Gratitude For The Inside

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I thought gratitude was a concept I had mastered. I am a consistent thank you note composer after every birthday and holiday gift. I always say thank you when someone opens the door, express it to my doctor after a visit, and when someone runs an errand for me. Yet gratitude as a concept is more rich than that. 

The examples above are moments of gratitude when one received something from an external source. Gratitude, to be truly honored and explored, must also be acknowledged when a gift is experienced from the inside. For example, gratitude should be felt and expressed when we are our own source of happiness, generate our own fun, or are at peace. Gratitude should be realized in these moments because they are worthy of being celebrated. Therefore, the next time you reflect and want to give thanks, be mindful that you feel the richness of the emotion and honor the external and internal factors that precipitate it.



At the end of decades of trauma, I sought professional help for chronic PTSD, powerlessness, codependency, and the lack of boundaries. I worked with many wonderful professionals but soon realized that the American mental health system was not able to adequately treat my trauma and I became frustrated as a consumer. I realized that long term injury impacts not only the mental, emotional, and physical body but also impacts the soul. I started to do energy work on myself daily and opened a channel with a council of spirit allies, an ascended master, and an evolving group of ancestors. As time went on, I worked on myself daily and utilized guidance from my spirit allies and I became stronger. I had battled chronic illness for over 20 years and went from 25 prescription drugs and supplements with out of state treatments for my lymphatic system to zero treatments and 10 drugs and supplements within one year of departure from a toxic environment and daily energy work. I now fill myself, connect to my own source of internal power, and live my truth.

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