Dr. Elizabeth Severino & the
Angel-Wonder Powers Team
Chat'N'Pray
January 12, 2006

"The Power of Gratitude"

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Marge - Dee ... I agree!
Marge - Hi Cheryl!
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Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - hey C
ak - Hi, nice to be here
Elizabeth - Thank you, Dee!
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Elizabeth - Hi, Robin!
Robin - HIEveryone
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - hi Jolight, Robin , ak
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Elizabeth - Hi, Marg1263!
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - lots of new names tonight...;)
Marge - Hi marg1263 ... is this your lucky number?
marg1263 - Hi everyone!
Elizabeth - Our topic tonight is the Power of Gratitude.
Robin - Hi Marg1263
Marge - Great topic, Liz!
marg1263 - its my b-day month and year
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - Liz- where shall we start on this topic?
Elizabeth - There's also been a request to do some follow-up on the chat topic from last time, which was, the masks of the personality.
Elizabeth - However, we'll start on the Power of Gratitude, since it helps the other work ... the work of uncovering the masks ... go easier and faster.
Marge - Yes, Liz, I for one asked for that if possible, ... a very powerful topic ... whew, taking a lot of work! LOL
Elizabeth - Those of you who are newcomers, Welcome! ... Simply follow along, we’ll guide you through everything!
Marge - Perfect!
Elizabeth - Dee, I was praying and meditating on "where to start" myself today!!! LOL!!!
Cheryl - Liz, quick question, I have a cat that recently started shredding paper--any suggestions?
Cheryl - like...?
Elizabeth - Cheryl, where is the cat?
Cheryl - on my ;ap
Elizabeth - What is your cat's name?
Cheryl - Champy
Elizabeth - She says it's not a problem for her, that she's shredding paper. LOL! Is it a problem for you?
Donna - logged on. -
Elizabeth – Cheryl? Or are you just curious?
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - LOL
Cheryl - not unless its an important paper--is she doing it for fun? I thought she might be imitating the rats -they rip paper all day long
Marge - Hi Donna
Cheryl - just curious
Donna - Hi Marge
Marge - oh Cheryl, maybe she wants to get in on the game, LOL
Elizabeth - She IS doing it for entertainment. She says she's not eating it, just shredding it. And then looking around and being amused at the mess.
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - C-this is a new habit of Champy's right"
Cheryl - I just wanted to know if she was upset at something
Marge - LOL, LOL
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - Liz- that is too funny
Cheryl - well, it is a MESS when she's done, its tiny bits and she'll made hundreds of them if I let her!
Elizabeth - Cheryl, she says no, she's not upset. It's just something to do that never occurred to her to do until recently.
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - HAHAHA
Elizabeth - The mess amuses her, Cheryl!
Marge - RAOTF Laughing!
Cheryl - is there anything thing else I can "entertain her with" that she might like also?
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - its amusing me too...dear sister...lol
Cheryl - she is on my desk right now purring up a storm!
Marge - oh Cheryl, this made my night! I needed a good laugh! Thank you Champy!
Elizabeth - Cheryl, she says she's really "into" this at the moment. It pleases her. She’s quite pleased with herself.  She likes the feel of doing something with her teeth. She likes the sensation. She likes the mess. It's fun, she says.
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - Mrge- i've seen the mess she makes...its crazy
Elizabeth - She even likes arching her head up when she tears the paper.
Cheryl - Well, then, SHED AWAY I SAY!
Elizabeth - She also said she might get tired of it at some point. But for now she's loving it.
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - Liz- thanks for reading Champy...im laughing so hard right now
Elizabeth - She's a hoot!
Donna - Maybe she would like one of those tunnels that make noise.
Marge - Well, as long as Cheryl can live with it for a while, she'll probably find something else entertaining later on, LOL Oh, I can't help it, this is SO Funny!
Cheryl - Thank you lIz, that was bothering me that something might be wrong, but now I can be amused by it and even give her more "appropriate" paper to shred
Elizabeth - Cheryl ... well ... given tonight's topic ... the idea arises, to be grateful she's found something so enjoyable that's relatively harmless!!!
Elizabeth - Except to the paper of course! LOL!
Cheryl - AMEN!
Marge - Cheryl, I shred a lot of papers and find it so time consuming. I think I need a Champy! LOL, LOL
Cheryl - lol
Cheryl - Shes a beautiful cat, nothing ever wrong with her--an actual happy-go-lucky--and I mean ALL the time
Elizabeth – Marge …. TOOO funny!  Cheryl, when Champty sends me the energy of tearing up the paper, she also is sending the energy of having at least one eye on "role models" for tearing up paper ... she's very grateful that they've taught her this idea.
Cheryl - purrs even if you LOOK at her
Cheryl - is this the rats that I have?
Elizabeth - She says the difference is, when her role models tear up paper, it's contained, like it’s inside of something else. When she tears up paper, it flies all over. She says she's having much more fun with it than they are!
Marge - I'm grateful to Champy for making me laugh!
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - how great
Elizabeth - She's a real sweetie!
Cheryl - I have 18 rats, they tear paper constantly, I wonder if they are her "role models"
Marge - Cheryl, what color is she? any markings?
Elizabeth - She's really pretty proud of herself. She says she's doing a great job of it ... tearing up paper. She's obviously loving talking about it!!! LOL!!!
Marge - Great start for this evening's topic, eh, Liz?
Elizabeth - Cheryl, I just asked her, she said, "Yes, of course!"
Elizabeth - Marge, yes! LOL!
Cheryl - Shes all grey-, thick short coat
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Marge - Love and Gratitude to Champy for making us laugh tonight!
Marge - Hi RT
Elizabeth - Hi, RT!
Cheryl - Liz, I can't thank you enough! She's actually beaming sitting here--I can tell she’s so PROUD of herself!
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Rosie Tara - Sorry I am late ...Hi everybody
Elizabeth - Well, LOL, back to tonight's topic ... the Power of Gratitude.
Elizabeth - It occurred to me, to start with distinctions, energetic distinctions.
Marge - RT .. when you read this part of the transcript, I think you'll get a good laugh too
Cheryl - I've been calling her "mommy's little termite"
Rosie Tara - Full shopping center, hot day, terrible traffic !
Elizabeth - Cheryl ... LOL!!!
Marge - okay Liz
Rosie Tara - Did I miss something...???
Elizabeth - RT, Cheryl's cat has a new behavior, you'll see it and laugh when you read the transcript!
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - ok-energetic distinctions....
Jolight - I am really grateful to be here in 2006
Marge - You'll just have to read it RT, it will be more meaningful when you do
Elizabeth - I have come to realize that one of the fastest ways to change our lives, is to invite ourselves to be in the energy of gratitude, daily.  If not always.
Elizabeth - And a good way to start this, is to type into the Chatroom now, what you're grateful for ... Jo has already started!
Rosie Tara - Can't wait to read it
Cheryl - Champy! and all my other animal companions
Elizabeth - And while you're doing this ... letting things arise for you, that create a feeling of gratitude for you, and keying it into the chatroom ... begin to create distinctions on how this feels, and where you feel it in your body, your being. We'll address that shortly!
christine - the fact that I am able to make a living doing what i love
Donna - I'm grateful for my amazing dog who has been an extraordinary teacher.
Marge - I'm grateful to be part of this incredible Angel Wonder-Powers Team
marg1263 - I am grateful that my 2 nephews chris and tim just got back to the US from Iraq lasat night after their second tour and they are safe!
Robin - I am grateful everyday that my husband has survived another day after many health problems.
Rosie Tara - I am grateful to be healthy
Cheryl - My career success, my family, my friends
ak - I am grateful that I have family who loves me, friends who love me, and a wonderful dog who's been sharing my life for 15 years!
Cheryl - my health
christine - the extraordinary women in my life especially today
Elizabeth - I'm grateful to be able to share with such wonderful Beings as all of you and your wonderful animals, at times like this!
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Rosie Tara - Marge, me too !!!!!
Elizabeth - Hi, GG!
Donna - I am grateful for being on a spiritual path.
christine - the grace and blessings i receive everyday, and the sheer joy and wonder of it all
Cheryl - I am greatful for what people like Liz and all of you have been able to open my eyes to that help make me a better person for myself and others
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - I am grateful for being where I am in my life and the people who I share my life with
Jolight - I am grateful that earlier this evening I participated in a John Main Contemplative Meditation Group at my church
marg1263 - I am grateful that I was able to talk to you also Dr. Liz about my horse Aidan
GirlyGirls - Hi All. . .I'm reading up . . .
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - and animals too
Elizabeth - GG, we're keying into the chatroom what is arising from us, as sources of gratitude ... and noting where it occurs in our bodies.
Marge - I'm grateful for becoming more "aware"
GirlyGirls - Thanks.
Elizabeth - I am grateful to God, for being my Friend.
Donna - I am grateful for Reiki and for being able to help others heal.
Cheryl - winning the lottery--well it hasn't happened yet, but keck, why not put the energetic out there...lol
Marge - I'm grateful for my continued healing and good health
Rosie Tara - I am grateful that I am able to be grateful.....
Marge - LOL Cheryl, me too, LOL
Donna - I am grateful for family.
Elizabeth - I am grateful for Tanuka, who continues to grace my life from the Other Side.
Cheryl - good point Rosie--that we are in a position to have things to be thankful for
Robin - I am grateful for all the my dogs have taught me over the years and I can share that with others.
GirlyGirls - I am grateful that I am starting to realize how one makes money !
Elizabeth - I am grateful for my daughter and my grandsons!
Rosie Tara - How wonderful for you Liz
GirlyGirls - Beyond the hard work thing. . the state of mind part. . .
Cheryl - For Suve-my eternal gratitude for being a teacher and my love
Donna - I am grateful for having had two amazing cats in my life.
Marge - I am grateful for the time I had with my horse Cozon and my cat Sherman while they were in form, and for being able to communicate with them on the other side through Elizabeth
Rosie Tara - Me too , Liz...very grateful
Elizabeth - I am grateful that pathways exist, to help ease suffering for all beings on our planet.
Donna - I am grateful for all I'm beginning to learn about classical homeopathy.
GirlyGirls - I am grateful for the promise of healing. . .
Elizabeth - I am grateful for the Internet, which has opened up connection opportunities for all of us, especially those of us here now!
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - I am grateful that if we ask, we shall receive
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - Liz-good one
Rosie Tara - I just studied that we even have to be grateful if we suffer....
GirlyGirls - Absolutely, RT!
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - I am grateful for the ability to believe
Jolight - I am grateful for this Chatroom and the Positive Spirits in it
Marge - I am grateful for this increible opportunity to learn and grow spiritually
Rosie Tara - because we work on our Karma...
christine - I am grateful that I am not in control..and that I know this
Cheryl - I'll agree with that Liz-it helps me both in spiritual connection with mentors and friends as well as an important work tool
Marge - I agree, Liz
GirlyGirls - In Catholicism, we refer to it as the redemptive aspects of suffering, or "offering it up" as a prayer
Cheryl - Rosie-I agree--with suffering ofteen we are taught lessons, which we can be thankful for
Elizabeth - Now ... as the feelings of gratitude arise, where are you feeling them?
GirlyGirls - That was for RT. . .I'm grateful for my faith
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - i feel them in my solar plexus
Rosie Tara - Cheryl...yes and we grow and grow
Robin - In the area around the heart
GirlyGirls - Heart chakra area
Marge - in my heart, throughout my entire being, .. not head first, lol
Elizabeth - For me, they well up first from my center, and then up-lift and in-fill as my breath expands.
Rosie Tara - Thanks GG I agree
Sue - logged on. - from . using Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; (R1 1.3); .NET CLR 1.1.4322) on Thu Jan 12 9:34pm ET)
Elizabeth - And they pretty quickly radiate out from my whole body.
Cheryl - they feel ike tiny bubbles rising from dep within and coming out of my fingertips as I type them
Sue - Good evening!
Elizabeth - Hi, Sue! Our topic tonight is the Power of Gratitude.
Rosie Tara - in my chest / heart area
GirlyGirls - Hi Sue
Elizabeth - And then I feel like I'm glowing.
Donna - In my heart area.
Cheryl - Gratitude feels alot like LOVE
Sue - Hi Elizabeth, Hi Girly!
Rosie Tara - Hi Sue
GirlyGirls - I am grateful Fannie is here with me (she wants me to say that)
Marge - Hi Sue, good to have you back,
Sue - I just got here
Sue - Hi Rosie
Elizabeth - Sue, we're keying in things we're grateful for, and then becoming aware of where and how the feeling of gratitude arises within us.
christine - I feel a gentle peace, like a soft down comforter
Sue - But thank, sMarge!
Rosie Tara - gratitude warms the whole body...
Sue - family
Sue - friends, kitties
Marge - I agree, RT
Sue - creativity
Elizabeth - Where else? What else? What else are people feeling, and where else, in your body? And what's going on with your mind, and your heart, as gratitude arises within you?
Marge - no negativity in the mind, it becomes softer and more quiet
Rosie Tara - it makes mae somehow happy ,too
Sue - I am trying just to feel, but am having a hard time "letting go"
Cheryl - it feels like it opens, as we are paying attention to actually what we are greatful for
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - hmmm..my mind feels mmore open and connected to...everything
Cheryl - Like giving it recognition, it gives back awareness
Elizabeth - Marge ... a softer mind. Cheryl ... paying attention, a.k.a. awareness. RT ... happy.
Rosie Tara - fullfilled, maybe?
Marge - for me it feels like I've let go of things that have been nagging at me ...
Elizabeth - A mind more quiet ... letting go of things "nagging" at you  ... RT .. .fulfilled.
Cheryl - makes the mind feel sharper--but in a way "riteous" becuase if we are truely greatful for selfless things, it seems to free us
Marge - I feel an inner peacefulness
Elizabeth - From here, I offer, that being in the energy of gratitude, quiets the mind, in-fills us with healing, sacred breath, and very importantly, brings us fully into the present ... fully into now.
Elizabeth - The experience here is, as the energy of gratitude expresses, that the breath gets fuller, the body more relaxed. Are others having some of this experience also?
Rosie Tara - That's it..Liz....present...
Cheryl - YES in to the NOW--it definitely feels like that Liz!
Cheryl - yes Liz
Sue - I'm just too preoccupied... not a good time to do this, I guess.
Elizabeth - Marge, yes. An inner peacefulness. When we are fully in now, I've noticed, what we FEEL frequently IS peacefulness.
Donna - Sue, I feel as you do.
Marge - yes, Liz, I'm more aware of my breathing
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - yes Liz
Elizabeth - Sue, take a few deep breaths, and key in a few full sentences on what you are grateful for. If you find it difficult to key in a few sentences, there is another energy we can start with, that can help people move into feeling grateful.
Rosie Tara - if we are in the NOW, the threat of the past and future is gone...
Elizabeth - Donna, then, you , too. Take a few deep breaths, and key in a few full sentences on what you are grateful for.
Sue - It is difficult
Elizabeth - RT, any regrets about the past or anxiety about the future are gone, when we are in the NOW, especially when we are in GRATITUDE in the NOW.
GirlyGirls - Sue and Donna, try in the smallest ways. . I can remember a few eyars ago being very very preoccupied about my Pinky's health. I found a reason to be grateful for every little thing my eyes fell upon. . the dirty kitchen floor, that it was such a big floor and I had such a big kitchen, and the stairs, that take me to rest, etc, etc. . start with the smallest things, and it builds, really
Rosie Tara - Yes, yes....so true, Liz
Sue - I know you are right... I am just feeling rather ungrateful now, I am ashamed to say.
Elizabeth - GG, this is precisely where it came to me today, to take this discussion tonight.
GirlyGirls - Sue, i was in the same place. Those who have been ont he chat a few years know the struggles I had with my heart and mind over these years. .
Elizabeth - Sue, this may not be true for you, but sometimes, especially when we are children, our parents or other adults told us so often to "be grateful for ..." this and that or the other, that the very idea of being "grateful" ... the very word itself ... sometimes creates resistance for some people.
Marge - Sue, as you take in a few more breaths, you will feel better and start to think of things that you are grateful for, no matter how small as GG said
GirlyGirls - Little tny baby steps of gratitude. . . when things got bad, I would sing hymns of praise I learned as a child. . . praise and gratitude. ..
Rosie Tara - GG, I know exactly what you mean...
Sue - It is a lot of work. Worthwhile, I know, but I am so tired.
Elizabeth - And sometimes our filters of our present world are colored in such a way, that we resist seeing what is there, to be grateful for, or thankful for.
Sue - very true
Elizabeth - However, I have found that gratitude helps us focus on the present. It also helps us appreciate the process of our own journey.
GirlyGirls - Sue, it's actually effortless, a little silly , like a game. .
Donna - I've keyed in several sentences. This is a new kind of format for me. I haven't been in many chat rooms and I feel I'm straining rather than having the gratitude flowing. There are many things I'm grateful for, but there's also lots of "stuff" that I'm not grateful for.
Sue - Exactly, Donna
Elizabeth - It is a paradox of life, that the fastest way to change the filters, is to begin a daily process of feeling grateful ...
Rosie Tara - Donna, we all think we have things to be ungrateful for...
Donna - Elizabeth, I'm intersted in what you said earlier about gratitude speeding change in lives. Can you elaborate on that?
GirlyGirls - I could never be grateful for the tumor in Pinky, but there were many little things I learned, and goodness that came from people around me because of it that I was grateful for. . .
Robin - I think sometimes when our live become just routine, the same thing every day we don't see the things that we should be grateful for. It is usually when we hit a crisis we then have something to hang on to, to help us get through it.
Donna - RT, I'm glad I'm not alone in that. I would like to see the glass as half full more times than I see it half empty.
Elizabeth - For some people, starting with the energy of gratitude is too hard. The energy to start with then, is the energy of praise. Sue, Donna, or anyone else for whom this is the current situation, what can you praise 100%? What "thing" in your life, perhaps even only one thing, do you totally admire and find totally praise-worthy?
Rosie Tara - just disregard them for a moment.....
GirlyGirls - Gratitude quickens us. . . makes our vibration more pure/higher. ..therefore positive energy and it's ability to attract more positive energy is enhanced.
Donna - The blessing of having my dog in my life and my mom still alive and in decent health.
Elizabeth - GG ... yes ... and gratitude is one of the fastest ways to do that, too!
Sue - GG -- that is true. I know I am not putting out positive energy now.
Sue - Actually, mine is similar. My felines and my Mom still being with me and reasonably healthy.
Elizabeth - Donna, that is beautiful ... I'll work with you for a moment now ... so when you say and think and feel, "the blessing of my Dog and my Mom still alive", and you sense yourself, are you 100% behind how praiseworthy this is?
Rosie Tara - I feel blessed that I have my Tara girl and my three grandsons
GirlyGirls - You're Okay Sue, you are trying and you are talking. . .you're just purging a little with us, and that's okay. been there. . .ask Liz, and Marge and Dzp!! ; - )
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - i believe that we have to "expect our lives to change for hte better" then, wake up an say I expect to have something great happen to me today"
Donna - Yes, Liz, I definitely am.
Marge - Donna and Sue ... tht is beautiful, you both expressed gratitude for wonderful beings in your lives!
Elizabeth - And Sue ... same question ... when you sense and say and think and feel "my felines and my Mom still being with me" ... do you also feel 100% behind this praiseworthy statement?
Sue - Thanks, GG. I am being a scootch now...
GirlyGirls - Oh, DZP that's where I don't do so well LOL! Waking up with high expectations. . .too difficult since I gave up caffeine! LOL
Sue - Yes
Elizabeth - Sue, Donna (and perhaps others) when we are having trouble expressing gratitude, it's usually because we feel something is not right in our lives. And the something that is not right, our mental story of it, our feelings about us, preclude our abilities to feel the gratitude.
Elizabeth - So what we do about it is, we go into the energy of praise instead.
Rosie Tara - Lol GG
Elizabeth - And that which we find to praise, we praise our entire LIVES for, since usually it is our perception of our LIFE at the moment, that is causing us the suffering.
Sue - More than one something at this time. I am trying to take "smaller bites", but overwhelm myself instead.
Elizabeth - GG ... LOL!!!
Donna - That's interesting, Liz. It feels like the energy of gratitude is inward and the energy of praise is outward.
Marge - LOL GG
Elizabeth - So one thing we can say is, for example, for Sue ... "Praise 'my dog and my Mom being here' for my LIFE.
Elizabeth - And for Donna, "Praise my cats and my Mom being here" for my life.
Rosie Tara - Perception and our masks we are wearing...so true Liz
Elizabeth - Donna, yes. precisely. :)
GirlyGirls - The great saints always said that when going through a "spiritually dry" period of time, to go through the motions of prayer and praise, etc. . .even if one's heart doesn't seem to be in it. . .
Sue - That sent a tingling sensation through me.
Elizabeth - The energy of gratitude up wells from the inside out ... actually comes down from the top and up from the bottom, arises from our centers or our cores, and then expresses outward.
Sue - I do . I pray every day and don't "feel" it, but keep doing it anyway.
Elizabeth - The energy of praise is a little more mental, and it is what works for some people to start with. It's what I started with.
Elizabeth - When we are in the energy of praise and use the energy I just shared, it, also, brings us fully into the present time. It also stops all mental 'chatter'. It's VERY powerful.
Cheryl - I try to be thankful for even small thing throughout the day-like picking the line at the grocery store that moves fast
Cheryl - not getting stuck at traffic lights
GirlyGirls - LOL Cheryl!! That NEVER happens to me!!
Marge - me too, Cheryl
Elizabeth - So, Sue, when you say, "Praise 'my dog and my Mom being here' for my Life" and Donna, when you say, "praise 'my cats and my mom being here' for my LIFE" ... these are very powerful sentences to refresh the soul and bring us into NOW.
Cheryl - Thats why we shuld be thankful when it does! lol
Donna - I found it very interesting about what you said regarding it being the perception of our lives that causes the suffering. So true.
Rosie Tara - LOL...Cheryl...couldn't find one today...
GirlyGirls - And they are powerful things for which to be grateful, moms and cats. . .I've lost both. .. I'm grateful, I'll say it again, that Fannie is here with me.
Elizabeth - Another aspect of gratitude it comes to share is, what I've found is most powerful.
Elizabeth - There is deep respect here for the power of writing and keeping a daily journal.
Elizabeth - Journal writing has a number of physical and mental and spiritual health benefits.
Cheryl - Did you mentally "ask" for help picking the line? Sometime is you do, and wait a few seconds..you "decide" on a line and it just moves--lik help is being given from beyond--it makes me smile
Elizabeth - And gratitude journals are very simple to keep.
GirlyGirls - I've not done journal writing for 30 years. . .
Donna - I used to do Julia Cameron's Morning Pages, but stopped a while back.
Elizabeth - All of you .. when you have times of difficulty ... you may wish to consider something to "praise" in a sentence using the format, "Praise {your phrase} for my LIFE."
Marge - Journal writing is incredible! It has helped me enormously!
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - your hardships in life teach us lessons to help us achieve a better life
GirlyGirls - A lot of good stuff went by. I had a father who could not respect my privacy around writing poetry and journals, and I haven't been able to do it for eyars.
Rosie Tara - Cheryl...I did with parking lots....it worked
Donna - I'm not sure how the "for my LIFE" phrase fits in.
Cheryl - I often write before I go to bed, both positive and negative feelings come out abou the day, but then I dont go to bed with them. In the morning I tear p the paper and throw it away and release myself from those things that happened so I don't carry them with me the next day
GirlyGirls - Maybe starting with a gratitude journal would be a good first step. . thanks, Liz. . .I've never been happy with abandoning my writing.
Elizabeth - A gratitute journal can be as simple as each morning, or each evening, or both, writing down five things for which you are grateful.
GirlyGirls - But it became painful for me to write. .
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - these hardships are telling us something...be aware of teh message in it, and thank the universe for being a teacher and teaching us, then ask for life to be simpler..that you can learn your lessons in an easier way
Donna - Linda Tellington-Jones says five things she's grateful for every night before she goes to bed.
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - c- that would be good advise to give mom
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - remeber that
Rosie Tara - Good idea, Liz, forgot about that...
Marge - ah, Donna ... you are into Tteam work also, yes? Fabulous!
GirlyGirls - Oh Liz, the Praise for my Life thing. . Gosh, I remember you doing this with us a couple of years ago? It totally changed me, and I was in the barrel about Pinks back then. . .Praise Pinky's triple backflip for my life. . .pure pure pure joy!
Elizabeth - The very best journal teacher I've ever experienced is Julia Cameron. She's a prolific creator of books, plays, music, and much more ... and she has a journal which she calls, "The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal" ... it's a wonderful way to keep a journal especially since it's fun!
Donna - I'll start a gratitude journal and doing morning pages again.
Cheryl - I agree with Dee--ask the universe to show you your lessons is a less dificuly way--but you must keep up your end of that bargain and listen carefully to your life and catch the subtle things that are messages too
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - right C
Elizabeth - GG ... yes, it's very powerful! Thank you for remembering, and thank you for sharing how powerful it is for you!
Donna - Yes, Marge, I am. I completed the first Foundation Training Class. TTouch is a blessing that I am very grateful for!
Elizabeth - Barnes and Noble and Borders and I suspect amazon.com sell the paperback version of Cameron's Journal.
Marge - Good for you, Donna! And for your start at your Gratitude Journal!
Rosie Tara - It is also very powerful to think about your day in REVERSE befor e you go asleep...
Donna - I had the great joy a number of years ago of attending a "Creativity Camp" for a week with Julia Cameron. It was wonderful.
Elizabeth - So we can all be grateful to the Universe that Donna has finished the TTouch class, and we can be grateful for all the horses who will breathe easier because Donna and Linda Tellington-Jones and TTouch exist!
Donna - Thanks, Marge.
Marge - RT ... only those things you can be grateful for, LOL
Elizabeth - Donna, that's how I "found" her! LOL!
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - ask God to make your life easier and then be aware
Donna - Liz, actually the class was for companion animals.
Rosie Tara - Marge , everything..LOL
Marge - Amen to that Liz! (about Donna and Ttouch, etc.)
Elizabeth - Donna...then we edit to add 'companion animals' to our gratitude!
Donna - My dog is VERY GRATEFUL for TTouch. He wanted to tell you that.
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - of what he shows you..he wants your life to be happy and good
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - he just needs yoou to work with HIm
Marge - How wonderful, Donna!
Rosie Tara - Sweet, Donna
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Marge - Sue, how are you doing?
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - God helps those who help themselves
Donna - He just jumped up on my computer chair.
Elizabeth - Dee...the best thing there is, to be grateful for ... that God wants to be in our lives, and wants our lives to be happy and good!
Elizabeth - Donna ... VERY fun!
Marge - Amen to that Liz and Dee!
Rosie Tara - I like that, DZP
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - right Liz- work as a team
Elizabeth - Another easy way to keep a gratitude journal, is to get an empty journal, or one that only has the days of the year on each page, and write down each day, at least five things you are grateful for. Or ... if you feel too blocked to go into gratitude …write your PRAISE statement 5 times!
Donna - Thank you all for your words of encouragement and light.
Marge - what's your dog's name, Donna?
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - be grateful that we have an ever present Love that supports us
Donna - His name is Socrates -- very appropriate for he is always teaching.
Cheryl - Liz, my other cat was in the room, I just told him I was talking with you and he came right up to the computer screen and looked at it, he's laying down on my desk now...My guy just LOVE you!
Marge - we are grateful for your presence, Socrates
Dee&Zoe&Phoebe - all beings Love Liz...lol
Donna - He sends you his best woofs, Marge.
GirlyGirls - Oh Donna, my friends had a Spanish Mastiff (sp?) named Socrates. . but they pronounced it So-Crates! He was special. . .
Marge - Awww, Cheryl How sweet Donna!
Rosie Tara - Hi Sokrates....great name
GirlyGirls - Where's Wolf?
Donna - Liz, have you found that being actively grateful has helped change your life in important ways?
Elizabeth - For those of you who want additional inspiration on feeling grateful and the importance of the energy of feeling grateful, Masaru Emoto, who wrote "The Miracle Messages from Water", has also published, "The Miracle Messages from Water III" ... in it, are the crystals formed from people praying, and especially praying in gratitude and thanksgiving.
GirlyGirls - Is there a II?
Elizabeth - Cheryl... that is SO sweet! <grin>!!!
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Elizabeth - Donna ... too cute!
Marge - Oh Liz, I must get that book!
marg1263 - sorry room, my computer froze
GirlyGirls - I guess the English version of Hidden Messages in Water is actually the second ??
Elizabeth - Welcome back, Marg!
marg1263 - thank you : )
Elizabeth - GG .. he has at least 4 books out now. Messages I, Messages II, Messages III, and a Workbook.  Maybe even another one.
GirlyGirls - Oh geez, I'm behind. .
Marge - me too, GG
Elizabeth - I have all of them and very predictably I like Messages III, the one on the power of prayer,  the best! LOL!!!
Rosie Tara - me ,too, GG
Cheryl - Liz, is there a stone or a remedy for helping with gratitude?
Elizabeth - Cheryl ... quartz crystals. And Bach's mimulus, to disperse anxiety.
GirlyGirls - and imagining the face of God, Cheryl. . . : - )
Donna - I just began Doreen Virtue's "Angel Medicine" book and she talks about the healing power of quartz crystals.
Elizabeth - For people who want to dispel negativity, organite is probably best.
GirlyGirls - I used that in my yoga practice, for focusing and balancing. . it always created a wonderful energy in my heart. . even though it's not something you really "see"
Rosie Tara - That is a hard one, GG
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Cheryl - Liz, and what would be the stone to help with acceptance (tolerance)
GirlyGirls - I dunno RT, it always made me a little giddy. . school girlish happy!
Marge - Liz, what is organite?
Rosie Tara - Just kidding, GG
Elizabeth - Marge, it's a substance that absorbs and transmutes negativity.
Marge - so it's a Bach remedy?
Cheryl - and I say acceptance, because for harshps that we have difficulty havong gratitude for, acceptance to dispell negative energy that would surround someone who fails to accept a hardship
Elizabeth - Cheryl, I don't know what stone would help with acceptance. Moldavite comes to mind. Someone else may have a suggestion.
Elizabeth - Marge, mimulus is, yes.
Marge - oh, Liz .. Organite is a type of crystal?
Marge - .. or rock?
Elizabeth - Marge, I'm not sure. I just came across a note to research it and get one today. I wrote the note in August of LAST year! LOL!!! I'll find out and share it.
Marge - LOL, thanks Liz
GirlyGirls - I think it's a rock. ..
Rosie Tara - Where can you get it, Liz?
Marge - .. more on the Power of Gratitude now? or is it time for the healing prayers?
GirlyGirls - I'm ready, or I will have to pray with you from my dreams.
Elizabeth - All .. it's time now, to start the healing prayer session. We start by first choosing a Name that we each want to use, to represent the Divine or the Sacred or God and key that Name into the chat room ....
Cheryl - Divine Universe
Jolight - I have a lot to do tomorrow, blessings to all, I must sign out, and I am grateful to have participated in this Chat Room
Elizabeth - (RT ... not sure. I'll find out and let people know. If someone else finds it, share it, please).
GirlyGirls - Abba
GirlyGirls - Goodnight Jolight
Elizabeth - Jolight ... nice to see you here!
Rosie Tara - Father in Heaven
Marge - Holy Spirit, Divine Universe
Elizabeth - Sacred Universe!
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Donna - Divine Universe
marg1263 - God
Rosie Tara - Night Jolight
Donna - Mother, Father, God and all there is
Donna - Good night Jolight (what a lovely name).
Elizabeth - Mother, Father, God and all there is, Divine Universe, Sacred Universe, Father in Heaven, God, Abba, we call you now!
Elizabeth - WE know that you are in US, and WE are in YOU ...
Elizabeth - We know that together We co-create ...
Elizabeth - WE thank you for being here with us now ...
Elizabeth - We thank you for in-filling Us with Your Power and Grace ...
Elizabeth - We feel You now as We open to You, Your Light, Your Power, Your Joy ...
Elizabeth - As We breathe in, even more of You in-fills Us ...
Elizabeth - We ask you to come be with Us ... to work through Us ...
Elizabeth - As We set our Intention to be of help to those in the Basket of Blessings ...
Elizabeth - All ... the Basket of Blessings is before me now ... please in=fill with sacred breath, say/think YOUR Name for the Divine, and set your intention to flow healing energy to those in the Basket ... the Basket is before me, filled with hunrdreds and hundreds of prayer requests ...
Elizabeth - Beam your palms towards your computer screen, setting your intention to have the energy flow through you, to those in the Basket in front of me ...
Elizabeth - Andi it is so.
Marge - and it is so
Elizabeth - It is time now, to enter the names of any other animals, people, or