Make Everyday Thanksgiving

I would like to wish my readers a Happy Thanksgiving. I sincerely hope each and every one of you is able to have some alone time to reflect on your current life path and your abundant blessings.

My hope is that on this day you become aware of your blessings and give the appropriate thanks. I for one am extremely grateful for a great deal of things Without them I would be nothing.

Overall today was a fairly productive day. I woke up early this morning to do a quick work out with my dad. Afterwords I was feeling a bit ill and coughing a great deal, so I decided it was in my best interest to stay home from school (we had a half day today due to the Thanksgiving holiday.)

I went back to sleep until about 10. I awoke feeling refreshed and very motivated. I did some stretching and then proceeded to format my website. I changed my theme in hopes of making my site a bit easier to read and navigate. I still am not completely satisfied with the way it looks, though I’m hoping to finish tweaking it later tonight.

I did a fair amount of de-cluttering today, which left me feeling great. I was able to get through my desk in a decent amount of time. Although I still have my closet and bookshelf left, it was nice to get my desk out of the way.

I have devoted a nice slot of time tomorrow to take on my closet and bookshelf. I hope to donate my unused clothes and book to those in need. These past few weeks I have put a great deal of effort into simplifying my life, and I am quickly beginning to notice the positive benefits.

This past week has been one of my best weeks in recent memory, and with out a clear noticeable cause, I believe it to be the result of my less cluttered room.

Currently I am reading a magnificent book by Deepak Chopra entitled Synchro Destiny Chopra is a legend in the self-improvement field, yet this is the first book of his I’ve read. I am about half way through and find myself fascinated with it.

As far I know this is one of Chopra’s least well received novels to date, which I find very encouraging, because if this is his worst, I can’t wait to see his best.

I am most definitely going to add his books to my Christmas wish list. The only thing I can find wrong with it (this far) is it is a bit new agey, which could turn some people off. Since beginning this book, I placed significant emphasis on focusing on the little things in life, my breathing, thoughts, little sounds etc.

Perhaps this correlates with my recent week of feeling content.

The concepts and idea’s discussed in this book deserve a post in it’s self, so look for that in the coming weeks.

Today I spent a decent amount of time meditating; much of my meditation was blessings related, so after finishing I felt a great sense of peace. Though a particular moment of my meditation caught me off guard. I was focusing my attention on Thanksgiving and all of a sudden a surge of anger engulfed me.

Why do we have to have a day devoted to giving thanks? Shouldn’t every day be Thanksgiving? Now this isn’t to say I’m against a day of giving thanks, quite the opposite actually. I wish we had more days of giving thanks. You see, having a day devoted to thanks kind of down plays the importance of being thankful everyday.

I began to think.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have gratitude and thankfulness embedded into our every day lives just as eating, sleeping and socializing? Is that even possible? I would like to think so.

Since developing the habit of expressing gratitude daily, I have seen profound changes in the person I am. I find myself full of energy, less angry, and a more warmhearted individual. Does this mean I’m perfect? Nope, I’m far from it, in fact I make as many if not more mistakes than many of you.

I have days in which all the stuff I swear by go goes straight down the drain. Days in which I use phrases such as “ I hate my life” “ I’m so unlucky” “I wish I had…” But you know what? Since I’ve become more conscious in expressing my gratitude, I have found I have had these days significantly less.

Is this a coincidence? I’ll let you be the judge.

You don’t have to wait till the 4th Thursday in November to express your thanks. Instead, try to make everyday Thanksgiving, minus the turkey of course.

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