratitude places you in the energy field of plentitude. Glow with gratitude and see how awe and joy will make their home in you.
~ Michael Bernard Beckwith
Anchored in Appreciation
Terri McCartney
Wishing you bountiful blessings this day we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. How perfect that Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday—a day the ancient Babylonians designated a Jupiter day. (The Babylonians adopted a seven-day week based on the moon’s cycle and they correlated each day to the seven classical planets.)
Jupiter’s energy will amplify and expand whatever is the focus of our attention. Therefore, when we have an attitude of appreciation, it sets up a powerful field of auspicious energy. So let us sing a song of thankfulness today and every day in honor of the spark of divinity that animates and blesses all living things.
Now is always the time to express appreciation. Keep your faith in the miraculous power of Love. When I find myself in a funk, I go on a gratitude rant for all the blessings in my life. The more I rave, the more I become aware of all the abundant godwinks that bless my life.
May you enjoy celebrating all the wondrous ways you are blessed this day and every day!
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Good to go on a “gratitude rant” with you, Terri, on this Thanksgiving Day. Jupiter has been in conjunction with my natal Jupiter for several months and I’ve really been feeling the amplification and expansion that you write about. May it continue throughout this awesome holiday season!
I have always loved the idea of godwinks – the surprises they bring expand our world and help us be clear on who we really are, and who we can be!! Thank you Terri