Sunday morning. I’ve been out as a morning person for quite some time now. Even the word morning sends a tingle through me. Know thyself and embrace those strengths.
Just before these manicured fingers began to dance across the keyboard, I was listening to a podcast recorded by my teacher Gabrielle Bernstein, available through her Miracle Membership program. The podcast was on in the background as I was organizing some of the piles of work on my desk and my conscious mind heard my teacher say the phrase “vortex of appreciation.” I put down the pile, paused the podcast and began writing to you. As per usual, these love letters come from divine inspiration—rarely do I have a plan.
Now, I have an idea for you. Close those beautiful eyes. Visualize yourself in a cup, a beautiful container large enough for you to feel comfortable and cozy enough for you to feel safe… surrounding you, cushioning you, pouring all over you are the things you love and appreciate… the people, places, things and ideas for which you feel gratitude… the elements of your day that light you up. Sit there. Soak it in. Splash around in it. Pick it up and toss it like some glittery confetti. Feel the appreciation surrounding you. Bask in it.
Flutter those beautiful eyes back open. Do you feel that? That glow of everything you love all around you? You can access that feeling anytime and anywhere. It is within you.
What’s in my cup? (And no, I don’t know where the cup idea came from. I heard Gabby say “vortex of appreciation” and I got a visual of myself in what I can best describe as a stemless wine glass. We just roll with these things). My cup overfloweth with you, dear readers, with my furbabies, with my family and my famOILy, with abundance, with mornings and sunshine, with beautiful things. If your cup feels empty or if it has sprung a leak, I’m down to pour some of mine into yours or you can even dive into my vortex— plenty of space in my cup for you. Plenty of gratitude to share.
So take a moment to feel it, emotionalize with the vortex of appreciation. And anytime today you feel yourself slipping out of appreciation and gratitude, know that you can visualize and dive back in. Some days, I stay there with ease and other days I have to dive back in many, many times. Big smiles. Much love.