Given that it is Autumn and the energy is about Gratitude (as well as ritual and other things) and what great topic to focus on.
Gratitude remains an all year round energy but it intensifies during this time of the year, if you think about it there is no big surprise as to why.
We are coming to the end of the year, the summer crops have been harvested, or in the southern hemisphere you have the same end of year with the Gratitude for the coming summer.
So all in all which ever way you look at it there is Gratitude!

Gratitude is more than a just a word, it is a feeling, it is an energy, it is an action and it is also a behaviour.
It is always possible to say 'thanks' without thinking, but saying thank you with Gratitude is a totally different experience.

What is that you are thankful for? Who is it that you have never thanked but yet they make your life so amazing?
Who brightens up your day but you do not give Gratitude to?
More importantly however, what are you not giving yourself Gratitude for?

Like all spiritual concepts or transformation, the work has to start with the 'I,' i.e. YOU!
It is when you own and claim the quality you wish to share out in the world from your inner being, it does have more power in the outer world.
For example if you are someone who gives a lot but is not good at receiving then you will be out of balance and harmony.
There is no virtue in giving more than you give to yourself, and this is no truer than when you are on a journey of enlightenment.
Enlightenment, of course, is a continual process and as you move along the continuum there is a new level of lightness so different rules may apply, but the essence of balance always remains.

Coming back to you and Gratitude then. Gratitude isn't just for the things that you would class as great, helpful, abundant etc. because everything in your life is a gift, even if you don't experience it like that immediately.
In my experience and I am sure this is the same for you on many if not all occasions, the events and occurrences in your life that you would describe as horrid, tragic, painful, not what you wanted/wished for and so on are also things to be grateful for.
They often mark turning points in your life and awesome opportunities for growth.

The beauty of taking this approach to own and claim the quality that you are wanting to grow and nurture, and do the associated inner work is that you start to magnetize more of this quality towards you.
One of my favourite sayings is that like attracts like, so if you can work to be grateful to you, then others will be grateful to you, you will attract more situations and experiences that make you feel grateful and so on...see how it works?

The added bonus of working with Gratitude in this way is that rather than let yourself get consumed with things that you may describe as not right, not working etc you are changing their power and their meaning to one of Gratitude.
Gratitude is a much softer energy and keeps you in flow, rather than keeping you fighting against the tide!
Now, how wonderful does that sound?

With Gratitude comes your ability to see the 'gift' in each situation and it is after all part of the frequency of bliss -
Heaven on Earth!
There is a lot to be grateful for outside of you but trust me, there is just as much Gratitude that you should have for yourself too!

Cosmic Challenge to you:

I would like to encourage you this month to keep a Gratitude Journal.
Every week, preferably at the same set time write at least 10 things you are grateful to YOU for.
Trust me it really connects you to Gratitude as well as acts as a tool for you to off load and stop giving those negative, or unhelpful thoughts and patterns power.
Try and choose at least one, preferably more things to be grateful for that you wouldn't immediately assume you want to be grateful for.
Give it a try and watch the magic unfold for you in your life!

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Universal Challenge to you:

Join us for a one hour blissful meditation of Thanks and Gratitude~
~~for all the Blessings that we have been given and all the Blessings that are to come....

www.lightworkers.org/event/90783/angel-meditation

~in love and spirit~~
peter