Today I’m considering being thankful for something that hasn’t yet happened.  In fact, I am committed to expressing gratitude for something that I have no rational, direct knowledge about how it’s going to turn out. I’m taking a great leap of faith.  Why?

Because I have a choice. I could choose to worry and fret about how this situation is going to turn out. I could focus on the worse possible scenario.  Ever done that before?  Yeah, me too.  Doesn’t feel good does it? And, it rarely ever turns out as bad as you imagined. But you’ve wasted so much energy and precious life worrying about something that will never come to pass.  Or, even if it does, it’s usually not nearly as horrible as you pictured it.  You got through it somehow, right? And maybe it turned out really well.

So I’m going to take a different approach today.  I’m going to choose to focus on the best possible outcome for all concerned.   As Deepak Chopra says, “we live in a universe of all possibilities.”  We can chose the possibility that we are supported by a universe that loves and cares for us.  We can choose the possibility that the universe responds to our energy and reflects into our life circumstances that reflect our core beliefs.  In fact, we have the capacity to co-create our lives.

That’s what I’m choosing today.  I’m choosing to rejoice that the best possible outcome is now occuring for all concerned. I’m choosing to trust the Divine Life-Force that provides abundantly for all life forms.  When I do, I am aligning myself with the energy of abundance, joy, well-being and harmony.  That’s the energy that I want to co-create my life from.

Try it.  Think about something that you have no idea how it’s going to turn out. Something that normally would cause you to worry and fret about.  Now, make a conscious choice to be grateful for the wonderful outcome that is happening for you and all concerned.  Choose to see the perfect outcome.  Choose to live in the energy of rejoicing and gratitude.  Choose to trust that the universe loves you and provides abundantly for you.  Let yourself feel it.   Feel that you are a giant magnet pulling toward you this wonderful outcome.  Then, let go, and go about your day focusing on all the wonderful things…big and small… that have already manifested in your life.

As always, let me know how it goes.

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Today I am grateful that I am now receiving an offer of over $10,000 for my entire inventory of parenting books from an appreciative source who can get them out to bless the lives of many other moms.

I am grateful for the wonderful visit of a dear old friend I haven’t seen in a long time.

I am grateful that my kids are having a wonderful day at school.

I am grateful for the fact that I have choice and I am a co-creator in my life.