Archive for the ‘Gratitude Journal’ Category
Posted on June 24, 2010 - by Denis
Bye Bye USA, Appreciating Friendships
Today is the second to last day of my trip to the US. I took the bus from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, so I don’t have to hurry to catch the flight from LAX at 8am tomorrow. I’ve decided to stay at a youth hostel close to the airport as there’s not enough time to meet up with any of the people I know here and possibly stay at their place tonight. But that’s cool, I haven’t stayed at a hostel in a long time 
- I am grateful for meeting some interesting folks here at the hostel. It’s great to see that people are making their dreams of travelling come true by just doing it and being great examples for others to follow.
- I am grateful for experiencing quite a few instances of perfect timing today. It’s wonderful when things just fall into place due to that.
- I am grateful for my evolving ability to become aware of and transform my negative mind that wants to make me worry all too often. Good to get chances to practice turning worry into trust and confidence.
- I am grateful for meeting a guy from Taiwan / Singapore in the bus, how I intuitively chose to sit down next to him and the conversations that we shared during the 5 hour bus ride. Good to get in touch with cultures I’ve never experienced before. I love the subtle positive influences this has on me.
- I am grateful for the Kundalini Yoga class I joined yesterday evening in Vegas. Great to find people who teach that everywhere I go!
- I am grateful for having been shown during that class that I can meditate for 31 minutes straight, while practicing to focus on prosperity for all life areas. Good to be challenged to hone my focus.
- I am grateful for how my body appreciates the workout by letting me feel sore muscles all over. It shows me how much more I can actually challenge myself physically.
- I am grateful for having had a place to stay, live and just be for the last 6 and a half weeks in the USA. I came here as a kind of stranger, not knowing what to expect and how it would turn out, and leaving with a heightened sense of familiarity and trust. It’s great to experience that I can survive with very little planning and instead by just being myself — open, authentic, friendly, caring, loving.
- I am grateful for having had such great hosts. Even though our connection was not always the deepest, we had a good time together and were able to appreciate each other. I love how I deal better and better with the deeply ingrained feer that I cannot accept others’ hospitality because I could be a burden for them.
- I am grateful for the awesome time I had playing and just “hanging out” with my hosts’ dogs. I love animals, it’s such an amazing experience to feel deeply connected to them, to feel their companionship, their acceptance, their love.
What are you grateful for today? What awesomeness have you experienced that you truly appreciate?
Posted on May 7, 2010 - by Denis
Gratitude Wave #01: Appreciating the Music of Life
Here we go, first post for our gratitude wave game! See info at the bottom to find out how you can join!
initial post: Gratitude Wave #01: Appreciating the Music of Life
in reply to: -none, this is the initial post -
rules: Write a blog post with seven things you’re grateful for today in response to the latest gratitude wave post that hits you, update the “in reply to” link, spread the word about your post, so others will reply and the wave travels as far as we can make it! Check back at the initial post to learn how far we’ve made it after 24 hours!
My seven statements of gratitude:
I am grateful that there are so many musicians, so passionate about creating music to which I can dance and sing and relax and celebrate.
I am grateful that the Universe is one of those musicians, creating the music I dance to by living my life.
I am grateful for the variety of different styles of music – even though I sometimes may not like one of them, it serves me well as a way of understanding better what I do like.
I am grateful for people who love singing while I’m dancing and the other way around. None of us has to ever get tired of doing just one thing, because we can always work in perfect harmony, complementing each other beautifully.
I am grateful for the recognition of oneness that arises from this realization and perspective. What peaceful and empowering an idea!
I appreciate the mysterious and wonderful ways in which life arranges this musical even we know as life – sometimes resembling more an opera performance, sometimes more like a spontaneous jamming session, but always guiding the participants, performers and observers towards perfect balance, harmony and joy.
I appreciate my self-awareness that made me notice that maybe it’s going to be hard for others to be inspired by what I appreciate because today it’s phrased as if I were not appreciating really simple things, when actually these things really are simple… and I will trust that my readers and those who want to play with me will find ways to connect with what I’ve written or not and play along anyway 
(This is a post for our game “Gratitude Wave”, check out the post LET’S PLAY: THE GRATITUDE WAVE if you want to join or find out more about it!)
Posted on April 18, 2010 - by Denis
Fasting [Gratitude]
Today is the second day I’m fasting, with two preceding days of very little food so my body could adjust more easily. I had quite some cravings during the low-eating preparational days, but yesterday was really OK already and today is the same, as it seems so far Energy levels are quite acceptable,
- I am grateful for the signals my body is sending me about how much and what kind of food would serve us best.
- I am grateful for the option of not giving in to cravings, sitting with the bad feeling and working out the associated (emotional) issue.
- I am grateful for being able to survive for a few days without any food whatsoever.
- I am grateful for feeling as light and free as I do.
- I am grateful for the increased mental clarity I experience in this process.
- I am grateful for the support I receive from the people around me. My flatmates and my (online) friends are super encouraging and inspiring.
- I am grateful for the quasi-instant manifestation skills that I seem to be developing. It rocks to make a new choice and then 2 hours later have someone talk about you, telling you they’ve acted upon your choice a few hours even *before* you’ve made it. That’s more like past-changing manifestation skills
- I am grateful for the ability to communicate to other people from the heart.
- I am grateful for being able to channel inspiring information to other people, from whatever higher intelligence is best in the moment. I love being a vessel, a conductor, a transmitter.
- I am grateful for all of the beautiful things money can (help) do and that we can choose to participate in the directing of the continuous flow of money and the good it aids.
- I am grateful for the cool and effective ways in which technology enables us to communicate and collaborate, playing its part in making the impossible possible.
What’s on your mind today? What are you grateful for? Keep yourself in a constant state of gratitude and appreciation and receive more good stuff back from your most very awesomest friend… the Universe!
Posted on April 12, 2010 - by Denis
Hello Consciousness
How are you doing, other part of my consciousness, down there at the deepest core of my Being, while simultaneously soaring at the highest heights, contemplating all that is?
I had a great day so far. Very little, but conscious eating, some challenging exercise, meditation, a mid-afternoon nap. There is a lot to be grateful for today:
- I am grateful for the high amount of both physical and mental energy I have available.
- I am grateful for the quality food available to me every day that sustains a permanent expansion of those energies.
- I am grateful for the perfect health I’m experiencing right now.
- I am grateful for the connections with awesome people.
- I am grateful for the practice of meditation that brings me closer to my true, authentic self every time I choose to do it.
- I am grateful for being aware and becoming more aware simply by holding the intention.
- I am grateful for warming sunlight.
- I am grateful for the passion that flows through me.
- I am grateful for having access to all the creativity I desire.
- I am grateful for my salt lamp and the atmosphere it fills my room with.
- I am grateful.
What are you grateful for today? How do you celebrate the gift of your life today?
Posted on April 8, 2010 - by Denis
New Energy
Today was a lot better than yesterday. Writing that gratitude journal entry really helped me shift my focus from negative to positive thoughts and set the stage for a wonderful day, full of new insights and energy!
These are the things I am grateful for today:
- I am grateful for the cases of perfect timing the Universe continues to set up for me. I can be running late for an appointment, stay in the state of feeling good and if I don’t feel like speeding up then it’s going to be OK because the other person / people will either be late, too, or will find something useful to do
- I am grateful for being both coach and coachee for my Canadian friend Teresa from flownorth.ca. It’s a lot of fun to talk to her on Skype and we always come up with great insights and solutions that improve each other’s lives.
- I am grateful for the great music the lovely Kina Grannis created on her album Stairwells. It’s awesome to listen to it and just feel the love, joy and passion she has put into its making – And the free music she put up on youtube, with Fireflies, Love Story and Together (music really starts at 1:40+) as some of my favorites!
- I am grateful to be on Earth in this time of great shifts and changes. It is really exciting to learn about all the things that are going on and be part of the process!
- I am grateful for us not being alone in the Universe and that more and more of us realize and accept this and begin to work towards “more-than-international” cooperation. Crazy times!
- I am grateful for being blessed with the gift of natural empathic listening and for realizing today that it is something I can share with and teach to others!
- I am grateful for being surrounded by so many great souls who are already working on aiding the accelerating transformation of consciousness and that I can just join them and play my part in an easy, flowing, synchronistic way.
- I am grateful for being able to choose what I want to focus upon.
- I am grateful for being given both the chance and obligation to create whatever life I prefer by assigning the meaning I want to essentially meaningless events and circumstances. It is only through me that creation has meaning, has purpose.
- I am grateful for the web technology we have created so far. The possibilities to invent useful and fun stuff within this framework are awesome!
- I am grateful for the endless creativity that is available to me at all times, in every moment of my existence. Sure, with that it’s hard to claim that anything I create is really of my own making, but being just a conducting element, observing great stuff happen and not taking credit for it is acceptable, too
Now that was quite all over the place, not a very focused set of things to be grateful for. But so be it, I’ve expanded my mind quite a bit today, so that’s one of the results from that…
How was your day today? What challenges did you experience, how did you solve them, what blocked you from solving them? What are you grateful for?
Posted on April 7, 2010 - by Denis
Strange Day
This day was a little strange, felt somewhat “off” (as in “off track”)… but that happens. I still have gratitude for:
- I am grateful for my girlfriend. She is super supportive and enjoys encouraging, comforting and coaching me through the rougher times I do experience from time to time.
- I am grateful for my mastermind group. We’ve created it only very recently but all of us individually already had some better and worse times and we’ve been able to support each other quite effectively all of the time. That is really powerful.
- I am grateful for the beautiful weather we had today. The sun was gorgeous, the blue sky cloudless and awesome to look at. Sitting on the meadows next to the river Elbe, watching the sunset was very enjoyable.
- I am grateful for the lessons I receive every time I feel bad about something and then ask about the reasons for it.
- I am grateful for receiving money when it is required.
- I am grateful for the life force energy I receive from Mother Earth and for all the ways and shapes and forms in which I do so.
- I am grateful for all the new information about exciting things that reaches me every day.
- I am grateful for having a money / financial system as it gives me huge freedom in choosing with who, where, when and how I exchange physical value.
- I am grateful for the flaws in our current money system, for they allow me to better understand what I want and what I do not want.
- I am grateful for being connected to my Higher Self, even though the quality of the connection can vary at times. I love what I receive through this connection: Intuitive guidance, a sense of knowing, true wisdom, lots of manifestation power, …
- I am grateful for having a family that has supported me in the past and continues to support me in every way they can even though they often really don’t agree with how I am living my life. We are great gifts to one another.
I hope you enjoy the sharing of my gratitude for the wonderful things in my life. What are you grateful for?
