“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new
lands but seeing with new eyes. “ —Marcel Proust
It’s easy to see what we’re lacking. It’s much more
difficult to find the gifts in all of life’s moments and challenges. I’ve
recently been focusing on shifting my perspective away from scarcity and
towards gratitude and abundance. While there are many things big and small to
pause and feel grateful for, here are the two on my mind most often lately:
Receiving. Support. It takes courage to ask for and receive support. I’m
fiercely independent and self-reliant. But this year I need it. And I asked. Serendipitously,
the right people and opportunities have started surfacing where I need them in my
business and personal worlds. Beautiful, talented and caring people are
organically forming this circle that is holding me. Building me up. Truly
seeing me. And opportunities have arrived that are nudging me to expand. I am
stretching myself to embrace receiving, to say yes and welcome what it brings. This
simple act leaves me feeling more grateful and open to what the universe has to
offer.
Finding hope and
strength in the most difficult moments. These are the moments I really just want to curl up in a
ball and hibernate from life. These moments knock you down and it would be so
easy to just stay there. But instead you get up, brush off and find the
opportunity for growth. I feel grateful for this spirit of hope and perseverance
that naturally springs from me when needed. I sometimes think it has come from
experiencing adversity in life.
I am putting my focus on gratitude, and sending a thank you
from my whole heart out into the winds to be scattered far and wide.
This post is part of
the Flying Lessons monthly blog circle. Hop to the next blog to read what
my creative sister Laly Mille is feeling grateful for.
xo