Positive Daily Inspiration - November 23, 2023
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“Rooted and built up in Christ, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and OVERFLOWING WITH THANKFULNESS.”
Colossians 2:7
If you had read the front-page story of the San Francisco Chronicle many years ago, you would have read about a female Humpback Whale which had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighed down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.
A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environment group for help.
Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so badly off the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.
She then came back to each diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around … she was thanking them. Some said that it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The person who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
May you, and all those you love, be so blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you. And may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.
This is our wish for you this Thanksgiving.
In England, an ordinary person is called the commoner. There are billions of commoners the world over.
Let me introduce you to a commoner in our society. Her mythical name is “Molly SeeNoGood.”
She wakes up tired every day; life is taking its toll. She is critical of everything. Most of her communications with others has sunk to the depths of negativity. Criticizing has become a way of life for Ms. SeeNoGood. She could not perceive good if it stared her directly in the face, because she wears bitter sunglasses that color everything in the dark shades of the hellish life she has created for herself. She blames everyone and everything outside of herself for her bad life; but what happens to her has very little to do with events. Molly has not said “thank you” in years, and Molly is drowning in her self-created darkness. Molly does not live life; she simply exists in a day-to-day existence, marking time by the events of crises.
Everyone knows someone like Molly who is living a common life. It was sad in Jesus’ day, and it is equally sad today.
Let’s visit next with an un-commoner: a person who rises above mediocrity to a new level of living. His name is “Seymour Good.”
He no longer allows outer events to rob him of his daily life, and he has a giving, thankful attitude. He is an adventurer who goes into each day with an expectation of good. He always wears the garment of a smile. It is the main staple of his wardrobe, and he gives it fully to any, and all. His smile is just an outer expression of his inner-perception of life; he sees good everywhere, in everyone, and in everything. He gives thanks to God, constantly.
I urge you to spend the entire Thanksgiving holiday being a Seymour Good.
Each soul must learn to live life because we are not born with instructions. The greatest discovery is that each person can rise above a common life. We all strive for outer success, but the real success is found within, in the realm of perceptions. Life is a constantly changing kaleidoscope of positive possibility. The more you give thanks for these possibilities, the more you will have things to give thanks for.
Deuteronomy 8:10 – “When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land God has given you.”
You have heard the saying “Life is for the living;” but life is just as much for those who can perceive it – life is for the perceptive. Your perception of life determines what your life will be.
When you give thanks, you are living from the altitude of the highest perception of life.
Thanksgiving is a powerful, spiritual exercise that can turn your life around. “Thank You God,” is the ultimate prayer.
Prayer is not just in asking, in its truest sense; it is acknowledging God’s actions. Prayer does not change God; God is all-good and all-giving. Prayer changes us and makes us more perceptive of God’s good that is available, right now, in our lives – if we can accept it. True prayer is acceptance of the Divine good and acknowledging it. After receiving such a gift, all the cells of your body have the urge to cry out – “Thank You God!”
Every day, you can say thank you to all that is around you and within you. You can perceive the good and appreciate it. You can agree to stop taking life for granted, wake up to your good, and realize the source of that good – God.
I like to end every day by giving thanks for the good I have received that day. I like to begin every day by giving thanks, in advance, for the good that is going to come into my life that day, the wonderful people I will meet, and the incredible blessings that day will hold for me.
Every day, you have a choice to live life as a commoner or to rise and become uncommon.
Every day, the decision must be made anew.
Thanksgiving is a spiritual exercise of review. By studying the past and being thankful for it, we lay the foundation for our increasing ability to be thankful for today.
Thanksgiving becomes a way of life rather than just a once-a-year holiday. It is a focus, a reward; it is true love in expression to God. To say thank you and mean it from the depths of your soul is one of the greatest experiences of this life. Whether you say thank you to God, or to another person, in its truest sense, is the finest gift you can give. Never miss the opportunity to say thank you. You will discover – as Seymour Good discovered – that the perception of living within you, of giving thanks for everything, is the gateway to heaven.
Being thankful can change your perception, your life, and your level of happiness.
I have a smile on my face because I am thinking about you reading this. I thank you for being a part of my wonderful life, and a part of the miracle of this ministry.
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I give thanks to you dear God for this entire day. I express my gratitude through my mind, my voice, and my entire soul. I express gratitude to friends and family. I live in a realm of continuous Thanksgiving.
Thank You God!
POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:
Today, I am a pilgrim on a spiritual quest to find more to be thankful for in my own life.
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“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”
Meister Eckhart
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