Live a life of gratitude

Every day is a gift of God. We are all given 24 hours, yet some have make their day meaningful while others going through the day with misery.

I am always encouraged to read inspirational quotes or pictures that stirs my emotion and imagination. I pray that as I share what I received it will make a difference in someone’s life no matter how small that is. Little becomes much when it is shared.

Here is a  quotes from Alfred D Souza. “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business,time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”

I invite you take a look at this perspective of life I received from Daily Kindness:

There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way, so treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time…and remember that time waits for no one.

So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids,until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until Friday night,until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter,until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you’ve had a drink,until you’ve sobered up,until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…

Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So, Work like you don’t need money.

Love like you’ve never been hurt and Dance Like no one’s watching.

Remember today is a gift. It is up to you how you going to receive it.

I bless you

Your friend for life

Anna

 

Ways to put love in action

As I mentioned I will share about ways we can put love in action.
As we’ve seen. love is necessary to our well-being. It sustains and maintains and It elevates and uplifts. It keeps us afloat, put a skip in our steps. It gives us the confidence to grow.
Regardless of the goals we may have set for ourselves, regardless of what our purpose may be, unless and until we have enough love, we will find that things don’t work out for us. Only when our love needs are met will the rest of our life come into balance.
We’ve also seen that the way to receive love is to give it unconditionally, without expecting something in return. The more you give it away, the more it will come back to you. The more you love, the more you will be loved.
To help us get the love we want, need and deserve, we have to develop loving techniques. When we put the love in action it will bring us the love we are looking for.

One of the most powerful technique is HUGGING
Mark Victor Hansen and his wife, Patty, conducted a national “hug survey” and discovered that 83 percent of us grew up getting less than one hug a day. Even if we won’t admit it, 99 percent of us want more hugs than we’ve been getting. A hug is a perfect way of immediately giving and receiving love from another human being.
A research also indicated that people need several hugs a day just to be psychologically “balanced.” The minimum, they say, is four hugs, just for maintenance, and the requirement for growth is twelve hugs.
However, in our culture physical contact between people who barely know each other is considered taboo, particularly when it’s between men. Even though a hug is a nonsexual statement, it is still considered off-limits by some people.
Hugging is something that we can all respond to, once we get past the taboo. The experience usually surprises most people. The authors had practiced the act of hugging in their seminar, The fact that everyone at a seminar is doing it takes the pressure off it, at least for the moment. The intimacy it instantly creates is warm and pleasant. Suddenly people who would otherwise never hug realize that they really do like giving and receiving this form of love.

How to hug properly
Since hug is such a easy way to express love and to receive love, it is worth our while to practice how to really get into our hugs, to give and get the most.

1. When you’re hugging someone shorter than you, bend your knees. Get shorter. It’s a sign of courtesy and consideration to do so.
Remember to hug little children at their level, squat down to their size and hug them. Research shows that little boys only get one sixth the hugs little girls get. Don’t discriminate against little boys; generously hug them too – they need it. And if the situation presents itself, hug someone in a wheelchair. They are often neglected and forgotten.

2. When you’re in the hug, open your heart. Give the hug all you’ve got from the heart and really lavish your recipient with love. Think of the hug as the key that opens the pathway to the heart.

The opening of the heart is another way of saying that we are giving away our love, giving away ourselves. And in so doing we receive.

3. After the physical hug, give an “eye hug.” Look deeply and penetratingly into the eyes of the person you just hugged. Silently, and inside yourself, say “Thank you and I love you,” if this is an appropriate feeling for you. If not, say something that is appropriate for you.
Learning these techniques for hugging will make it more rewarding for you. The more you hug, the more your self-esteem will grow, and you’ll have new levels of awareness of how important hugging is to human life and love.
Family Hugging
Remember to embrace daily the family members who live in close proximity to you. Research has shown that hugging has positive effects on children’s language development and IQ. It has healing and therapeutic benefits.
Dare to Hug
Intuitively we all know that hugging feels good, dispels loneliness and overcomes fears. Therefore, it stands to reason that we should hug everyone, not just our best friends.
Ask permission before you give a hug. Some people have been severely sexually and physically abused as children or as adults and may find hugging others a bit overwhelming or over stimulating in terms of their emotions, so it’s always best to ask first.

So dare to hug. Go for twelve hugs a day. Dare to request a hug when you need one. It gives others a opportunity to give love and receive love.

I recognize I am a loved person when I began to receive huggs from friends, family and even stranger. I have first hand experience of this powerful technique. I just want to share and encourage all the reader to put it into practice.

Receive a hug from me and I am saying to you from my heart: “Thank you and I love you”

Your friend for life

Anna