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It has been said all people are mystics and they fall in to one of two categories; a "pessi-mystic", who tends to see the glass as half empty, and an "opti-mystic", who sees it as half full. Which are you? I know it's a rather silly play on words but I bet you get the point. Irrespective of whether you are an optimist or a pessimist the Universal Law of Attraction assures you are predicting your own future based upon where you are putting your attention.
While it may be very dated, the "half empty or half full glass" metaphor accurately depicts the filter through which many of us tend to see life. For a great number of people 2009 has been a year fraught with uncertainties, disappointments and fears beyond their wildest imagination. In times like these it's quite easy to allow ourselves to go unconscious and fall prey to the purveyors of doom who are peddling their latest version of how empty the glass is to whomever will buy. The pessimist usually buys what they are selling because it validates his view and gives him permission to continue to stare at what's wrong with life, and the optimist isn't even in the market because his attention is on what is right with life. Which type of mystic are you?
I have discovered that the quickest way to become an "opti-mystic" is to begin a mindfulness practice that focuses on building an attitude of gratitude. William A. Ward wrote, "God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say, 'Thank you?'" As we go into this holiday season with Thanksgiving just days away, I would like to give you a gift that will help raise the altitude of your attitude of gratitude, and it will only take a few moments each day. It is a thirty-day Gratitude Journal which you can download free by clicking on the link at the end of this message.
I invite you to print the Journal out and use it mindfully. Better yet, print out a great number of them and pass them out to friends and family this week. The suggestions on how to use the Journal are detailed on the inside front cover. If you begin the Journal the week of Thanksgiving it will take you into the weeks of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas soaring on high with gratitude.
Clearly you gain altitude with your attitude of gratitude by being more aware of what you have, than what you don't, and by understanding that with a little effort it can become a way of life not to be confined in its conscious practice to only holidays and special occasions. Perhaps Meister Eckhart put it most simply and most eloquently when he wrote, "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was 'thank you,' that would suffice." I encourage you to join with me in making "thank you" your mantra for the next thirty days and witness an abundant universe at work. After all, that is what "opti-mystics" do, yes?
I thank you for allowing me the honor of considering you a member of my extended family this year. What a blessing you have been in my life. For this I am truly grateful.
Peace,
Dennis Merritt Jones
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