The Daily G.I.F.T. from The GratiDude

Who do you want to lift up in your life? Will you be strong enough to do it?

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Gratitude

Intention

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Things

The G.I.F.T. Today

Grateful: for the flow feeling between activities I am cultivating in my life that feels healthy

Intention-slower than I think I need to be

First-headphones for later

Things-sticks for G

Morning Meditation from The GratiDude

It’s a valid question that only you can answer.

Why are you here?

You may answer it at whatever depth you feel like swimming to, depending on your tolerance for cold water and whether or not you can hold your breath long enough to get deep.

Why are you here this morning reading this post?

Or, more substantially, why are you here as a spirit in this life experience?

What is it?

You are either supposed to remember or learn in this journey as you co-create your experience today and every day, together,  with something bigger than you or the source of nature, light, love, energy and life.

For me quite simply, I aspire to manifest in my behavior and life, loving awareness. 

That’s it.

I am at my very essence in the center of my spirit, loving awareness.

And for me, it becomes a balancing act of how to operate in a material world as an expanding spirit with cosmic energy and an increasing awareness of the beauty that surrounds me at all times.

And this is my journey and MY learning experience, and my remembering experience is to navigate these personally uncharted waters of being a light spirit in a material construct in the form of my human body.

Through Yoga and meditation about six years ago, this awareness of my purpose and my calling of being something bigger than what I was living every day started to not at me much like the pea under the mattress of the Princess in the fairytale “Princess and the Pea”.

It is proof that God in the universe have a tremendous sense of humor.

I was shown a vision of what my marriage and family would look like if I proceeded on an ongoing path of consistent self-destruction through alcohol, poor decision-making, and poor health results as well.

God wasn’t going to spoil the secret that the mother of my children, at least at that time, was far more comfortable with a consistently intoxicated version of me that only dipped into the deep end of the pool here and there, but was also OK being a drunk and floating in the shallow end of the pool in a self-serving ego way.

Little did, I know that my sobriety would literally lead to the demise of my marriage relationship with the mother of my children, but that it was my path and the only way I can move forward and heal and save myself from myself and forgive myself for all of the things that I had never done. 

Yes, love can be highly inspirational, as it can motivate people to be better versions of themselves, pursue personal growth, and create art or engage in activities they might not otherwise consider, acting as a powerful driving force for positive change in one’s life. 

Key points about love as inspiration:

Positive emotions:

Falling in love often triggers a release of dopamine, leading to feelings of happiness and euphoria which can inspire creativity and motivation. 

Desire to impress:

When loving someone, individuals may be motivated to improve themselves to be worthy of their partner’s affection. 

Support and encouragement:

A loving relationship can provide a supportive environment where partners encourage each other to achieve their goals. 

Creative expression:

Love is a common theme in art, music, and literature, inspiring people to express their emotions through creative endeavors

I had to quit drinking.

Once you turn the corner and have that clarity you end up just like this old man getting out of bed with the picture of his granddaughter close by so he could stay inspired to lift her up on Christmas Eve and put the star on top of the Christmas tree.