Dear Ones,
There is no one among you who has not been touched by another human being. Nor is there anyone who has not touched another person’s life in a positive way. Even if you cannot think at the moment of someone else whose life you have touched, they are there.
Did you smile at the mail carrier? Did you help a lost child find their parent in the grocery store? Did you put money in a charity collection box? Did you send a birthday card or a thank you card or a sympathy card?
Every act of kindness that you have ever offered has been a touch of positive energy in another person’s life. And you, too, have been the recipient of kindnesses from many other people. Who smiled at you? Complimented you? Sent you a birthday card? Bought you a meal?
It is easy to feel gratitude when you allow yourself to focus on what has come to you in your life. It is easy to feel compassion when you see another’s need and decide to take what action you can to help alleviate that need. Both of these energies will be needed during the coming times when every human being on Planet Earth will need help from another and will be called upon to help others.
Take time to connect to the feeling of gratitude when a kindness is extended to you. Remember that energy of gratitude when you are wishing for something else or some other kindness to come to you. The energy of gratitude is a great magnet to attract that for which you can feel grateful. Where many people lose their way is in waiting for something to come into their life before they feel the gratitude. Feel the gratitude first. Feel grateful that that which you desire exists in the Universe in the form that is in your highest good and will come to you at the perfect time in the perfect manner. Stay in gratitude rather than in the feeling of lack or wanting. Trust that you are taken care of, that you have what you need in this very moment. Feel gratitude for that circumstance that is bringing you lessons you need to learn for your own personal growth.
Does this mean that you must lie to yourself about your feelings if there is something that you are lacking? No. But it is your focus and your emotions that you can control. Are you focusing your energy on that lack? Are you feeling angry or sad or worried about the lack? Then you are not in a receptive energy and the lack will be all that you can see. But if you shift your focus to this present moment, to what you do have, and feel gratitude for what is going on IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, then you are in the energy of receiving and the Universe can answer that energy by bringing to you that which you desire.
Now take this attitude of gratitude and extend it to helping other people. If you find compassion in your heart, true compassion and not pity, then you will be led to help others. Be grateful for the opportunity to help other people. Be grateful for the chance to share from the abundance that you have in your own life, even if you feel that you lack money or resources or food or the perfect mate or the perfect job. You are breathing the precious air of Mother Earth. The Sun is in the sky. You are reading these words. Find at least one thing to be grateful for and then give from that place of gratitude for the opportunity to give.
This is true compassion. This is what humanity is being called to experience and to share. The evolution of human consciousness has reached the point where each individual must decide for himself or herself whether or not they are going to operate from the exquisite energy of gratitude and compassion or to choose to isolate themselves from the connection to other human beings and operate as if they live in a vacuum.
When you are faced with the choice, Dear Ones, please choose compassion. Be a part of the elevation of human consciousness to higher levels than have been around you before. Lift yourself as you help others and you will be a bigger beneficiary than the people that you help.
Gratitude begets more opportunities to feel grateful. Think of this as sending thank you cards to the Universe before the gifts arrive! And compassion begets compassion. Give and you shall receive.
And so it is.
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MUSE-INGS: The New Consciousness and You
November 9, 2011 — RosemaryAre you ready for the New Consciousness? Gratitude and Compassion, based on the concept that we are all connected, that none of us operates on the Planet alone. It is time for us to step up to this concept and to share it widely.
When you feel you are struggling with life, with certain circumstances or situations, with finances or work or relationships, can you have compassion for yourself and your struggles? Maybe this is where gratitude starts. Go gently with yourself in your troubles. Make sure you are not beating yourself up or judging yourself to be ‘not good enough’ or spending your focus on the ‘why me?’ question. Start by getting yourself into the energy of compassion toward yourself. Then start looking for something to feel gratitude about. Move from compassion to gratitude, even if, at first, you can only feel gratitude for the fact that there is a lesson to be learned in this situation, as there is in every situation.
Stay with gratitude. Don’t let worry or fear or lack creep into you. Keep gently bringing your focus back to gratitude. And I’m not talking here about ‘I’m grateful that I’m not worse off or that I don’t have so-and-so’s problems’ – I’m saying find at least one thing that you can be grateful for in your life today. Think of one person who loves you. Or one whom you love. Think of the car you drive or the view outside your window or the rain for the flowers or the smile on your child’s face when they hit the baseball. It doesn’t have to be something grand and it doesn’t have to be the same kind of thing that you’re upset about or missing.
Bring in the energy of gratitude and you bring in what you desire. It’s pretty simple. The converse is true, too. If you cannot find anything about which to feel grateful, then the Universe has trouble connecting you to things that would elicit that energy in you.
I am sitting in my office in our beautiful home in Colorado Springs watching 13 deer cavort in the yard while the sun shines on newly fallen snow. I am grateful. For the deer, for the snow that will put the grass to sleep for the winter with extra moisture, for the sunshine that makes this day a bright one. I am grateful that I am warm and comfortable inside as I work. And I will soon be with my grandchildren so I am grateful for that opportunity to be ‘Grandma Mimi.’ And am I sad that I am leaving this home for a move across the country? Not really. I feel complete with this house and have released it to the next family to enjoy it. I am grateful for the time that this has been our home and I am ready to move on to the next phase of life.
What can you find to bring you into a state of gratitude? Look around you in this present moment. What do you see? If you have been worrying about paying the bills or finding a job or meeting that perfect someone, can you find something that you DO have in your life about which you can feel gratitude?
Now how does this connect with compassion? I believe we must come from a place of compassion for ourselves and each other so that we connect these energies in all that we do. No one is disconnected from the energy of the human community, no matter what we might think or want. When we start with that understanding then our choices in life become easier. When we learn to have compassion for ourselves we will become more compassionate members of the human community and will have compassion for others.
Think about Compassion and Gratitude in your life this week. How can you grow in your understanding of both energies? How can you share these energies with others? Practice both and watch the Universe say, ‘Good for you!’
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