WALKING IN GRATITUDE......

These are words from todays journal. Walking in gratitude is a daily practice. In time, it becomes second nature and a way of life. It is the path of freedom from suffering and we all long for that. I express gratitude for everything in my life, for everything that was in my life and for everything that will be in my life. Sometimes, I offer thanks for the things that are not in my life that I had wanted. Through this practice, I discovered that I was giving up my judgments and finding it easier to forgive those who brought me so much pain. I found myself asking that they be blessed as equally as those who showed me love and encouragement. I discovered that my mind was becoming quieter and did not need answers like it use to. I found myself in deep silence and becoming more aware of being part of a Force greater than myself where Love flows through me. I look at my life's history as valuable experiences that has brought me here to this moment of acceptance, without guilt or judgement. I feel that I am walking between two worlds. Some days are diamonds and some days are stones. Some days, I am observing life and other days, I am reacting to life's dramas.
Sometimes, I forget to practice gratitude and that is ok, I do not judge myself.

The linear mind needs to have answers. It is an endless cycle that can never be satisfied. It holds us a prisoner to this illusion of reality that brings us so much suffering. The practice of gratitude, helps to loosen the grip of suffering and pain that we experience and opens the heart to the Light, allowing Love to flow through us