This is the day!

Mom and dad always told me, “this is the day.” They told me this to give me a sense of comfort, and trust, the the workings of something higher than myself. My parents were always God-loving, and God-fearing. They always looked up and gave gratitude. They were always positive. Even now, mom keeps a positive outlook on everything. She only sees the good, and as a result of that attitude and perspective on life, she always has what she needs, wants, and is healthy and happy. She is always filled with gratitude, no matter what appears before her or around her. Her world, just like dad’s is a harmoniously display of right activity, with right results.

Because of my upbringing, and the positive environment I have always been associated with, I too, can say, with trust and certainly, that “this is the day.” This is a beautiful day! This day is an open door to so many possibilities for the demonstration of good. Not just for me, but for others as well. Good is a natural element in the universe. It is as necessary to existence as flour is to bread. It is like the water we need to drink daily. Good is also a daily characteristic that does not come and go, but comes and stays as a joyous inhabitant in our circle. I can say, just like dad and mom, that this is the day, because good is here in this day, and this day belongs to good.

A while back, I was trying to start a career in real estate sales, and encountered my share of challenges, and obstacles along the way. Since I relocated back to my familiar town, I needed a place to stay until I was able to get on my own feet. Every day, I came back from work, filled with gratitude the for the, but also, disappointed in that I had not made a sale, and therefore, I saw no money. Mom and dad saw something that I should have seen, but did not always acknowledge, and that is that, this is the day in which I will make it in my new career. This is the day that will open up something wonderful for me. This is the day that I had been waiting for. No, they were not talking only about the money that would come in, but rather, something much higher than that. I began to see with certainty that everyday is the day. I dwelled on that perspective. As a result, I started developing a database of wonderful and interested customers. I started to get listings, and sell homes. I met the need for some people in the community who needed housing, or who needed to sell their home in order to relocate or move into a more suitable dwelling.

Nothing changed about what I was doing to grow my business. I was doing everything right. I only had to change my mental standing, and recognize the goodness, wonder, and beauty of everyday. I had to hold on to a sense of trust in something spiritual, divine, lovely, something beyond the thought of making money in a new career. I began to see the harvest, and I picked what was rightfully mine.

Although, I had to leave the community for family reasons, and because of Hurricane Ivan, and go back to the part of the state where I had been living, I will always be grateful for the lessons of gratitude, and trust that mom and dad showed me while starting out in a new activity, in an old, but familiar town. I am inspired and grateful for their loving tidbits of wisdom that they gave to me.

We pass through this existence learning, learning, and relearning. We take tests, sometimes hard tests, and sometimes we make bad grades, or fail. However, we continue progressing, and taking more tests. We pass many of them, and continue learning, relearning, and growing. We don’t do this alone, but with others, maybe not with others always physically present, but as a universal family, we are together, and experiencing the richness of every day.

This is the day. There is an abundance of light for everyone in this day. Light does not discriminate, and divide. Where the sun shines, it shine on all of us equally. It is a glorious light. This is your day, and my day. See you in the light!

How my garden is growing

There is a hymn that starts out like this: “A grateful heart a garden is, where there is always room for every lovely Godlike grace to come to perfect bloom.” CS Hymnal.

This morning, early, as I went into my backyard vegetable garden, outside of Tallahassee, Florida, I thought about the words of that spiritual song. I had a big, grateful heart. My heart was filled with gratitud for the beauty, and productivity of my garden, which has been blessing us with an abundant crop of pumpkin squash, which does not seem to have an end in sight. Other plants have given us an abundance of good as well, such as basil, peppers, mint, and so much more. My heart is filled with so much gratitude, which I have shared with others in the form of the results of my work in the garden, or rather, the rich soil of the garden allowing the element of abundance to occur.

What added to this grateful heart was the harmony of this autumn day, here in Tallahassee, Florida, with a crisp, coolness, in the air, and the purity of the blue in the sky. It was a day for walking, and admiring the beauty of surroundings. I did just that.

Now, I have prepared part of the garden soil for a new garden, a winter garden. Plants have come forth, and already, we have more results of the work done, and the gratitude expressed. Gratitude breeds more gratitude, and like a fountain, it keeps flowing forth. It is all good. A garden is a symbol of good. I feel that good when I am in my garden. It is a penetrating, inspiring good.

I have found the way. It is the way of the gardener. What a grateful heart the gardener has from season to season. Think of that grateful heart next time someone offers you some produce from a garden, or you walk or drive by someone’s home garden. The earth is filled with goodness, and blessings. I am grateful for the land that I live on here in north Florida, close to Tallahassee.

From one grateful heart to another! The kingdom is already here. We can say, “Thy kingdom come,” and mean it. That kingdom is in our heart of gratitude. I love the unfolding creation and the children of God who occupy it. It is heaven on earth, and I am reminded that the Guarani Indians of Paraguay have always believed that heaven on earth is a realistic possibility. The “land without evil” here on earth was a central element of their religious, moral, thought system.

My land without evil is right here, near Tallahassee, Florida, in a green spot in back of my home.

Will you tell me about your heaven on earth, as I would be very grateful to listen to other ideas.

A week of gratitude

This has been a week of gratitude. Dad always taught me to give gratitude every day for all the good that is around. Good is everywhere, I always believe this. Good is the victor, and dominates good’s opposite, the wrongs, the evils, the injustices, the harm, the “terror that flieth by day.” Yes, I can relate to the Creator’s all-powerful goodness. I am indeed grateful, and carry with me an attitude of gratitude. 

I have taught my young son, early on, to always wake up giving gratitude for things as simple as the color green, the trees, the flowers, the air we breath, the books available for our learning, the many advantages of technology, having a computer, having a comfortable home, plenty to eat, friends, opportunities to participate in new activities, and the list goes on. 

Throughout my life, I have found that people with good attitudes of overflowing gratitude are happy people, positive people, stable people. These are the kind of people that help to reinforce my harmony as well. Good attracts good. What goes around comes around, as the saying goes. A good attitude is reflected in so many good ways, and experiences we have. 

I can say that I am grateful for the following: 

Having always lived close to nature, with a green zone, with trees, and hiking trails, behind my home.
Having lived in other countries, and experiencing the foods, perspectives, friendships in those places.
Having become fluent in another language. In my case, Spanish.
Having worked in a variety of different occupations: computers, real estate, education, translation, social services, military, mortgages.
Having had healings from life threatening situations.
Having had adequate transportation, and never being without.
Having had loving, kind parents, who went way, way out of the way for me.
Having grown successful organic gardens.
Having had all the tomatos and peppers my family wanted, from my organic garden.
Having an appreciations for natural settings, forests, trees, photosynthesis, nature, seas, rivers.
Having met a woman, who is absolutely wonderful, talented, and always inpiring.
Having had class instruction in bible studies and metaphysics.
Having completed my master’s degree, after waiting many years.  
Having hiked across a part of Paraguay, South America.
Having hiked in many mountain area of New Mexico and Colorado.

Having been in boy scouts as a youth.
Having grown up in ranch style homes, which symbolize American architecture.

The list can go on and on, and my gratitude ranges from very minute to very complex. Gratitude is gratitude, and it does not matter how small, how silly appearing, how unimportant something may seem. Gratitude is always a thank you to the Creator for His work done, and done successfully.

From the end of Genesis 1 in the King James version of the Bible it reads, “And he saw everything that he had made, and behold it was good.”

It is all good. Live each day in His goodness. It is where evil seems to be. Good is divine Love’s presence.

I reach out today, looking for more opportunties to give gratitude!!! Will you join me? The Creator will hear each thought of gratitude, and then the blessing flow.

A week of gratitude

This has been a week of gratitude. Dad always taught me to give gratitude every day for all the good that is around. Good is everywhere, I always believe this. Good is the victor, and dominates good’s opposite, the wrongs, the evils, the injustices, the harm, the “terror that flieth by day.” Yes, I can relate to the Creator’s all-powerful goodness. I am indeed grateful, and carry with me an attitude of gratitude. 

I have taught my young son, early on, to always wake up giving gratitude for things as simple as the color green, the trees, the flowers, the air we breath, the books available for our learning, the many advantages of technology, having a computer, having a comfortable home, plenty to eat, friends, opportunities to participate in new activities, and the list goes on. 

Throughout my life, I have found that people with good attitudes of overflowing gratitude are happy people, positive people, stable people. These are the kind of people that help to reinforce my harmony as well. Good attracts good. What goes around comes around, as the saying goes. A good attitude is reflected in so many good ways, and experiences we have. 

I can say that I am grateful for the following: 

Having always lived close to nature, with a green zone, with trees, and hiking trails, behind my home.
Having lived in other countries, and experiencing the foods, perspectives, friendships in those places.
Having become fluent in another language. In my case, Spanish.
Having worked in a variety of different occupations: computers, real estate, education, translation, social services, military, mortgages.
Having had healings from life threatening situations.
Having had adequate transportation, and never being without.
Having had loving, kind parents, who went way, way out of the way for me.
Having grown successful organic gardens.
Having had all the tomatos and peppers my family wanted, from my organic garden.
Having an appreciations for natural settings, forests, trees, photosynthesis, nature, seas, rivers.
Having met a woman, who is absolutely wonderful, talented, and always inpiring.
Having had class instruction in bible studies and metaphysics.
Having completed my master’s degree, after waiting many years.  
Having hiked across a part of Paraguay, South America.
Having hiked in many mountain area of New Mexico and Colorado.

Having been in boy scouts as a youth.
Having grown up in ranch style homes, which symbolize American architecture.

The list can go on and on, and my gratitude ranges from very minute to very complex. Gratitude is gratitude, and it does not matter how small, how silly appearing, how unimportant something may seem. Gratitude is always a thank you to the Creator for His work done, and done successfully.

From the end of Genesis 1 in the King James version of the Bible it reads, “And he saw everything that he had made, and behold it was good.”

It is all good. Live each day in His goodness. It is where evil seems to be. Good is divine Love’s presence.

I reach out today, looking for more opportunties to give gratitude!!! Will you join me? The Creator will hear each thought of gratitude, and then the blessing flow.