Drops Of Gratitude Everywhere | Guided Gratitude Practice

Hello and welcome to Purely Being Guided Meditations.

Today I'm sharing a practice and a visual I've been using in my own life that's been helpful to me.

The basic idea is to say thank you to everything and I mean everything.

In essence this is an exercise in making peace with where you are so that you can feel peace where you are in a true and meaningful way.

It's an exercise in surrender,

In letting go,

In releasing the need to micromanage and story everything and instead choosing to trust that it's all working out for your good and that it always has been and really that it always will by shifting the narrative to one that serves you and allows real peace.

You're setting yourself free to enjoy this moment more fully and live a life that delights you.

In the micro you can use this practice moment to moment.

You hit a red light,

You say thank you.

You have an uncomfortable feeling arise or an old dusty thought,

You say thank you.

You see a sunrise,

You say thank you too.

Using gratitude like a fertilizer to be sprinkled liberally across your entire life at all times as a way to meet the best in life and really to just feel good.

The best news is gratitude is alchemical in nature.

It's transformative.

It both helps us to recognize and enjoy the best in life which is wonderful and in an equally wonderful way it can take what we might not consider to be the best in life and transform it in our favor to our benefit as a gift that we can really see and appreciate.

If that's not magic I don't know what is.

Now the basic practice of saying thank you to everything can be done all day long at any time with your eyes open or closed.

For this meditation in particular I'm gonna lead you through a comprehensive visualization to really just get your thank-you muscles nice and strong.

If you haven't already,

Get nice and comfy,

Close your eyes and together let's welcome a bright full influx of fresh oxygen into the body through a deep expansive breath in and exhale it out fully with a sigh,

Releasing every last drop,

Pausing at the bottom in the stillness and again a deep full breath in,

Expanding outwards in every direction,

Getting taller,

Broader and release it with a big open mouth sigh.

Relax,

Let it all go,

Find calm.

Mmm wonderful.

Now I'm gonna lead you through how I do this and see this practice but feel free to adapt it and make it your own.

First imagine yourself above your entire life and in your blessed hands you hold a beautiful basket overflowing with drops of gratitude.

Each drop is bursting with light and thanksgiving and this basket is bottomless.

As you take from it you receive more.

It continually refills itself.

With great joy begin to toss and sprinkle and release these drops of gratitude everywhere,

Not really paying too much attention to where it lands,

Really having the intention to cover everything.

After all you have an infinite supply.

Let these drops of sparkling liquid light-filled gratitude fall like rain across your entire life,

Every experience,

Every person,

Every thought,

Every moment,

Every challenge,

Every emotion.

Let it fall and burst and soak in everywhere,

Trusting that everything is working out for you and your good.

Let these drops of gratitude spread and sparkle and burst and bring light over every area of your life,

Not just in your present but in your past and future too.

A kind of advanced announcement of appreciation.

See it all as a friend to you,

In service of you,

And say thank you.

A kind of advanced announcement of appreciation.

By doing so you are acknowledging that all of it,

At some level,

In some way,

Perhaps unknown at present but that will be revealed in time,

Is a gift to you.

Always on your ultimate side of best,

Highest blessings and infinite unconditional love.

Staying soft and general,

Treating everything that is,

Has,

And will arise as equal,

Offering it all a thank you.

Finding the place inside of you that truly understands this and means it.

There's no need to dwell on anything too deeply or specifically.

There's no need for judgment or analysis here or anywhere.

This is pure overflow,

Pure abundance,

Pure trust.

You simply feel and have faith that it is serving you and gifting you in some way,

Always.

Turn your attention to yourself,

The greatest treasure of all,

The navigator of your ship and the holy waters you sail across this life,

And say thank you.

Seeing yourself as one big bursting bright drop of gratitude.

You are here for you.

You are a gift given to you,

Just as everything else is.

There's only giftliness here,

Only love.

That's what's true,

That's what's lasting,

That is what's real.

All of you is in service to life in all the ways you show up as a being,

No matter how it appears,

Just as life is in deep and unstopping reverent service of you.

Together let's close our practice with an intentional inhale,

Receiving the nourishment of the breath as an offering from life,

And as you sigh it out,

Experience the relief of the exhale,

Gifting yourself back to life through the breath in love.

Thank you for being here today,

Beloved,

Gifting me with your presence,

Your willingness to see things in new ways,

And experience the magic and the power of gratitude when spread liberally and soaked deeply into and across your magnificent,

Miraculous,

Wondrous,

And worthy life.

From my heart to yours,

Namaste,

Thank you.