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Vitamins for Your Soul, Part IV

Give Thanks For Your Blessings

I've been practicing taking my vitamins for a while, and I'm noticing a lightening and expansion in myself. I think it is wonderful and I thoroughly encourage you to follow these ideas yourself.

For example, I went with my wife to a place of great beauty. We spent a lot of time hiking, meditating, and being with nature during the week. My concerns seemed to melt away as a result. It was probably the most relaxing vacation I've had in a long time despite some "apparent" external pressures that were bothering me a lot before I left. Yet, miraculously, I didn't even think about them while I was on this trip. Consequently, I want to give you several more "vitamins for your soul" this week

Our first two vitamins have included 1) Focusing on the Moment , 2) Making Yourself Laugh, and 3) Giving it to God. This week, we'll continue with our fourth vitamin, giving thanks for your blessings.

Give Thanks For Your Blessings

A great book that I recommend is called Marriage of Spirit1. It's a whole program to help you lighten yourself. And part of that program is to keep a daily journal. When I did the program, I'd write down all of the issues and emotional turmoil that I seemed to be going through that day. When I finished writing, I then did exercises to clear out the turmoil.

What was interesting to me was noticing how much turmoil I could write down in that journal. The exercises seemed to work, but there was always something to write down. And this really surprised me since I've done hundreds of hours of personal clearing work over the years, so I would expect to be pretty clear by now.

However, I remember an old adage that goes "you are what you think about." I'm very strongly in favor of personal clearing because most people have major scars on their souls that they need to heal. However, I've cleared just about all of them as far as I know. And I was still coming up with stuff.

However, then it began to dawn on me how much time I was spending in my life looking for things to clear. When you look, you always find something. As a result, I changed my focus to giving thanks each day. Instead of looking for issues, I spent the same amount of time writing down the blessings in my life and giving thanks for those blessings. Quite often the blessings are the same, but that's okay because I'm still thankful for them.

However, I find the process of writing down my blessings and giving thanks changes my focus entirely from the old process of finding my issues. What's occurred is a gradual lightening of my spirit. Again, this is a wonderful vitamin. Try it yourself.

So here's your assignment: Get yourself a journal and each day write down five blessings you've experienced for which you are very grateful. In addition, if you find yourself worrying about anything or fearful about anything, then write that down on a piece of paper and give it to God. Put it in your own God box. But remember that you have to be totally willing to turn it over to God and release it. If you don't give it willingly, you'll find that God is quite willing to let you keep it.

Notes

1. Marriage of Spirit is a book (and a program) that you can purchase from www.iitm.com that helps with personal clearing. One of the basic requirements is that you keep a journal so that you can recognize the patterns occurring in your life. When you discover the patterns, you then do various exercises to heal those patterns.

Dr. Van K Tharp
TradingEducation.com