Evidence.  It’s what we human beings need in order to believe something.  We analytical beings require solid, prove-it-to-me evidence before we can fully accept something as true.  We can have faith, and many of us go on faith, but faith can be shaken and needs constant boosting in order to remain viable.  For example, in order to keep our faith in God, something we cannot unequivocally prove, we must continually attend religious services, read religious or inspirational material and perhaps be active in a study or support group.  Some of us need more factual evidence than others of course.

I believe in a Divine Power and a Presence that creates, guides and governs the universe and creates, guides and governs my life.  I believe we live in a friendly universe that constantly supports our highest good and our experience of joy.  It’s my faith. But how is this faith supported by evidence?   Have you guessed by now?  By the practice of…gratitude.

Practicing proactive gratitude daily builds evidence that I am cared for, that I am blessed, that I am loved.  I have evidence every day the Divine is present in my environment and that the universe is conspiring to support my experience of love and joy.  This evidence has, for me, done more than any other practice to support my faith.  For me now, it is not faith, it’s a fact.  When I look at the lists of gratitudes that I have written down in my journal and on this blog over the last few months, I see my proof right in front of my eyes. 

That’s why an essential element in the practice of proactive gratitude is to write your gratitudes down every day.  You are building evidence…in black and white.  It’s what your analytical mind wants…it’s what it needs to be convinced that you are blessed.  And, it is what it needs to be convinced that you will continue to be blessed and that more is on the way!  So, write them down…daily…either in your journal or here on this blog under the “comment” section.  Soon, you will have built the evidence your mind requires, and you will walk forward into your day, into your world, with the knowledge that you are loved and all is well!

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I am so grateful for the beauty of new, bright green leaves springing out in abundance of the trees all around me.

I am grateful for continued blessings in my efforts to become debt-free.

I am grateful for the closer bond my daughter and I forged these last few weeks.

I am grateful for my big protector dog who always on the job.

I am grateful for the successes this week in my business.

I am grateful for my husband’s work and how it fulfills him.