Red Pixie’s – Elements of a Magical Life
The Art of Gratitude
Gratitude is something I have always been brought up to show, my grandma was very adamant that her grandchildren would a) always show respect and b) would always have impeccable manners, two things in which she most certainly succeeded. A trait which I have instilled in my little ones, another trait I adopted was gratitude, these days it comes in the form of a gratitude book, It’s a simple process in where on one page you give thanks for all the things you are thankful to already have in your life and on another page you are thankful for all the things you wish to manifest into your life. This is a real simple, yet really effective way of learning the art of two things, gratitude and manifestation.
As a child things really came to me quite easily, I used to keep a diary hidden under my bed, and in it I would write all the things that I truly wished for in my book, a best friend who shared the same interests as me, the outfit I saw in my local shopping centre and for that really cute boy to ask me to dance at the school disco. I was already thankful for these things even though they hadn’t manifested into my life. So when did I get out of the habit? Thinking about it, I probably got out of the habit when I hit the same gravy train as everyone else, I left college and got a job, in fact I worked myself through college and haven’t stopped working since, in the years that past I noticed more often than not how much harder things were to come by, I honestly put this down to the usual things we BLAME everything on.
It was the fact I didn’t make good money, I worked all the hours I could, I didn’t have time once I met my husband we had full time jobs and a house to keep. The excuses just kept rolling, in fact none of those things were true, I had already blocked my flow of easy manifestation by thinking I had to blame my own laziness on to things, in truth, I wasn’t making the time for myself, time to be at one with me and my own thoughts long enough to know what I really desired. So I lost my way, in which time I had two amazing children who taught me that I could be everything I had dreamed of, my husband, who is the most supportive man I have ever met, really wanted me to find myself again, and helped me any which way he could.
I turned to my angel oracle cards everyday for guidance and in answer to my question that I was so desperately seeking an answer to I was so clearly told that I knew the answer in my heart of hearts, which in all honestly I found to be a cop out. I wanted a straight answer and I couldn’t get it. So, I spent time, when I could by myself thinking about where I wanted to go with my life. A few years earlier I spent time training in the art of Reiki healing, I knew that Archangel Raphael was the Angel you called upon for any healing assistance. One day whilst I lay meditating I was shocked to be shown an image of Archangel Raphael telling me I was a healer, my path lay in healing.
The lightbulb moment had finally arrived, this was what I wanted to do, I love to help people and I love to give Reiki, but I also loved my art and thought that my career path lay in art rather than healing. So I decided to turn back to the one thing that had always worked for me time and time again, I made my own Gratitude book, I designed the cover and the inside pages and I held it in my hands to charge it with my intentions of use.
I spent every night for eight weeks writing out everything I was grateful to have in my life, from a beautiful home and healthy children to the clean drinking water we have access to in our corner of the world. Then, on the otherside, I started to list all the things I wanted to manifest into my life and it helped me gain focus, I learned I could have anything I wished for but if I wanted something specific then I would have to be specific in my book. The thing is the art of Gratitude and Manifestation really makes you sit down and think, it makes you reassess what you want and what you need, it stops you from being greedy and the reason they work is simple, because I believe in each thing I list 100% I know they will manifest because I believe they will do, why? Simple, because I asked the universe and the universe knows no bounds.
I am at the moment setting up my healing centre, where I will be combining all of my hearts desires, and yes that was one of the many things I put on my list, I feel blessed every day of my life, because I got myself out of the trap of ‘I have no money’ and I now live in the ‘we are completely provided for’ and no, that does not mean we are rich but we get by, one day we may be wealthy enough to afford a family vacation somewhere warm but right now we are right where we should be, learning exactly the lessons we need to learn, and most importantly we are happy. I am also working very closely with Ganesh who is being very helpful at walking before me and clearing any obstacles that may get in my way. He is another gentle energy who is there to help us where ever we need it, he is perfect to help us especially in business.
If you haven’t tried this form of manifestation then I recommend you give it a try, it works fast, it helps you focus on exactly what you want, it’s free to do and makes you realise all those material things like the latest phone or the latest computer game are not important, building a life together is simply the most satisfying and beneficial thing we can do as individuals. If you can get your children involved too then that’s even better as they are learning such valuable lessons by this practise. John Lennon famously said, when he was at school the teacher asked them to write down on a piece of paper what they wanted to be when they grew up, he wrote Happy, the teacher told him that he had misunderstood the exercise, to which he replied, ‘No Miss, I think you have’ what a perfect lesson she learnt from him that day.
Bright Blessings to each and Every one of you.