I'm very proud of my range of journals and planners!
They work. They make you happy. Use them.

"Count Your Blessings In 2022" Report continued...

You’ve probably heard of both meditations and affirmations, though you may be uncertain of just what they are and how they work.

They may even seem a bit too new age for you, but don’t underestimate their power just yet. These two practices are actually quite simple to add to your routine or even to use in a particularly stressful moment to gain perspective.

Take a look below to learn about how to use gratitude meditations and affirmations to boost your spirit anytime.

What Are Meditations?

A meditation is really just a practice of taking some quiet time to be mindful and focus your attention on a particular thought or issue.

It’s a moment of silent reflection that focuses you on the here and now. Gratitude meditations involve focusing your thoughts on being grateful for the particulars of your life or situation, even the ones that may not seem so positive.

Your gratitude journaling can be considered a meditation, even. Any contemplative, purposeful time spent focused on being grateful can fall into this category.

What Are Affirmations?

Affirmations are short, concise and positive sentences that are meant to purposefully affect the ways in which we think and feel. These can be in both conscious and unconscious ways.

What we think greatly influences how we feel and behave. Introducing these positive messages into your life on a regular basis can help you to internalize them and begin living accordingly.

Gratitude affirmations focus specifically on being grateful and appreciative.

How to Use Them

Both meditation and affirmation are easy to put into practice. They can be used almost any time and anywhere. When you think of meditation, a long, intensive ritual may come to mind.

In actuality, you don’t need to spend a lot of time meditating in order to reap the benefits.

Simply sitting quietly for a few minutes and contemplating on what you’re grateful for can help to center you and to provide new perspective, which often will lead to feeling better.

If you want something more structure or have more time, you can look up guided gratitude meditations online or grab a meditation app to try. When it comes to affirmations, a good practice might be to combine them with your gratitude journal.

Write down positive messages that apply to your life and help to inspire or motivate you. Perhaps you want to keep them in a separate journal or store them online.

Then you can pull out your collection of affirmations for a pick-me-up when you need one.

Gratitude meditations and affirmations are simple tools that offer a big return. They take only a few minutes to practice, and you really don’t need any special equipment.

Give them a try when you feel you could use an injection of gratitude in your life.

 

Today’s Challenge – Find Something Random In Your Environment To Be Grateful For

If you’re still on the fence about starting a practice of gratitude for yourself, I’d like to issue you a simple challenge.

Just for today, find just one random thing in your environment to be grateful for. This is a low-stakes activity that can be a great way to jumpstart your pursuit of gratitude. Keep reading, and I’ll show you just what I mean.

What to Look For

It’s easy, really. There are things to be grateful for, even on the difficult days. In fact, it’s even more impactful when you discover little rays of light in the darkest times.

You can look for anything within your daily routine that inspires you. If you don’t leave your home that day due to sadness or inability, perhaps the very roof over your head could be your source of gratitude.

Even a beautiful flower out your window might be enough to influence your mood for the better. Find just one thing and focus on that.

What You Can Expect

Let’s be realistic. Taking a minute to notice one thing you’re grateful for in your day probably isn’t going to completely change your life.

However, it could be a significant jumpstart toward moving you in the right direction. This is especially true when you’re going through a difficult period.

Turning a long-standing low mood around even slightly by acknowledging one small good thing can be quite meaningful. Remember, our thoughts influence our feelings and behaviors.

Future Payoffs

Sometimes all it takes is one small catalyst to spark major change. Some consider this the “baby steps” philosophy.

Every habit or practice begins with one small step. Taking a moment to be grateful for just one thing in your environment today can improve your mood, even just a little bit.

You may notice a weight is lifted from your chest or that some of your anxiety has eased. Hold onto that feeling.

Notice whether your perspective improves after reflecting on gratitude just once today. This lift in your mood and brightened outlook can lead you to feeling better, which then influences your actions in a positive manner.

You might just notice it’s a bit easier to find that one thing to be grateful for tomorrow.

Give it a try. Find one tiny spark to light the flame of gratitude today. Be intentional in noticing the effect it has on you.

You may find it’s simpler and more rewarding than you realized to begin your gratitude practice.

“Every time we remember to say ‘thank you,’ we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.”
- Sarah Ban Breathnach

 

Show Your Gratitude With Words

We’ve talked about the process of writing in a gratitude journal and the kinds of benefits that activity can offer. Writing is a powerful process.

Sharing your written words of appreciation with others can have an even bigger impact than journaling privately.

Personal notes can really brighten a person’s day, and the positive vibes are far-reaching. Keep reading to discover why you may want to show your gratitude with words, starting today.

Writing Has Power

In a busy world, we can get caught up in ourselves and the things we absolutely must accomplish each day. It’s easy to forget to acknowledge the important people in our lives.

It’s for precisely this reason that receiving a note of thanks or appreciation is so very meaningful. People simply don’t receive these spontaneous offerings on a regular basis.

That’s why setting aside the time and taking the effort to write such a message is so powerful, for both you and the receiver.

Sharing Gratitude Strengthens Bonds

A personal note or message goes far to show you care. Words have meaning, but it’s often said that actions speak louder. The recipient of your note will be surprised to receive it.

A positive surprise almost always improves someone’s day and mood. This can be especially impactful if you intentionally send your message to someone you know is going through a rough patch.

Regardless, this small gesture will go far to strengthen existing bonds because it’s such a customized act. When people feel a personal attachment, they tend to experience feelings of closeness and meaning.

Your written acknowledgement of their importance in your life will surely affect your relationship in a positive way.

Ideas to Get You Started

Your words of gratitude don’t have to be in hand-written form, though it truly is a nice touch that’s a rarity these days.

You can send electronic correspondence, if you prefer. Your message doesn’t have to be long, either. Any written words of appreciation will be a start and can be quite meaningful.

Here are some examples:
• Drop a post-it note of love in your child’s lunchbox
• Slip a little love letter into your significant other’s coat pocket
• Send your colleague an email thanking them for their assistance
• Mail your best friend a funny card with a personal note of appreciation just because
• Text a buddy a note of support on a difficult day
• Give your doctor or other professional a written message of thanks for their service
• Write a letter to a loved one expressing your indebtedness

This is just a short list to spark your own creativity. People from your past, older relatives, neighbors, kids’ teachers and other meaningful people in your life should be considered as recipients for your words of gratitude.

If possible, try to take on this practice daily, at least for a while. You’ll see the momentum can lead to some pretty amazing results.

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”
- Willie Nelson

 

Helpful Tips To Tap Into The Power Of Being Grateful As You Move Forward

We’ve come to the end of our mini-challenge, and we’ve covered quite a bit of information. You’ve learned why acknowledging, embracing and expressing gratitude is so important.

You’ve also learned a few specific ways to begin a practice of gratitude in your own life. I’d like to expand on that as we end our challenge to provide you with a more in-depth list of helpful tips to tap into the power of being grateful.

You can use these ideas as you move forward in creating your own routine.

Take a Gratitude Walk

Going for a walk is a great way to relieve stress and gain perspective. It offers a number of advantages. You leave your regular environment, get out in the fresh air and move away from distractions.

It’s a form of physical exercise that comes with all sorts of health benefits. Walking can even be considered a form of meditation.

It’s a fabulous way to focus on gratitude. During this particular jaunt, pay special attention to the things you encounter along the way.

Chances are, you’ll discover plenty to be thankful for during your walk.

Make a Gratitude Collage

A fun way to acknowledge your gratefulness in a visual way is to create a gratitude collage. This process works in a similar way as a vision board.

You can cut out pictures from a magazine or add personal photos. Your collage can simply be laid out on a poster board or you can get more creative and decorative.

You can even keep your board electronically on Pinterest or some other app. The point is to collect images that move you to consider your good fortune.

It’s a good idea to put your board in a place where you can see it or access it daily. You might even want to add to it to keep its momentum going.

Hold a Friendsgiving

Friendsgiving is like Thanksgiving, only with friends and chosen family instead of biological family.

This special occasion is often held in place of traditional Thanksgiving for those who don’t have family physically nearby or who aren’t emotionally close with their relatives.

Sometimes it takes place near the actual holiday. You can get creative, though, and hold your own special gathering, customized to your needs, any time you wish.

A gratitude party or get-together can remind you of the people who are most important in your life and enhance existing bonds.

Look for Gratitude in Challenges

Let’s turn things around a bit. You probably know how easy it is to focus on the bad stuff. Sometimes we get stuck in the negative and allow it to weigh us down.

That’s natural, but you can interrupt that cycle by consciously working to find the gratitude in life’s challenges.

Look for the lessons or the silver linings. Be sure to write them down in your gratitude journal or make a note of them in some formalized way so that you can look back and remember the good that came from adversity.

Help Others

One of the most impactful ways to gain perspective and be grateful for what you have is to help others in need.

This can be through a formal volunteer effort with a philanthropic organization or it can simply be something like helping a neighbor you see who could use a hand with his lawn.

No matter what the effort, you’ll reap the rewards when you pitch in to give to others. Try to do something to help someone else at least once a week, and you’re sure to experience a boost in gratitude.

Give these ideas a try. Research or brainstorm some additional ones on your own.

Just get started so you can see just what a difference embracing a mindset of gratitude can have on your entire life.

And if you don't have one already, please do check out my range of rather gorgeous guided gratitude journals, most of them with full colour illustrations and include writing prompts for you.

~*~*~*~*~*~

I hope you enjoyed this self help report and will put the information to good use!

You can learn more here about how to create a self development plan and learn how to get your life back on track again.

There is a ton of useful resources and training guides online at my website so please visit and have a jolly good look around at all the content subjects. You will learn a lot at my self help supermart - and its all free.

And please, as I keep asking, do let me know what your most desired self help topics are, and I'll try my best to publish exactly what you are looking for

~*~*~*~*~*~

Get Motivated!

Healthy Power Tip:

Your Free PLR article:

How can you finally commit to your goals and achieve them?

Your Why
One of the first things you should do is figure out why you want to reach a goal. Many people set goals of weight loss, eating better, or growing their business.

However, they rarely stop to think about the why behind it. Without a big enough reason or a big enough why, it's soon forgotten. It just doesn't seem that important.

Knowing your why for putting forth an effort is a huge key to success with achieving goals, yet many people forget this. In fact, most articles you read on goal setting leave out this key point.

Let's discuss some reasons why you might set certain goals.Your goal is to lose weight. Why do you want to lose weight? Do you want to feel better, have more energy or look better in new clothes?

It's not just about losing weight. There has to be a compelling reason behind it. You have to focus on this reason, not just the goal itself.

Let's say you've decided to start exercising every day so you can lose weight, which is your ultimate goal. Unless you remind yourself each day of why you want to lose weight, it will become easy to skip the daily exercise.

You'll put it off until tomorrow because you aren't focusing on the why. And you know that once you put it off today, when tomorrow rolls around you'll put it off again.

What if your goal is to increase your business? Why do you want to increase your business? Do you want more money, more subscribers, to offer more products?

You'll need a list of things you should do each day or week to accomplish this goal and then work on that list consistently. Keep reminding yourself of your why.

Maybe your goal is to eat healthier. What are the benefits of healthy eating? You'll feel better. You will have less stomach trouble. It could help you have clear skin and give you more energy.

Is there another reason why you want to eat healthier?

Perhaps you're already having health problems and want to control them with better eating habits. Determine your why.

Get real with yourself and dig deep to figure out why you want to set and achieve your goal. Once you know why and you focus on that, achieving the goal will be much easier.

Follow Through
One of the biggest mistakes people make, other than not determining their why, is they fail to follow through.

One way to help you keep working at it is to think about the consequences of not doing it.

This is also an important piece of the puzzle. If you haven't thought about what could happen if you don't do something to reach your goal, then chances are you won't do anything to achieve it.

What will happen if you don't lose the weight? You'll still be overweight. In fact you may even gain more weight.

You still won't have the energy you'd like to have. You'll still have to wear the same old clothes you've been wearing.

You could develop heart disease or diabetes. You need to keep the consequences in your thoughts too. This will help you follow through each day.

This same tactic works in the business building example too. What will happen if you don't grow your business? You'll be stuck in the same spot next year. You won't increase your income.

Not increasing your income can keep you from enjoying nice vacations or luxury items you want. Always keep in mind what won't happen if you don't follow through with your business building plans. This can be a big motivator in itself.

If eating healthy is your goal, what are the consequences of staying on the same diet you're on now? Will you feel bad and have low energy? Will your skin look unhealthy? Will your current eating plan lead to health problems?

You have to know the consequences of your continued actions so you can focus on creating something better and more healthy. What will happen if you don't follow through with eating healthier meals?

Commit Daily
Once you set a goal and determine why you want to reach it, you must also renew your commitment to it on a daily basis. If you don't keep it fresh in your mind and work on it every single day, you will soon forget and it will become unimportant like it has in the past.

Achieving any goal takes some work on your part. It's something you have to actively work on. This doesn't mean you can't have a break once in awhile, but even while you're taking a break, you need to keep your goal in mind. Plan to get back to it as soon as possible and then do it!

To recap, you first need to know why you want this goal. What are the benefits of achieving this goal? Once you've determined the rewards of reaching this goal, you also need to consider the consequences of not reaching it.

Let both your why and the consequences be your driving force. Then it will be much easier to commit to your goal each day.

Whether you want to lose weight, eat healthy or grow your business, it takes some work each day so that you can see progress and reach your goal.

It doesn't have to be huge steps, just small steps each day will keep you on the right track.

(1028 words)

End of free PLR article

Just copy and paste the self help PLR article content above if you would like to use it on your blog, email, reports.

You will find a good selection of pre-written Private Label License use content available in the PLR store for this niche.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Here is what you can do with this PLR article and meme/graphics:

[YES] This source file of contents:

* Can be used as content on your website or blog
* Can be used as content in published e-books and reports (sold with personal rights only)
* Can be used in an auto-responder series
* Can be Edited or Spun however you wish
* Can be used to produce video articles
* Can be published off-line
* Can have your name put on them
* Can be rewritten for submission to article directories

[NO] This source file of contents:

* Cannot be sold or given away with other PLR or any form of resale rights
* Cannot be added to a PLR or IM membership sites
* Cannot be submitted to article directories without substantial alteration

If you want to compile the articles into an e-book or report you can sell or give away your finished ebook, but you must only give personal use rights to your buyers.

In other words, you cannot pass on PLR or resale rights to these articles in any form.

The articles have been written around keyword phrases and the title of each article includes the keyword phrase.

If you are using the articles on your website it is a good idea to give each article a unique title.

Keep the keyword in the title, or if you decide to change the keyword, change it in the first and last sentences of the article too.

You can edit the articles for your website any way that you wish.

Any questions, comments, concerns or help needed, contact me using the email form at https://www.discoveryhub.net/contact-us.html

What's New?

I'm making my plans for the work I do, the home nesting and gardening I yearn for, and for my creative artistic pursuits, which include my book publishing on amazon and my handmade junk journal making.

I simply can't imagine a life that is not filled with work to do and things to create for a sense of joy and accomplishment.

But this year it would be nice to incorporate more relaxation and less 'must-do' activities that push me too hard sometimes.

Oh, a reminder to you here that if you haven't already set up your 2022 Planner, I have published some rather lovely ones here that you can check out for yourself: 2022 Planners. Simply order online and have it conveniently delivered to your door!

I'm so grateful for the lovely people who choose to get my books, it inspires me and motivates me to keep creating and working hard!

Check out my profiles for more in the series of paperback and kindle books I have published:

Amazon

Lulu.

These simple inspirational 365 Dated Page a Day Journal Planners with a famous quotes to the top of each page are proving to be very popular.

So, if you like to have a daily inspiration this book is for you. The pages can be used for long journals every day, or be split up into Line-a-day multi-year journal on each page.

And once again, thank you so very, very much to everyone who has invested in one of my books... I really appreciate your trust, and know that you will love the book!

And p.s. Any reviews posted on Amazon and Lulu would be hugely appreciated as well!!

Do get yourself a beautiful and inspiring Diary or Planner. Yes, like one of the ones I have designed for you.

They work. They make you happy. Use them.

Click HERE or on the banner images above, as I keep adding new designs every few days... and if you have the time, please do tell me what you would like to see included, so that I can meet your requirements!

And a reminder: "Power Tips" is here to help you learn and apply new self growth strategies. Are you getting benefit from these self growth reports? Most importantly: Will you USE what you are learning?

If you are, how about you tell your friends about "Power Tips" and share it around with your pals!

What topic would you like to read and learn about next? Let me know the topics you would find most helpful for me to publish Guides about!

I really appreciate you subscribing to this ezine, I hope you enjoy it, and I welcome your feedback about this ezine - Don't "reply" to this ezine... you can use this form to Contact Me

May you always have Love to Share, Health to Spare, and Friends that Care!

Have a Laugh!

1. Ah, I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again.

2. I don't know what your problem is, but I bet it's hard topronounce.

3. How about never? Is never good for you?

4. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.

5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.

6. I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter.

7. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.

8. I don't work here. I'm a consultant.

9. It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you're saying.

10. I can see your point, but I STILL think you're full of crap.

11. I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.

12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.

13. I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a darn.

14. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.

15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.

16. It'll be ready Thursday - now, which Thursday is another question.

17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

18. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.

19. What am I? Fly paper for freaks?

20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.

21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.

22. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

23. No, my powers can only be used for good.

24. You sound reasonable. Time to up the medication.

25. And your crybaby whiny-butt opinion would be?

Daily Self Reflection:

You may view the update in our privacy policy here.

Thank you for visiting our site and trusting us with your learning needs.