Soul Circle Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for acceptance

I am grateful that I can trust that all situations work out for my highest good and for the highest good of all concerned

I am grateful now that all of my needs are provided for

I am grateful that God/the divine/the infinite is my source and fulfills all of my needs

I am grateful for the safe, easy and comfortable flights that I had from tampa to new york

I am grateful for love, I am grateful for maintaining and open and willing heart, I am grateful to cry when I need to when pain comes up, when I fear that I am too broken or too worn to keep going, I am grateful for those tears of release, I am grateful to always trust in love and that my ability to remain open is ever expanding and growing.

I am grateful to trust that I am lovable as I am and that people love me for who I am despite my many flaws

I am grateful for a place that I can call home

I am grateful for my breath, the one consistent thing that I can count on and refer to when things start spinning out of control

I am grateful for my power and my willingness to step into it

I am grateful for taking the risks that I have been taking lately and trusting that I can deal with and have been dealing with all of the feelings, the anxiety and the uneasiness that comes up, I can handle it

I am grateful for the friendships that I have cultivated that are teaching me that yes I can be loved despite my flaws, that relationships are about accepting people for who they are, accepting their limitations, support their dreams and loving them anyway

Today I am grateful!!!

I am grateful for the many realizations I have been having lately especially one that I experienced last night regarding rejection. I know that part of the reason why I have not followed my hearts desires is because I fear that I will be rejected, that I wont make it, that I wont be able to handle the success that I crave and fall flat on my face and fail to get up again. However, I realized yesterday that in fact I can and have handled rejection many, many times before in my life and that I am still here, still plugging away still taking in life supporting air. I have been texting with a guy that I have know for about 3 years WHO just never shows up, never follows through. We plan to get together and he cancels or just doesn’t call or whatever. Needless to say it is all very rejecting, I feel rejected when it happens, I question myself…am I pretty enough, thin enough, smart enough…blah blah blah. I am becoming very familiar with how I think when I am rejected. The even funnier point is that I know what I am going to get with this guy he behaves the same way every time we interact, I allow him to reject me, I practically run to him with open arms just to be rejected. I run to him and get rejected and yet I freeze when it comes time to take action towards my dreams because I fear rejection…..how does that make sense?

My point is that regardless of the feelings that come up…I HANDLE IT!!! Time and time again I handle the rejecting feelings and I move on. If I can do it with this guy then who says I cant apply that same resolve to my career, my dreams, my life? I can do it, I am stronger than I know. And because I am conscious, because I have started paying attention to the choices that I make every moment….the clarity of it all comes rushing at me and now I make changes, positive changes that serve me and the world.

I am grateful for a beautiful life

I am grateful to get up in the morning and love what I do

I am grateful for my faith

I am grateful to be a positive addition to the world

I am grateful for forgiveness

I am grateful to know that I am not alone that I am loveable and adorable

I am grateful to stay calm during challenging situations

I am grateful for my desire to want more..way more

I am grateful to know my worth and accept it

I am grateful for my intelligence

I am grateful for big deep breathes

I am grateful for letting go

I am grateful to live in reality to guard my every word, to listen to how I explain situations, to hear the exaggerations and the way that I tailor stories so that I can control the way that other people “hear” them. I am grateful to be dedicated to live in the truth that come hell or high water my intention is to speak the truth not to embellish stories or situations but to sit in the truth. It is becoming so clear how easy it is to use words to skirt around the truth of a situation just to impress someone else, or to try to influence how someone will interpret a situation….the truth is better, hard, cold reality is where changes take place. I am grateful for this insight, I am grateful to know that it is okay to speak the truth about my reality even if it wont be accepted or if someone else wont be impressed by it…….truth is like looking in the mirror at yourself, the mirror is not going to lie to you, the mirror is not thinking “ow shes gained 10pounds better shave that off her ass so she wont notice or get upset”…NOPE the truth is the truth and I am grateful to be able to not only see it but to accept it.

I am grateful for my bikram practice

I am grateful to have a job that pays all of my bills and allows me to indulge my every interest

I am grateful to have the talent and ability to play the drums and play them well

I am grateful to be one solid little package

I am grateful that my heart beats without my input. I went to a yankess game on Friday and was surrounded by a packed stadium and had a random thought of how loud it would be if I could hear everyone’s heart beating.

I am grateful to wake every morning early to take several minutes to think about what my perfect day would be like and I don’t have all of the pieces of my perfect day yet however I do have the first couple moments after I wake down…my intention is to keep building on my perfect day every day

I am grateful for my intelligence and the gift of common sense and street smarts

I am grateful for a safe and comfortable flight to Florida this weekend

I am grateful for all of the chakras and to have so much energy flowing through me, and to know how to channel it for my highest good under grace in perfect ways

I am grateful to love animals and to be concerned with their well being

I am grateful to shine, to stand proud and to be willing to express all of my fantastic gifts

I am grateful to have come as far as I have, to be running my own race against myself and to have complete faith in my ability to improve and grow

I am grateful for my desire to succeed, to surpass all of the obstacles that attempt to stop me in my tracks but now I see my path clearly, I see all of the support around me to lift me up and guide my energy. I am grateful to embrace my personal power and to inspire the world to use their power for the highest good of the world

I am grateful for this moment, the one that just passed, the one sitting in my lap and all the juicy moments to come. I am grateful to have such concentrated power in this moment, a safe place for my wildest intentions to rest and the divine guidance to create all that I intend

I am grateful for an open and willing heart, and to be emotionally available and open

I am grateful to now know that I am one spectacular human being

I am grateful to speak my mind, to allow my thoughts the space to expand and to believe that I have my place here on this earth, that my opinions and what I have to say is important and valuable

I am grateful to be of infinite value and to be cherished by something larger, more powerful and loving than myself

I am grateful to be safe in all that I do

I am grateful for silence and a calm mind

I am grateful for my passionate purpose

I am grateful for the strength to push through challenging moments knowing that on the other side is something wonderful

I am grateful to send love and passionate energy out to everyone, even to people that I find it challenging to be with, I send all of them love, clarity in their purpose, I give my energy out to hopefully lift someone who is about to fall, or provide hope for someone who has none. I am grateful for the warm glowing white light of forgiveness that I extend out to people who I think have harmed me, and then I loop it back to myself to completely surround myself with that same light and warmth

I am grateful to accept my fathers limitations, to release my expectations and to let him be who he is with loving acceptance

I am grateful for Damon another man in my life that keeps popping up and who I accept for who he is limitations and all, I accept him and allow him to be the best person he can be…..

I am grateful to feel so overwhelmed at the moment with love, my life is not perfect, there are many things I am changing and there are many moments when I feel like I need a punching bag…when I think back to who I was 5 or 6 years ago, when I think back to how stormy, depressing and hopeless I felt, I can see and feel that I have come a long way. I still have moments of despair, anger, frustration and complete chaos. There are still moments of overwhelm when the deep groves in my heart that were at one time flowing with sadness erupt…. but the point is that I get up every day and try again, start over again and intend to live again, maybe not all in one day but every day a little bit more….I am grateful for moments like this when I can see things clearly

I am grateful to approve of myself

I am grateful that I love loving and have an open heart eager and willing to receive

I am grateful for a safe and comfortable flight to tampa

I am grateful for bikram-I love dedicating this time to myself

I am grateful to be safe always in all ways

I am grateful to love my life, to love what is here right now in this moment and what I see on the horizon, I am grateful to be pure potential, I am grateful for consciousness

I am grateful for this moment and to have the power to choose my thoughts in this moment

I am grateful to love myself even after I do things that are just counter productive

I am grateful to be willing to let people into my life, into my heart and to know that I am lovable exactly has I am

I am grateful for my breath…..

I am grateful for being so aware and to be developing the habit of stopping and checking in with my thoughts…seeing where I am at…recognizing a pattern that I am and getting back to basics

I am grateful to release all victim mentality, thoughts, behaviors…wo is me bull crap…

I am grateful to allow myself to feel all of the things I want and desire. I have in the past been so afraid of success and so fearful to plunge ahead…and now I feel these desires…pulsing through my veins..i swear it is the weirdest thing in the world..to just feel these desires and to channel every last bit of myself into what is before me….

I am grateful to know for myself what success is and right now in this moment I choose success, right now in this moment my intention is on developing and nurturing this fire in my belly, right now all that I desire is, right now in this moment!!!!!

I am grateful for the fall

I am grateful for peace of mind and the ability to stay calm

I am grateful for open mic nights

I am grateful for Linda Rondstat

I am grateful to live a faith driven life

I am grateful for my apartment

I am grateful for the gift of change

I am grateful for coffee and muffins

I am grateful for stamina and resilience

I am grateful for forgiveness

I am grateful for common sense

I am grateful for my bike

I am grateful for my little p (my cat)

I am grateful that my bills are paid

I am grateful for my legs, my arms, my hips, my joints, my knees, my breath, my lungs, my heart, my liver, my spleen, my kidneys, my intestines, all of my organs, the fact that they work without me even thinking about it…..how amazing is the body????

I am grateful for now embracing an outlook on my life that is positive

I am grateful for all that has inhibited me up until this point

I am grateful to approve of myself

I am grateful to have mastered a challenge that I have had difficulty with for my entire life…looking in the mirror at myself-full body. When I started Bikram-my first or second class-the instructor yelled at me for not looking at myself in the mirror. I looked right at her and said that I could not and she got serious attitude with me. I was not going to go back to that studio but decided that I was done running from myself. It took me several weeks of daily practice and I finally have reached my goal. I now look at myself-in the eyes no less straight on in the mirror and let all of the judgments, the anger, the hostility come up and I have learned to direct all of that energy into my practice. I don’t have a perfect body, I have a body I can call my own, I don’t have perfect legs, but they get me where I want to go, I don’t have perfect hair but its mine, mine ALL MINE!!! When I write in my grat list that I approve of myself and that I can take anything on, I MEAN IT, I HAVE EARNED IT!!! You better believe that I am grateful!!

I am grateful for my cat

I am grateful for my life and my potential-look out I am on the loose!!!!

I am grateful for strength and courage

I am grateful for the power of choice

I am grateful for my unwavering intention to choose happiness and joy

I am grateful for positive self-worth

I am grateful for forward focus

I am grateful to know that suffering in my life has left some really deep grooves on my heart and my soul…all the more deeper for joy to flow into

I am grateful, very, very grateful

I am grateful for my cat

I am grateful for my apartment

I am grateful for pleasant weather

I am grateful for my body, for bikram and for having the energy and desire to work out every day

I am grateful for the drums and for coming face to face with my musical gifts

I am grateful to have so much potential in my life

I am grateful now that I recognize and accept my worth

I am grateful to forgive and be forgiven

I am grateful to be spirit first

I am grateful for divine inspiration, for feeling so excited and joyful, for loving every note of music that caresses my ears, to visualize myself performing in front of thousands, with an orchestra, to hold this intention so solid in my mind, to hold it and nurture all of this promising potential and to accept that I do desire these things, and release my attachment to the outcome with love

I am grateful for my breath

I am grateful for bikram, for all of the healing benefits that I am reaping both physically, mentally and spiritually

I am grateful to still be here on this earth and to know that I have what it takes to get the job done

I am grateful to say without flinching that I believe that I am pretty damn GREAT!!!!

I am grateful to be happy for former friends that have taken different paths in their lives and to send loving blessing their way with each success that they report and to know that their successes take NOTHING away from my abilities or potential for success. I am grateful for the life that I have to live, the promise that each day holds and for the courage that radiates from my being…i am so damn grateful for courage

I am grateful to posses the courage to ride the waves of what I would of at one time considered to be overwhelming feelings. Last night while laying in bed I felt a wave of sadness start in my belly and I wanted to run, I wanted to jump up and start listening to my ipod, pop in a movie, start cleaning or start eating something…these were the impulses I felt but instead I took a deep breath, felt my lungs fill with air and cried and let the feeling run its course. I was afraid that I would not be able to handle the feeling but I handled it, I release my tears, the feeling eventually passed and I realized that I have exactly what it takes to handle what is right in front of me whether that’s a microphone, an angry co-worker, a chocolate chip cookie or a grumpy cat…I have what it takes and I am so very grateful!!!!

Today I am grateful for a job that pays my bills

Today I am grateful to have unwavering intention to manifest a career that is more than I could of ever dreamed of

Today I am grateful to exercise my right to choose in every moment and staying conscious enough to be aware of what I am choosing

Today I am grateful for patience

Today I am grateful for forgiveness and my willingness to forgive

Today I am grateful for faith, that there is some universal force greater than myself that can make all things happen, that wants so badly for me to live a happy life and develop my potential, I am grateful to open up my heart and expand into this knowing and let it all in

Today I am grateful for Bikram yoga, for the emotional, mental and physical gifts that I reap every day from challenging my self to stay in a heated room for 90minutes

Today I am grateful to know that when I am truly ready the teacher/ers will appear

Today I am grateful to know that I am spirit first and flesh second

Today I am grateful to think about how freakin awesome it is to dwell in the totality of all that is possible, that nothing is beyond my reach that my mind has the power to manifest my wildest dreams, I am grateful for my unlimited ability to create

Today I am grateful to release all that has ever held me back, I release it all in this moment, in this moment that is what I choose

Today I am grateful now that I hold my intentions steady despite the confusion and chaos that swirls around me

Today I am grateful to have a choice in every single moment and to be conscious and aware of the choices that I am making

Today I am grateful to choose health in this moment

Today I am grateful to choose to love myself in this moment

Today I am grateful to have the intention for a career that I love in this moment

Today I am grateful to love my Bikram practice

Today I am grateful for a job that pays my bills

Today I am grateful that my intention is to forgive

Today I am grateful that I no longer allow others to steal my peace of mind

Today I am grateful to be beautiful and talented

Today I am grateful to have met a woman this past weekend that had the gastric bypass surgery and was practically mutilated by the plastic surgeon who tried to remove all of her excess skin. She weighed over 450 pounds and lost half of that weight..I am grateful that I every day I choose to have a healthy relationship with food, I am grateful that my body could never hold that much weight, I am grateful that I am strong and can run and jump and move with comfort. I am grateful for the body that I have and now choose to cherish it in every moment

I am grateful for the resources that I have that allow me to purchase healthy foods

I am grateful now that I choose to believe that I am a talented singer, and that my voice and presence blesses people. That I have a talent that is worth expressing, sharing and cultivating. I am grateful to know that I can handle the success that my talents bring. I am grateful to hold my intention and allow these gifts to grow

Today I am grateful that I now choose to allow myself to shine and am willing to release all patterns of thought in my consciousness that hold me back and prevent me from fully expressing my self

Today I am grateful to receive compliments, I am comfortable receiving compliments and enjoy the way that it makes me feel