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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
July 1, 2024
The focus for today is:
I am grateful for this new day and for the miracles I experience today!
Today's inspiration was written by Evelyn C. Rysdyk:
As a part of setting my path every morning, I engage in a gratitude fest. I refrain from thinking about the day’s to-do list until after I’ve finished with my gratitude ceremony. For my gratitude fest, I find it really important to speak aloud. That way, my subconscious as well as my conscious mind can hear me.
I start with something like, “I feel grateful for this new day.” Then I often follow with gratitude for my senses. Next might be gratitude for my health and that of my partner. As I go along, I offer gratitude for our cat, my ancestors (I name their names and specific traits I inherited from them), my family and friends (again using their names), and our clients and my students.
I allow it to be both heartfelt and spontaneous.
I always end with the phrase: “And thank you for the miracles I experience today!” Just saying that phrase programs me to recognize and consciously honor every gift I receive each day. The gift might be a new bird at the feeder, a call from a friend I haven’t heard from in a while, or an unexpected check arriving in the mail—but calling these gifts miracles unlocks a door in me that then provides the universe a way in to deliver new delights.
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Spontaneity and Gratitude as Creative Playgrounds
Written by Evelyn C. Rysdyk.
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of feeling and expressing gratitude (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: Life is a miracle, and the more we open our heart and our eyes to the ongoing miracles around us, the more we will find. The beauty of a flower, the buzzing of a bee pollinating the flower on the fruit tree to produce a fruit (and honey), the miracle of rain feeding plants, the miracle of sunshine (for the same reason), the miracle of a kind smile or of a helping hand (ours or someone else's), the miracle of friendship, etc. etc. Opening our eyes to the miracles that surround us opens the door for more of them to take place and to be seen.
Our focus for today: I am grateful for this new day and for the miracles I experience today!
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RELATED BOOK: Shamanic Creativity
Shamanic Creativity: Free the Imagination with Rituals, Energy Work, and Spirit Journeying
by Evelyn C. Rysdyk
In this step-by-step practical guide to enhancing creative energy, Evelyn Rysdyk explains how, from the shamanic perspective, creativity--or creative energy--is a life-giving force that frees the imagination, supports innovation, and awakens unique ways of thinking and feeling that can transform your life. She explores how to release creativity-blocking patterns, reprogram the subconscious, engage the “right brain,” boost imagination, overcome anxiety and destructive emotions, and become much more creative in daily life.
Examining creative energy as a natural phenomenon similar to the tides, the author provides suggestions for when your creative energy is at a low tide as well as offering shamanic techniques for dealing with insecurities related to your creative pursuits and overcoming dysfunctional subconscious perceptions.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as a Kindle edition.
About the Author
Evelyn C. Rysdyk is an internationally recognized shamanic practitioner and author of several books, including The Norse Shaman, Spirit Walking, and The Nepalese Shamanic Path.
Along with her writings, she is an impassioned teacher and a featured presenter for Sounds True, The Shift Network, and other international and online programs. She finds creative inspiration and renewal on the coast of Maine.
Visit her website at EvelynRysdyk.com
