My Daily Gratitude Journal

One of the very best daily habits to have stuck with me since the EFT weekend in June is my daily gratitude journal. Marion and I gaily set off to record nightly about 5 things we were grateful for.   Then Janet Swift pointed out she was recording her 10 daily blesssings and Marion and I thought we weren't being quite grateful enough and stepped up the length of our lists to match Janet's!   I'm not sure I have found the time to tell them both this yet but the more grateful I am, the more things come into my life to be grateful for and I now find I easily soar past 20 on my bedtime gratitude list.   Howzat?

And Marion and Janet will not be surprised because that's how this stuff works.

A bit like that list in my earlier posting about The Ultimate Gift, I am noticing increasingly that however many wonderful and bountiful gifts appear in my life and get recorded on my list at night-time, they all come down to a few core needs:

• The people I love - my family, my friends, colleagues I work with, clients and those who inspire me
• Appreciating the beauty and bounty of the planet on which we live
• The luxury, sanctuary and efficiency afforded by my home - just look at that photo above, sunset taken from my living room on 2nd August.   I never tire of that view which changes every minute of every day, better than telly!
• Fun and laughter - both essentials for a long, healthy and happy life
• Creating ideas for my businesses and my unstoppable entrepreneurial spirit
• My God-given great health and opportunities for extreme self care, the pleasures of the 5 senses
• The reassuring normality of every day, one day at a time
• The things I love to do
• Peace
• The healing power of relaxation, meditation, thoughtful reflection and sleep
• Simple everyday pleasures like a pencil and a notebook and taking time to notice and enjoy them
• Reading and writing
• Time - there is always enough

I was discussing this with Jane Puckett when she came to dinner on that evening in the photo above and she pointed out that what Ann had taught us - daily scripting, affirmations, tapping and the gratitude journal - amounts to a spiritual practice and I am aware I have been searching for one of those which could be meaningful and do-able for me for some time.   I am delighted that EFT and Ann Ross have brought that into my life, just another thing to be grateful for, like Jane Puckett - see how this works?

Anyway, if I were you, I'd stop reading here, because I am going to go on (below the line) to list 1001 things for which I am grateful.   I offer this up as a personal prayer, it is a veritable orgy of gratitude, a gratitude fest if you will and it's a personal indulgence in no particular order or importance, more something I want to record than share necessarily.   Many of these appear in my journal over and over again during the period 11th June to 4th August.   What are you grateful for?

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My good health, my lovely apartment, David & Ann & Clare & Gareth & Jeremy, my sense of humour, my financial acumen and abundance, The Cleaning Biz, the Elite Entrepreneurs Club, upmarket HMOs, EFT and Ann Ross, Nicola King, Nicola Cairncross & Steve Watson and The Money Gym, my VW Beetle convertible, my business partners, my friends, my finances taken care of, the sunset, clean sheets, the Thames outside my bedroom window, Michael Buble's song Everything, blogging, the Business Blog Angel, peonies, rain, my knees, ankles, teeth & gums, telephones (a mixed blessing), Judy Barber, Michael the hairdresser, Jane Holden nee Tilton, Marks & Spencer, Expecting Adam by Martha Beck, my Mum and Dad (both deceased), Sue the beautician, the concierge team at my building, my optician and his daily disposables, the Angels, the Universe in which I trust, pink, 20 lengths of the Holmes Place pool, Hadi, the free padlock and £200 worth of vouchers, Sainsbury's Greenwich, Nails Inc., good news in the lunchtime post including an unexpected gift of a DVD from a friend, Passive Investments, inspired action and evidence, taking it easy, getting a job done effortlessly and ahead of schedule, Marion Ryan who in reality comes much, much higher up in this list and Jake, Ocean's 13, chocolate cake, manicures, finding Arthur Bostrom again via Claire Westwood, that little girl singing on Britain's Got Talent, Field of Dreams, getting the message about my writing, a clean car, friends dreaming about me and relaying their dreams, being able to pay my bills with ease, affiliate schemes, Waitrose for delivering and the lovely boys that do that, Christian Goldsborough and Stoneplace Management, inspiro-girl Lisa Clark, EFT, Emily Gordon, champagne cocktails, Great Little Business, Janet Swift, a lovely evening on the river, Trisha Stone, Ian Pittard, Jim Whitty, driving, the 4-Hour Workweek, Debbie Bissett, Emma Bourne, an abundance of new clients, Thames Clippers, Paula & Stuart MacArthur and Lizzie too, clean windows, Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire opportunity, the local curry house called Lime who also deliver, the ability to sleep easily and well, Chantal Cornelius, Sally Cross, the Royal Docks and ExCel, Jason Hulott, Ecademy, Alternatives, The Wellbeing Network, writing, blogging, Dan Taylor and his audio library, Cherry and Keven, my strong body, the summer weather, The Archers, The Secret on CD, The NHS, a holiday in Turkey, love and blessings, accepting myself as I am, the O2 music venue, a Blackberry, the brilliant podholders we have attracted into the Cleaning Biz, Whole Foods in High St Ken, Ben's Cookies, Shrek 3, laughter, companionship, friendship, reading, sleep, shelter, birthday cinema gift vouchers, sun on the river, evening sunshine, warmth and sunset, open windows and fresh air, my 7th floor view, Amazon, Carol Look, Sandra De Freitas, Guy Levine, my ABC clients, The Money Gym Club and our MG coaches Annie, Philly, Marion and Margaret, Starbucks, constant hot water, washing machine, water and food on my table, clothes on my back, my loving family, London - the greatest city in the world, movies, music and my love of it, singing, my speaking and singing voice, cousins, aunties, uncles and grandparents, XL and Roger Hamilton, Wealth profiling, swimming in the turquoise water, books, reading and eyesight, driving my Beetle cabrio, Lynne Franks, Shaa Wasmund, life lessons, not having a TV, invitations to be on TV, Jeremy Starling and The Eventworks, the clients of the Money Gym, Claire Stiling and Exceptional Health, the Law of Attraction, my strength and energy, abundance and generosity, Sara Mallett, Maria Huntsman, Clare Connolly, Nick Siddle, Success on Tap, Canary Wharf, safety, being a UK citizen, the fact that I love easily, line dancing and my teacher Sharon, every man I have ever loved including the crap ones, forgiving them and myself, the luxuries I own and the ones I enjoy which I don't own, Colin's gift of a Mont Blanc fountain pen and much, much more, my handwriting, the writing pleasure that pen affords, my typing skills, Frank the Mortgage Genius, Ethel my tenant in Nunhead, all the properties I own, the Bank of England, Leslie and Fritz, Freddie & Digby, Jane and David, Tinky & Howard, international travel, glorious holidays, sunshine seaside retreats, spas, shopping cart, my Sony laptops, sleeping in my own bed, all the other comfy beds in the world, the Southwark Rose Hotel and Kathy, The E-Myth, Tas, a lie-in, clean teeth, foot cream, body lotion and moisturiser, Jacqueline Rogers, Andy Shaw and Greg Ballard, Dan Bowyer, Peter Stanley, 10 Steps with Hilda, Marg & Rachel, Sarah Green, replacement light bulbs, tidying up, air in my tires, The Narrow, the Concert for Diana, Nicola's television, a million things for which to be grateful, loving friends, books to read, WiFi, internet banking, PayPal, the Cairncross sisters, my cleaning lady, Independence Day fireworks on the river, my neice's first entrepreneurial seizure, aromatherapy, Sandy Forster's Wildly Wealthy Fast daily affirmations, Streetwise Publications, a good day, a newsletter, the webinars, Coaching Days Out, a Docklands caterer, good feelings, nice clients, toptastic support from my team, great testimonials, Stu & Katie's baby arriving on 7/7/7, Caroline Green, Suzanne Doyle Morris, Julia McDaid, Lisa Wynn, Mark Anastasi's DVDs, Chez Bruce, Nicola's birthday, A Grelha @ The Gun, 24 with Kiefer Sutherland, Carmen McDougall, Anne Jackson in Crete, Naymz, creative partnerships, brilliant marketing ideas, how much I love to write, property mentoring, Marion's writing, ebooks and online products, the World Wide Web and Google, ease and effortlessness, an unexpected refund of $400, all the money on its way to me right now, the Streetwise box, three months off in Summer 2008, December 2007 off, The EEC Get Together, the Pink, Gold & Blue groups, a house-swap, Lonely Entrepreneur, debt freedom, perfect weight, £250k per annum, a PA/housekeeper, my own internet radio show, gorgeous clothes, lots and lots of free time, the striking postal workers, my strong supportive back, my flexible knees, my slender ankles, the London Symphony Orchestra and their free concert of film music in Canada Square park, classical music, ice-cream, my sanctuary, a hot night, river views at dawn and dusk and the sound of the waves, an almond croissant, a new bluey green swimsuit, a secret week, being healthy, wealthy and happy, peace and quiet, love, Corton farm, the lavender in the front garden, my eyesight, my energy, flat calm on the river, a peaceful day, lots of time for reading, group coaching calls, good tapping, being able to wear a summer dress, web sales, an uplifting email from a stranger, clients in my living room and dining room on coaching days out and EEC, my sunshiny tax haven, feeling relaxed and peaceful, happy and successful, rich and healthy, abundance, plenty of time, nutritious food, the waves on the shore, The M1, that we are safe, that we have dry homes, millionaire's shortbread, the peace of my home, 123 emails, a new week, my love of reading in a world full of books, a over-abundance of clients and exciting profitable business opportunities, my own bed, my power shower, juicing, scripting, Marie Taylor, Pickering in North Yorkshire, Boston USA, Legal Seafoods and a bottle of Albarino, open minds, Cool Cards, the Streetwise blog, the Bharti Vyas moisturiser from Tesco, Tina Brown's The Diana Chronicles, walnut whips, wheatgrass juce, Janet Swift, Gold Express clients, Alan Forest Smith, the Million A Month Club, the Lonely Entrepreneur Story Book, that I have hot & cold running water and electricity, beautiful long fingernails, healthy teeth and gums, happy knees and ankles, Saronyx and the TCB flyer, Emma's printers, Jessica Phenomen Oil, windy weather, cold weather, wet weather, the Crussh Juice Bar, juicing at home, M & S food, another great book, a fun Cashflow game, being a compulsive helper, innocence and light-heartedness, Krispy Kreme donuts, a clean nightie, love, love, love, 1000 Best Movies and 1000 Best Spas, Asda (thrift can be fun), halogen light bulbs, biplanes over the Dome, the love of a good friend, escape into stories, the beauty of the elements, the moon, the stars, the river, the tides, the reassuring normality and familiarity of daily habits and little rituals, taking care of myself, passionate people, the inspiration they provide, admiration, the healing power of sleep, pencil and paper, writing, thoughts, business ideas, creating, being an entrepreneur, leftovers of roast chicken and bubble & squeak, salad cream, the ocean, overseas property, Ann Harrison and her story, Sue Ricks and hers, the London Coaching Circle, Akasha, sums, sunshine, sales letters, sales calls, Ben & Jerry, excellent posture, 6 a.m. starts, a new hairdresser, hi-speed drives down to Shoreham for Steve's lunches, Shoreham Beach, Widewater in Lancing, online income, my ezine, healthy organs, music, Steve helping me, Nicola lending me a book, Peta Heskell, Jane Puckett, tall soya milk hot chocolate extra hot no cream, unexpected income of £15,000, Jim Whitty, Yvonne Halling, Vicky, Barry, my Mum & Dad who gave me life, Barbara Bradbury's podcast, a new book, Sue Trinder, yet another beautiful evening, Sara Champion and all prospective podholders, a day off and The Ultimate Gift, a wobbly crown, Martha Beck's audio, a suntan, Nicola's garden, her cooking and her friendship, laughter, my intelligence and ability to love, August one day at a time, a flirtatious text message, clients, peace, the anticipation of tomorrow, clean laundry, no-one to talk to all day, left alone with my thoughts.  Bliss.

Comments

[Abundance]

Hi,

Thanks for the "My Daily Gratitude Journal" idea. I am so inspired now to start one myself.

Gratitude No. 1 - Judith Morgan for her wonderful blog!

Abundance Always.

[Debbie Bissett]

Judith
I'm absolutely honoured to have been included in your list and hope that as life continues I can help you in whatever way is appropriate as you've been an inspiration to me. Thank you for showing us not only how to appreciate what we have but also for personifying the belief that the more we share, the more abundant we become! Here's to us all being amazingly happy, healthy, wealthy and fabulous!!!!!
Debs x