COUNT Blessings COUNT You!

COUNT Your Blessings

Start with YOU

The most important person

To KNOW

To Acknowledge

The BLESSING you are

Is YOU

For when we forget

When we don’t SEE

THE Beauty that we are

We cannot see the BEAUTY in others

The Magnificence of LIFE

The BLESSINGS

Don’t wait for others

To GIVE you

What you need

AFFIRM your Self

All day long

SOMETHING Incredible

Is waiting to be KNOWN

That something

Is

YOU!

KNOWING you

YOU KNOW all

Valuing YOU

You VALUE all

APRRECIATING who you are

ALL that makes you “you”

Especially the parts

You don’t like

You APPRECIATE all

Even those you don’t like

BELIEVING you COUNT

YOU count ALL

BLESSing your Self

YOU bless ALL

Tis the Season

To GIVE Thanks

To Count BLESSINGS

Count YOU

Begin with YOU

End with YOU

This is necessary

For you to CLAIM

The ABUNDANCE that you are

The abundance of life

Miracles flowing

Magic blowing

Grace in human form

Bow to YOUR Self

Bow to ALL

Hold your Self Sacred

Hold all Sacred

YOU ARE HOLY

Others are holy

Flaws AND All

Imperfections

ALL Perfect

Step into this TRUTH

Let it fill YOU

Mind, body, heart and soul

FEEL the Bigness of YOU

The enormity of YOUR life

FREE you Self

STAND TALL

Grounded in a sense of Self

TRUST

FAITH

CERTAINTY

AWE

WONDER

OPEN your Self

To the PURE LOVE

Abounding

Surging through your being

Manifesting in your Creations

Oh, the JOY

Of being YOU

The BLESSING you are

KNOWING you count!

Counting the BLESS YOU ARE

You LIVE the BLESSedness

Awakening dormant energies

SEEDS of Promise

Uncultivated Potential

Unearthed POSSIBILITIES

You get to EXPRESS

THE Blessing you are

SHOWERING this world

With YOU

All of YOU

To Share our Self

ALL that we are

Is the Truest GENEROSITY

Pure LOVE

The essence of who we are

POURING into this WORLD

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Let go

Let GO

LET GO

Again

And

Again

And

Again

Of all beliefs

That keep YOU at bay

That hold YOU back

How DARE we NOT

SHOW UP

Fully

For this party

This celebration of LIFE

When we have

EVERYTHING to Give

Our Self

The grace of the heavens

In human form

On this journey

And

NOTHING to Lose

Only Life to experience

In knowing

WE ARE THE OFFERING

We are the greatest gift we GIVE

LIVING OUR LIFE

Being who we are

Enjoying the RIDE

COME what may

Every day

COUNT Blessings

COUNT You

YOU COUNT! 

Thanksgiving is 2 days away!  Yesssss.  My favorite holiday, truly, because this day has a distinct energy as the whole of the United States pauses to count blessings, to tune in to the gifts bestowed on each of us simply because we have life.  The attitude of gratitude is miraculous, a force so powerful it brings the light into the darkest moments of our life.  We can feel a cutting pain that takes us to our knees and simultaneously be grateful that we can actually feel, that we get to experience the totality of this life – all the pain and all the joy and everything in between. 

The day my late-husband John died, I was swallowed by the grief, in shock screaming out and whimpering as noises came from the depths of me expressing the pure anguish AND I kept saying:  Oh my Gosh!  I got to be his wife.  We had a great life.  I experienced a miracle in the way we loved.  There was nothing left unsaid between us.  I know he always knew I loved him and he loved me.  It is not either or.  We can be taken into the horrors of life and simultaneously count our blessings which lightens our heavy hearts in the midst of challenges that come for us all – a part of this human journey.  And because the day John died was the worst day of my life, I USE this day to remind myself the blessing life is, the blessing I am come what may.  I see the strength that lies within me and appreciate all that I am, this immeasurable force manifest as Kathy, remembering how tall I stood as life took me to my knees, as I laid on my belly and curled into a ball overwhelmed.

No matter our age.  No matter where we are on our journey.  No matter how successful we are.  No matter how confident or self-assured we are.  We ALL want to know we count! We often wait for others to let us know we count and this feels absolutely awesome when others see the beauty we are, the goodness, expressing their gratitude for us.  But we must know we count!  We must put our Self on the top of the list and count our Self, our life first, stoking that inner fire, showering our Self with big love.  For all we give our Self, we can give to others.  When our hearts our happy filled with a sense of Self, we want others to be happy and want them to know how amazing they are.  We can’t give what we don’t have to give!  And we actually have everything to give, our Self and nothing to lose, because we are here to live the blessedness we are, true generosity, sharing our gifts, the abundance of life we are.  Standing tall in this energy, knowing and believing with all of us that we are blessings, we see the blessings others are even those we don’t particularly like.

The invitation this day is to count blessings and start with YOU!  Write down or list in your head all that you appreciate about YOU.  This is YOU fueling your life the way you gas up your car in order to get where you need to go – you can’t go where you want to go on empty.  LOVE your Self UP!  Let all the goodness you are wash over you – mind, body, heart and soul.  Elevate your energy!  Awaken your vitality!  Remember the beauty, the magnificence you are.  Count blessings all day long and one day, you will recognize it is ALL BLESSINGS – that which we curse and that which we welcome.  LIFE is the greatest gift and life expressing as YOU is the greatest offering.  This is TRUTH even if you don’t recognize it but ohhhhh, life is so damn fun when we walk each day knowing the gift we are and seeing our unique effect on this wonderful world.