It may be challenging to step into a state of gratitude during this time of tumult and fear. But now, more than ever, you and I need to practice gratitude. The practice of gratitude can lift you out from under the heavy weight of your unsettling thoughts and feelings and move you into the direction of loving-kindness. Today, no matter what is going on in your life, make time during the day and before you go to sleep to count your blessings, to focus on what you have to be grateful for. It is a fact that you cannot be frightened when you are in a state of gratitude and acknowledging what you have to be grateful for will bring you more. Be grateful today!

Just for today, I am grateful. I am grateful to be alive another day. I am grateful for every experience that I have every had for they have taught me so much and have shaped me into the person who I am right now, who is exactly who I am supposed to be. The more I am grateful, the more I have to be grateful for. The supply is endless. I begin and end each day in gratitude and joy. I am safe and all is truly well in my world. And so it is.