11/02/2025
Meditation for November: Gratitude
By Maryann Miller
November…a month that turns our attention to being grateful. If we don’t already have a gratitude practice, we might feel an internal prompting to start one. But adding one more thing to our ‘to do’ list, well, where would we fit it in? So, we may not be leaning whole-heartedly into beginning this new practice. There might be another approach…what if you reworded your supplications/prayers/pleadings to your go-to-Higher-Choice which you are already doing. What if they all started with Thank you for…
During your reflection/meditation time this month, consider this…every time you ask for something, you are affirming its absence. You are confirming to God/Spirit/Universe that you are lacking, you are in need, you are suffering, you are sick, etc. You know your list. As you continue to pray this way, you are focusing on the very ‘things’ you want to change. Focusing on something energizes it. The ‘things’ won’t change if you keep focusing on them plus you are drawing more of the same to you. (basic high school physics…like energy attracts like energy) But when you begin by saying…Thank for you my vibrant health, thank you for bounty, thank you for perfect job/career for me, thank you for my agile, flexible body, etc., is affirming that these things already exist in your life while at the same time filling your heart with gratitude for them. Now energizing yourself with gratitude will bring more things for which to be grateful. And that’s when happy surprises pop up also.
And something else to consider…you already are perfectly healthy, abundant, prosperous, loved, whole, complete, generous, kind, peaceful, joyful, happy…you already are everything wonderful, beyond your wildest imagination because you were created that way! You are a spiritual being, perfect, whole, complete, pure and innocent…claim that every day with a grateful heart.
Click here to see this month’s affirmations: https://www.thecenterforliving.net/affirmations