An attitude of Gratitude

This morning as I was picking my cards for the day..........divination decks in case you were wondering..........the first one that came up was "Forgiveness". Whenever I do pick this card I am set to wondering about the act of forgiveness and how it pertains to me.

I read a book once called Radical Forgiveness. Great book by the way but I am sorry I can't remember the author's name. Anyway, the thing that got to me was the fact that, according to the author, since we choose the relationships in our lives, there is really NOTHING to forgive when things go awry.

Sure we all have times when we are going "that jerk" or "what a bi*ch" but in the end, we chose to have these relationships and regardless of how they end (or not) there are always lessons that we learn and this is a good thing. However, there is one relationship that we never lose and that is our relationship with our Self so, for me, the act of forgiveness is directed to me and that is what this card is sharing with me today...NOW.

I do get down on myself from time to time when I look at some of the relationships that I do choose to engage in. While I generally KNOW right from the onset of a relationship whether it is going to go the distance, still I choose to engage for whatever time the Universe deems appropriate. And since there is nothing to forgive in the other person, it would behoove me to be gentler with my self. I wish I could just say that I had to go through this since it was part of my Path, but I sometimes wonder.

Do we, as Souls enjoy putting ourselves through these entanglements? Or is it our Ego who refuses to pay attention to those gentle and sometimes not so gentle nudges that whatever or whoever it is we are starting to delve into is perhaps not for our highest growth. I mean does the Ego know more that the Soul? Uh, no!!

Anyway, what all of this showed me is that it is time to pay more attention to what it is that I, as a person, am putting out into the Universe as I am getting somewhat tired of things going AWRY!!

So as I said I picked cards and the other two were Purity and the Alchemist. So put that all together and it makes me go ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. I am a pure divine being of light just doing the best I can with what I have to work with............ahem..........that would be Me and YOU too are also Pure Divine Beings of Light so let's all pay attention to that fact.

We are also all able to change the situations in our lives once we choose to do so. The Alchemist story is one of changing lead into gold. In my case I am changing my attitude towards me and in so doing the energies that I send out and the energies that I call to me will reflect this new sense of self.

It is all about attitude now that I think about it. How we see ourselves is how others see us. When we change how we feel about ourselves, it is reflected back to us by those who come to share space with us.

So for today, adopt an attitude of gratitude for all that you have, all that you are and all that you are manifesting in every moment.

Namaste