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GoodVibeUniversity

I’ve got one day left of the National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo), where we blog everyday for the month of November! It wouldn’t be complete here without sending my appreciation to my friends at GoodVibeUniversity (GVU for short).  I so appreciate this site and all of the people who are there. I love how just by signing in, I’m able to get uplifted in a second by all of the positive energy! It’s THE place to learn from top notch law of attraction coaches, and especially from GVU’s creator, also known as Good Vibe Coach, Jeannette Maw! She gives so generously of her time and talents and I  appreciate her very much! I appreciate everyone, especially those who consistently take the time to comment on posts and to give very inspiring insights, time after time. I love the Treasure Hunt fun and the rampages of appreciation, the Outsourcerers who are so very powerful and all of the special calls that are hosted and the recordings that are available (as I usually cannot make them ‘live’).

It would be impossible for me to recall all of the people there that I appreciate now, so I’m giving everyone there a BIG HUG and a “shout out” in appreciation today because I love you all!  Thank you for your insights, your friendship and for what’s to come!

Camera Phones

I am so grateful for the technology of camera phones! I love photography and love to capture moments wherever I go. But before camera phones became so handy (and before cell phones in general were so common), I’d have to carry around a camera in order to capture photos of things, people and nature around me.  While I do have a pretty good camera, I’m finding that these days, I spend more time taking photos with my Blackberry camera! It takes nice photos and is easy to carry along.

So today, I’m grateful for the ease of camera phones and to show my appreciation, I’m sharing a few photos I’ve taken with my Blackberry.

The Beatles on iTunes

Recently, the music of The Beatles became available on iTunes. I am grateful that this has finally come about! As a huge fan of The Beatles, I had many of their LP’s and I’m really looking forward to downloading the music I want directly from iTunes.  The Beatles’ music for me is timeless (but the videos of them surely show the age!) 🙂  Now, many generations of people will have access to the wonderful songs of The Beatles. Today I’m appreciating that.

Here’s “Something” for you to listen to and watch! Enjoy!

I Hear You!

As I was signing into this blog tonight, and reading this blog’s title “The Gab of Gratitude,” it struck me that if I didn’t have the ability to hear, I would be limited in the “gabbing” that takes place in my world. So tonight I’m appreciation my hearing. While I’m sure that people born without the ability to hear are blessed with an extraordinary ability to tune in to their other senses, I’m just so grateful that I can hear!

I appreciate all the sounds in my world, especially talking with other people, music, cheering at a sporting event, the sound of trains passing by, the sound of babies, children playing in playgrounds, the television shows, the sound of cats purring, birds chirping, dogs barking, wind whistling through the trees, airplanes taking off and landing, water running, ocean waves, and so much more! I’m so glad to hear myself when I talk to myself, too! So I’m thankful for the ability to hear!

So take a moment and sit and just listen to the sounds in your world. Don’t you appreciate them, too?

Broadway Shows

Today I’m really appreciating Broadway shows. I love how easy it is to get last-minute tickets, too. I just did that last night for a performance tonight. What a wonderful way to start the Thanksgiving holiday–with excellent theatrical performances from top-notch actors, actresses and dancers in the business! I’m so grateful for Broadway, where scenes come alive right in front of my eyes and I can sit back and immerse myself in the plot of the story. So I’m appreciative and grateful for these wonderful creative works that provide entertainment to many from all over the world. Thank you, Broadway!

Gratitude Dance!

This is over 3 years old now and I still love it! So grateful for content like this on video, and for the uplifting and fun message of appreciation! As we approach Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S., what will your gratitude dance look like?

New York City

I so appreciate New York City. There is so much to do here! I can either do things or not, but it’s always nice to know I have a choice. I love that I can go to great museums, restaurants, theater, musical performance and see inspiring speakers. I can find all kinds of foods at the local supermarket and incredible items at specialty places. People are always stopping into New York and I appreciate the opportunities to see them when they do. (I just saw Wayne Dyer again yesterday and Mike Dooley tonight.) And I’ll most likely take in a Broadway show this week with one of my daughters who is here for Thanksgiving. I love the variety of people and the visitors who stop by, too.

I love New York! And that’s not just some cliché! I truly mean it!

I Love Lucy!

As a kid, I always loved watching the “I Love Lucy” show. Today I am so grateful for reruns, for clips of fun episodes of old shows way back when, and DVD collections to bring these memories into our homes. This clip is a “classic” and I just love it! I wonder how many takes they had to do to get this episode filmed? I don’t think I’d make it through without laughing and having to do many takes!

So today I’m appreciating the “I Love Lucy” show and the way in which it made millions laugh (and continues to do so now). Enjoy!

 

It’s Saturday, So Why Am I Up So Early?

It’s Saturday morning and I’m up at 5:30 a.m.! Why is that? While I’m not sure of the answer, as I had intended to sleep in, sometimes waking up early or even in the middle of the night provides opportunities for inspiration, writing and other creative tasks.

I’m not sure I’m feeling particularly creative right now, but I am very grateful it’s Saturday! 🙂 So I decided to do a tiny blog post in appreciation of waking up early and writing another blog post.

Actually, this is just another example of how we can turn what may not seem all that exciting (e.g. waking up early on a Saturday “sleep in” day) into a more positive feeling of appreciation for why it also feels good (I have a topic for my blog post today as part of my blogging everyday for a month at NaBloPoMo). Practicing gratitude everyday (and particularly in the morning for me), establishes a “tone” for my day that usually keeps gaining momentum throughout the day.  What we appreciate, radiates and expands.

So this morning I’m grateful for reminding myself of the power of gratitude and the technique of being able to find appreciation in a situation where things didn’t exactly turn out as I expected. There’s always an opportunity to see my early morning Saturday as an opportunity to explore creative pursuits, leaving me free later on to watch my college football (or to take a nap later!), rather than moan and groan about how I really wanted to sleep in this morning and now I’m wide awake. Feel the difference?

Enjoy your Saturday!

“It’s A Done Deal”

Today I had the pleasure of experiencing the power of visualization, affirmations and positive energy in manifesting a desire.  A friend had an issue that looked impossible to solve in the timely way that she needed it to be done (today).  All week her emotions went up and down about how the outcome of this issue would look by today’s end.  As of last night, she figured that there was no way that her issue would be resolved and she had literally lost hope. Yesterday, I assured her that she still had tomorrow and there was still time for a positive outcome to her situation.

So last night I held her intention in a positive light, visualized the actual positive outcome I saw taking place today and asked some fellow friends at GoodVibeUniversity to hold the same intentions for her as well.

At the end of today’s workday, my friend received good news about her issue, so it was a “done deal.”  So while it  “appeared” as a miracle to her, it really was the power of a group of people who already envisioned the outcome as a “done deal” and then let it go. The same happens when people pray together for someone and trust that God will deliver.

I’m so grateful for techniques like these and for friends at GoodVibeUniversity who help people with their “miracles” everyday. So next time you get in the vicinity of “hope,” try reaching for “believing,” and soon you’ll be saying “It’s a done deal” because you “know.”