How to be Grateful for Yucky Things, and Why

Yesterday I blogged about being grateful as gratitude holds the key to opening doors... After the post I got to thinking about how sometimes it can be really tough to be grateful for something when that something is not necessarily lovely... So I decides to share an example....

I have two Boxer dogs. They crap in the back yard. A LOT.. Sometimes I feel like I pick up ten pounds of dog turds in the yard and I'll tell them "If I had a dollar for every turd I've picked up over the years..."

There was a point in time I caught myself saying repeatedly, "why do you have to crap so much?" In turn, I noticed that the dogs were not going as frequently... The LOA created a scenario that led to 'constipation' for the dogs resulting from my energy saying they were going too much... This was kind of an awakening moment, as I realized I need to be grateful that they crap so much, because it means they are healthy, and that their systems are doing what they need to do!

I know this may be a strange lesson in gratitude and the law of attraction, however it is to show you that where the thoughts go, the energy flows... We need to be so careful where we focus our intent, our thoughts, and our energy....

So yes, the Boxer Duo are happily crapping in the back yard to their hearts content, and I am grateful that the little poop factories are running!

Alethea Anderson
MultiMediaMom.com

Gratitude is the key that unlocks every door.

Many times we focus on what we do not have, we focus on the 'lack' of what is. This energy leaves us feeling dark, which results in that heaviness, which in turn attracts more lack, darkness, and heavy energy.

It can be very difficult to feel grateful when we feel like the world is out to get us, and that everything is going wrong in our lives. However, the more ways we can express gratitude, the more we will start being surrounded in the light, and the feeling of that heaviness will start to lift, and we will find that we start feeling better and attracting more good things.

How do we start? Find something, anything, you are grateful for. It can be something small... When you express the gratitude, feel it with warm light emitting from your heart.....

• I am grateful for the fuzzy socks on my feet.

So simple, yet it will shift the energy ever so slightly....

• I am grateful for this chair I sit upon.

True gratitude for the small things in life, on a daily basis, will continue to shift the energy around you...

• I am grateful to be able to smell the aroma of this rose.
• I am grateful to be able to see this amazing rose starting to bloom at sunrise.
• I am grateful to be able to see this drop of dew on the rose.

You can express your gratitude at any time, and take it anywhere with you. Even if you are feeling distressed standing in a long line at a store...

• I am grateful that I have the means to make this purchase.

There is always, always, always something we all can be grateful for. The more gratitude we express, we will find we hold the key to unlock doors with abundant blessings....

What are you grateful for?

Alethea Anderson

MultiMediaMom.com