Day 10 – Wednesday 24th January 2018 – Magic Dust Everyone

Start the day
Write down 10 new Blessings and why you are grateful for them. Read each one repeating “thank you, thank you, thank you“, feeling gratitude for each one.

So far on this journey we have been counting our blessings and feeling gratitude. Today is about expressing gratitude.

This is the easiest and most rewarding practice in life if we are sincere. Saying “thank you” to someone, feeling it and meaning it should be some of the best parts of your day. You are bestowing the gift of gratitude on someone else, and by giving gratitude, you are attracting the gifts of gratitude to yourself.

Since being in Asia, a simple thank you has taken on a whole new meaning. The way people say thank you is such a deep reverent action that we often feel blessed when someone says “thank you” to us.
In its simplest form, you put your palms together against your chest and bow slightly, looking the person in the eyes and smiling, when saying thank you. Your hands are close to your heart which conveys that you are expressing a true heart-felt appreciation.

Gratitude is an energy and when you direct energy at someone, that energy will have an effect on them.
Rhonda Byrne likens this to Magic Dust. Imagine that every time you are truly thanking someone, and feeling the gratitude, you are sprinkling the Magic Dust of Gratitude on them.

Think of all the people who do something for you during the course of your day. The taxi, train or bus drivers, the cashiers where you shop, the person packing your shopping, someone that helps take your shopping to your car, the chefs, waiters and waitresses in the restaurants you eat at, the security staff at your work, the cleaners who keep your offices tidy and clean, the domestic assistant keeping your house clean, the gardener tending your garden.

You are receiving, and if you are not expressing thanks, you are not being grateful. If you are not grateful you are stopping good from coming into your life.

Think, also, about the invisible people. Those who work in the background keeping your city clean, keeping your city running efficiently and safely. Those maintaining and building the roads you drive on and those working at the electricity and water providers. You cannot thank them personally but you can express your gratitude through appreciation for their services.

From today, look out for opportunities to thank someone and decide to really mean it every time you say thank you. If you can, tell them what you are thankful for. That will increase your own feeling of gratitude as well as the effect of your gratitude on that person.

“Thank you” is often merely a polite thing to say. Change that by meaning it and feeling it every time you say “thank you”. Make eye contact and feel the gratitude you are expressing. You will change your life and the lives of people around you.

Let us all go sprinkle the “Magic Dust of Gratitude” on every one around us today.

End the day
When you go to bed tonight hold your Magic Rock in your hand. Close your fingers around it and feel it. Think of all the good things that have happened today. Choose the best good thing that happened and, feeling as grateful as you can, say “thank you, thank you, thank you”.

Our quote for the day.

Namasté

Amethyst and Sapphire