Acknowledge Yourself with Gratitude

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by Masha

Hello fabulous you,

Something that I love to do is to slow down, pay attention and capture the moments of my days. So, for the month of May I signed up to do a free daily gratitude challenge with Alex Elle where the goal is just that, to create a practice for yourself that will capture the micro moments in your days.  Moments that we often overlook and unless we intentionally pay attention to them we may not see them.

Today when I sat down with my cup of tea and my journal ready to write, the only words of gratitude that burst out of me were words of gratefulness for me. 

From my gratitude journal:

I am grateful for ME!!!  I am grateful for being strong, powerful, resilient, opinionated, having strong values, always being curious to learn more, being compassionate.  I am grateful for being afraid and doing it anyway. I am grateful for never giving up, for falling down and getting up again and again. I am grateful for taking myself out of the prison I enclosed myself into, for breaking down walls I built around me. I am grateful for doing the inner work. I am grateful for forgiveness, for having an open heart, for loving myself and having the capacity to love others.  I am grateful for always looking for joy, for wonder, for miracles.  I am grateful for finding myself.  I am grateful for being my own advocate, for healing myself, for living wholeheartedly and holistically and loving myself unabashedly. I am grateful for my brilliant mind, for my body, for my stamina. I am grateful. I am grateful. I am grateful for ME!!!

Having a gratitude practice and also giving thanks to myself has changed my life . When you acknowledge yourself, you’re being a participant in your own experience, you’re showing up for yourself, you’re honoring your own actions. And it is in this way that you’re building a beautiful life.

I invite you today to take a moment and make a list, leave caution to the wind, just write down what comes to you without editing. What are you grateful to yourself about? you just may surprise yourself in delight.

A few things that have delighted me

Look at these 20 unique Macrame decor ideas and check out that kitty bed, how cute is that, here

And here’s a switch from the usual spaghetti and red sauce, here

And

On Instagram come see what I’ve been up to here

Well, that’s it for today. Hope you feel inspired, I’ll see you next time, feel free to leave a comment, I love comments.

COPYRIGHT MASHA G. ELLMAN 2022

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Masha

My big joy is to inspire, encourage and empower you to live the sweetest life for you. I love to share inspiration, how to, and my own journey towards wholeness and union with our Divine Mother. Oh and I love photography and cooking. I am thrilled that you are here and sharing in this wonderful magical mystery.

13 thoughts on “Acknowledge Yourself with Gratitude”

  1. Wowzers, this is a powerfully empowering post of self-love and gratitude! I love it, Masha. Keep appreciating those micro-moments and loving everything about who you are. I’m grateful for you too! 💜 xx

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    1. Thank you Caz, we all have much to thank ourselves for and we need to recognize that. Thank you for being here and thank you for your comment. Have a beautiful day xo

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      2. Then what’s stopping you??? ok I’m dishing out a little tough love here, the only one stopping you is you. A good question to ask yourself is, what’s standing in your way? Hope you do make time for you, you are important and worthy of your own self love, and once you start you’ll wonder what took you so long 🙂 xo

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  3. What a great list!! I love that you take the time to journal these things daily. I really need to set more time for myself to do the same. I bet it would make a world of difference in my day. ❤️

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    1. Ohhhh Michele it will make a world of difference in how you feel throughout the day. And to keep it real, there are times I don’t journal every day and I can see a real difference when I don’t, even if you spend 10 minutes, set a timer you’ll be happy you did. Sending you journal love 🙂 xo

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    1. OMG I’m so sorry for not responding sooner, I just noticed your comment, Me too, I’ve spent too many years, decades actually putting myself down. I’m so happy that this resonates with you, I hope that this really inspires you to see your magnificence. xo

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