Accounting Your Blessings Day 30

It's now the end of your 30 day experience of "Accounting Your Blessings". However, I invite you to see this as a *beginning*, rather than the end. The cultivation of gratitude is on-going play (as opposed to on-going "work") - and if you think that great things have happened to you in the past 30 days...well, you haven't seen anything, yet!

First, enter your deposits and small change for today.

Next, balance your books for the week (it's actually a bit more than a week, since you haven't balanced the books since Day 21.) If necessary, refer back to the directions for Day 7. You may find a new Balance Sheet here, if you don't have the one from last week. Be sure to also take a look at this week's Record of Receipts as well.

And now comes the fun part - total all of your weekly balances at the bottom of your balance sheet.

Isn't it great to see how much you HAVE???

Even better: your balance of prosperity is INFINITE! There is no end to it...no "maximum" for the amount of prosperity value that your account can hold!

I suggest that you create a folder or binder to contain the balance statements, receipts records, and your favorite abundance actions from these 30 days. Add in some "evidence" of your transactions; i.e., wonderful email messages that make you feel prosperous, notes, cards, journal entries, doodles, copies of paystubs, photos of loved ones...any artifact that reminds you of your wealth. If this process has resonated with you, you can continue to play with it, and create a new folder for each month.

You might want to try writing your own "Abundance Actions" in the days to come, and add them to the ones you've gathered in this course. You can use quotes as a basis for the actions, as we have done in this course. But you also can use lots of other things as triggers for inspired actions that you can take on a daily basis: stories, personal experiences, elements of nature, colors, songs, the comments of children.

It has been a wonderful honor to share in this experience with you. YOU are one of my blessings. This system has worked wonders in my life, and I hope that it has evoked something special in you. I welcome your feedback, ideas, and suggestions. And please stay in touch and share your blessings!

I would also like to again thank Marney Makridakis of Artella for creating this wonderful program which I am so happy to share with you.

I'll close with one more "RECEIPT" for you:

"The infinitely small is as large as the infinitely big."
-- Sengtsen, Zen Master

May infinite prosperity be ours!

Stay tuned.........in September I will be sharing: Miracle Soup.


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 29

Today's "RECEIPT":

"Synchronicity holds the promise that if we will change within, the patterns in our outer life will change also."
-- Jean Shinoda Bolen

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
During the past month, the Abundance Actions have encouraged you to open your senses, experience gratitude in a multitude of ways, live larger, express appreciation to others, have more fun, and much more. These are all important ingredients in the recipe for true prosperity. As all of these different, dynamic elements begin to meld inside you, and you shift your life toward experiencing a greater sense of gratitude, something wonderful happens: synchronicity!

The dictionary says that synchronicity is "Coincidence of events that seem to be meaningfully related." Jung said that synchronicity is the way in which our psyches, which have a different sense of "knowing" than our physical selves, express themselves as we move throughout the world. In addition to these definitions, I encourage you to view synchronicity as the bread crumbs in the path, the assurance that you are just where you need to be. By viewing synchronicity in this way, you can realize that ALL "coincidences" are meaningful, no matter how eventful or important or life-altering they seem to be. The smallest event of synchronicity is no different than the biggest - they are both just bread crumbs, showing you that you are going in the right direction.

Today, and perhaps even every day, take note of the little "coincidences" that come your way. Keep a little notebook where you can record them, and add them to your list of deposits. Feel the gratitude that comes with knowing you are moving along the right trail!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day! Tomorrow will be your last day for the course. Be sure to read the directions sent with tomorrow's lesson, as they will instruct you had to "balance your books" for the month!~


Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 28

Today's "RECEIPT":
"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."
-- Colette

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
While tuning in to your personal prosperity is an experience of personal depth and spiritual intensity, remember that it's also FUN! What would life look like if you began looking at your life as if it were a great big juicy amusement park, and everything you did from day to day was simply play? What if there was more laughter? What if there was more tickling and hugging? What if there was more folly and frivolity and fantastic foolishness? What if you made more mistakes and messes? How would these changes alter your experience of abundance and prosperity? For today, take a moment and ponder this inquiry (either in your head or in your journal) and then keep your eyes open for ways that you can have more fun, today - and tomorrow...and the next day...and the day after that! After all, who says life has to be "hard work"? It's only hard because we keep telling ourselves that it is, and that's a definition that's worth re-writing!

~It's the end of your third week, and there are only three more days until the 30 days are over. You'll receive your final balance sheet on the 30th day, along with instructions for balancing your entire month, and suggestions on how to continue with your accounting work! For today, be sure to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, as usual.~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 27

Today's "RECEIPT":
"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
What if, just for today, you could make an effort to see the world around you as if you were seeing all of its beauties for the first time? What if you saw the strange map-like design on a tree's bark, or the deep color of a mud puddle, or your own face in the mirror, or really noticed the juicy taste of an apple, as if you had never experienced it before? For today, give yourself the gift of having a child-like view of the world and see it all for the first time. Remind yourself of this intention throughout the day by repeating a mantra regularly (i.e., "I have a child's eyes", or "It is all new to me"). With these "new" eyes, there are many new, uncovered riches waiting for you! I think you'll find it's as fun as finding unexpected money in your pocket, or getting a surprise refund check in the mail!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 26

Today's "RECEIPT":
"When we experience a sense of gratitude, we give ourselves a dose of mental sunshine. Suddenly the world seems brighter, and we have more options. And the greatest thing is that as we experience the mental sunshine of gratitude, we begin to glow with sunshine ourselves. Suddenly not only is the world brighter, but we are too. Soon we notice that our lives are full of people who want to be around us because we exude peacefulness, happiness, and joy."
-- M.J. Ryan, "Attitude of Gratitude"

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Here's your task for today: make gratitude your cup of coffee. When you are feeling low on energy, take at least 3 minutes to make a list (mental or on paper) of all of the ways in which you feel rich and prosperous. See if it doesn't perk you up a bit. It can work for headaches, too! Instead of taking 2 aspirin, take 2 minutes for gratitude. It's a totally natural endorphin stimulator that is totally free and works quickly! And there are no side effects, except more and more wonderful blessings coming your way!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 25

Today's "RECEIPT":
"A curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line." -- Robert Henri

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
A great way to deepen our experience gratitude is to use the concept of contrast when thinking about our blessings. Try it, now -- think of something for which you are grateful, and then think about what your life would be if you did NOT have that. It only intensifies our sense of appreciation for what we have. Think about the "big things" that really help define your sense of comfort and well-being, but also think about the less obvious elements of your life that you may take for granted. Take a walk through your home, or your office, or your neighborhood street, and notice all that things that you would miss if they were gone. Actually IMAGINE what things would be like in this contrasting situation...and then come back to the present, and sigh into the gratitude. And don't forget to record some of your findings in your Ledger, today!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 24

Today's "RECEIPT":

"No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you."
-- Althea Gibson

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Spend some time today honoring your teachers in life. Who have you learned the most from in your life? When you think about this, you might be surprised at your answers. Often our best teachers are the people and experiences that we find challenging at first! Today, focus on those individuals who have been a crucial part of your growth...and make a plan to reach out and EXPRESS your gratitude to those individuals. Can you get a sense of the fact that the right people have been there for you, at the right time? Talk about feeling rich!!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along withtheir prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 23

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Celebrate what you want to see more of."
-- Tom Peters

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Take a moment and think about what you would like to see more of in your life. Now, think creatively for a minute and think of the ways that you can inject the ESSENCE of what you want into your life RIGHT NOW. If you wish you had greater financial flow in your life, do a little digging to get to the bottom of why you want it. To feel free? To feel secure? To feel joy? To have the ability to give freely to others? Then, brainstorm on ways that you could add those essences to your life today. What can you do to feel greater freedom, security, joy, or generosity? Have some fun with this...it can open up LOTS of new things for which to be grateful!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 22

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
-- Melody Beattie

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
As today's "receipt" indicates, gratitude has marvelous transforming powers. Here's your challenge for today - stop yourself regularly today and ask yourself, "What happens if I add some gratitude to this moment?" Find out how you can turn a meal into a feast. Discover how you can turn a challenge into a blessing. Uncover how you can turn a simple task into a privilege. It's a fairly easy equation: a moment + gratitude = a greater sense of abundance. Give it a try.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet

On my Accounting Sheet:
I did have a simple task today - drive my daughter to college. She is starting early with a four-day leadership program. I only had to drive her ten minutes away, but it was a privilege to take her. I am so proud of all that she is in the process of becoming. She is an amazing individual: intelligent, hard working, optimistic, tenacious, creative, silly (in the best possible way) and beautiful. I can't wait to hear about her experiences at the University of Maryland. I am so grateful to have the privilege of being her mother.


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 21

Today's "RECEIPT":
"There is a body outside the body which has nothing to do with anything produced by magical arts. Making this aware energy completely pervasive is the living, active unified original spirit... When you've cooked the marrow of the sun and moon the pearl is so bright, you don't worry about poverty."
-- Writings of Sun Bu-er, Ancient Taoist Teacher

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Take a moment to read today's "receipt", below. What is the "bright pearl" in your life? What is the most important thing to you? What is the one thing that, by comparison, makes money and finances pale in importance? Is it your family? Your values? What is YOUR own way, of "cooking the marrow of the sun and moon"? Well, whatever it is...that's something to be grateful for.

~It's the end of your third week! Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change for today, and then balance your books for this week. (If necessary, refer back to the directions for Day 7.) There's a new Balance Sheet attached to this message, if you don't have the one from last week. And don't forget to take a look at this week's Record of Receipts, too!~

Daily Accounting Sheet, Balance Sheet, Week 3 Record of Receipts


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 20

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
One of the greatest ways to cultivate gratitude is to cherish individual moments in time, moment by moment. Today, challenge yourself to be living in the present moment, appreciating what it has to offer. Perhaps you can create a "reminder" for yourself, such as tuning in to the moment when you walk into a new room, before you check or email or answer the phone, or before you eat or drink. You also might set an alarm for each hour to remind you to be present. You'd be surprised how much abundance can be gathered just by being present.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 19

Today's "RECEIPT":
"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."
-- Diane Ackerman

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
See if you can go through your day today *expanding* your experience. Catch yourself at moments throughout the day and ask yourself, "Can I experience this a little deeper? Feel a little wider? Accept this moment a little more fully?" Simply by adjusting your awareness see if you can be just one percent more expanded in your living, today. If you like how it feels, then try expanding your experience another percent on another day. And all the while, feel your presence becoming more alive, and your gratitude increasing.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 18

Today's "RECEIPT":
"When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms."
--Mary Oliver

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Today, your job is to be AMAZED. Just spend some time consciously looking for things that amaze you. Just like anything else – once you start focusing on it, it will be everywhere. So keep your eyes open and be ready to get lost in the dazzling, startling, gorgeous, a-maze-ing journey of the day that's ahead of you!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 17

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Before we awaken, our joy is to use the things of this earth; after the grace of awakening, our joy is to serve the things of this earth. With the growth of wisdom our life becomes more and more a creative act, an act of service. The beauty of such an understanding is that it excludes no one."
--Jack Kornfield, "A Path with Heart" (also the source of the story in the today's Abundance Action)

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Here is a little story for you. In the traditional culture of Bali, there is no word for "artist", nor a particular label for "creative" people, even though the culture has plenty of artisans, poets, and musicians. In this culture, all activities are equally creative, equally of service. There is no linguistic way to distinguish that a painter's mural is more "creative" than a farmer's crop. Today, think about the ways in which you are being creative in every single moment. Toss aside any previous definitions of creativity - and instead, just allow yourself to create in everything you do, and feel gratitude for your wonderful creative abilities and all the ways they can be expressed.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 16

Today's "RECEIPT":
"This is what you should do: Love the earth and sun and animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people... reexamine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, dismiss what insults your very soul, and your flesh shall become a great poem."
--Walt Whitman

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
From your own viewpoint, how is prosperity related to freedom? Naturally, it's related to the freedom to have certain things that we want, or do certain things that we would like to do. Prosperity also means accepting -- and celebrating -- the freedom to BE whoever we want to be. When you take any action that encapsulates the person that you want to be -- whether it be taking a stand for a cause, or defending a friend, or speaking to another person in full truth, or enjoying a peaceful moment where you can hear the earth breathe -- you are expressing your freedom to be your SELF. And that freedom is part of your prosperity. In short, every way that you get to express yourself in the world is part of your abundance.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 15

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Sometimes I go around pitying myself, and all the while I'm being carried by great winds across the sky."
--Ojibway Indian saying

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Ironically, the biggest miracles -- the ones of almost unspeakable vastness -- are the ones we hardly even think about. For example, that our internal body structure works in such perfect harmony; that there is always oxygen with each breath; that the round earth supports every step; that seeds of all kinds grow into blossoms of all kinds. As you go about your business today, take some moments to check in to appreciate the BIG miracles. Feel the ground underneath your steps and appreciate its sturdiness. Taste a normally, ordinary breath as if it were a sumptuous dessert. Bask in gratitude that it WORKS - all of it, this whole wonderful cosmos.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 14

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Being grateful. That's the first step to the path of Joy."
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Today make your decisions based around JOY. What brings you more joy - this choice or that choice? Play around with this technique on seemingly inconsequential choices, and then move on to using it as a barometer for more important decisions. And at each turn, take a moment to enJOY the joy you're feeling, and be grateful for it.

~It's the end of your second week! Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change for today, and then balance your books for this week. (If necessary, refer back to the directions for Day 7.) The link below goes to the balance sheet, if you don't have the one from last week. And don't forget to take a look at this week's Record of Receipts, too!~


Daily Accounting Sheet, Balance Sheet and Week 2 Record of Receipts


These two bring me joy in my life: Nicolas (15) and Julia (18)



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Accounting Your Blessings Day 13

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Mathematically speaking, if people spent half as much time appreciating what they have as they do complaining about what they don't have, life would have to get better."
-- Sara Paddison,"The Hidden Power of the Heart"

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
There are bound to be a few things to complain about today, right? Keep your eye out for them because today, you can play a little game with the annoyances and nuisances that come your way. Every time you feel yourself complaining about something, figure out something good in the situation. I know what you're thinking...some may be a stretch, but that's what makes this fun. And you're just doing it for one day, so you have nothing to lose. If something is annoying you, just pick out one positive aspect of that thing to think about. Don't worry, you can still feel annoyed after that you if you want to (but you'll find it's a lot harder to do!)

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 12

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Prosperity is an internal experience, not an external state, and it is an experience that is not tied to having a certain amount of money. While prosperity is in some ways related to money, it is not caused by money. While no amount of financial wealth can guarantee an experience of prosperity, it is possible to experience prosperity at almost any level of income, except when we are unable to meet our basic physical needs."
~Shakti Gawain, "Creating True Prosperity"

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Today take a moment to think about what prosperity means to you on all the following levels: spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically? What does it mean to for you, personally, to feel prosperous in each of those areas? Allow your own definition of prosperity to expand as you go through your daily tasks, and feel your CAPACITY for prosperity expand, as well.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 11

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Practicing the Law of Giving is very simple: if you want joy, give joy to others; if you want love, learn to give love; if you want attention and appreciation, learn to give attention and appreciation; if you want material affluence, help others to become materially affluent. In fact, the easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want. This principle works equally well for individuals, corporations, societies, and nations. If you want to be blessed with all the good things in life, learn to silently bless everyone with all of the good things in life."
~Deepak Choprah, "Seven Spiritual Laws of Success"

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Today, read the "receipt" below, and spend a moment to tune in to what you most want. Then, think about this: how can you give THAT to others? If some ideas come to you, write them down. If not, don't worry -- they will. Just keep your eyes open for the ways you can help others get what you most want yourself.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with their prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 10

Today's "RECEIPT":
"If you want them to build a ship, don't drum up teams to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Children and adults often are taught that it is bad to want. That it is wrong to crave. That is greedy to have desire. And yet, knowing exactly what we want is the first part of the equation to creating a life that we love. Today, spend some time dreaming of what you want. Look around you and take stock of the changes you'd most like to see in your life. Let yourself WANT them. When a very strong desire is combined with very strong gratitude, magical things can happen.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 9

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Appreciation is a powerfully magnetic energy that helps you see the wider picture faster. As you appreciate, you see more and understand more. On an energy level, it brings intuitive breakthroughs and helps you realize God is within you. Appreciation magnetizes you to the Universal flow. When you sincerely appreciate what you have in life, you magnetize more of your heart's desires."
-- Sara Paddison, "The Hidden Power of the Heart: Discovering an Unlimited Source of Intelligence"

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Today, think of yourself as a magnet. That's right, a life-sized Magnet, which will attract more of whatever your mind is focused upon. If you are a magnet focused on having a day when everything goes wrong, that's what you will be attracting. If you are a magnet focused on gratitude for all the things that are going RIGHT, that's what you'll be attracting. Just experiment with this idea and see what comes up. Whatever you're focused upon tends to cling to you with a very strong hold, for better or for worse.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 8

Today's "RECEIPT":
"The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach -- waiting for a gift from the sea."
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Read the "receipt" for today, below, and think of this when you are feeling anxious or impatient. Literally take a moment to close your eyes and see yourself as a beach - ready and open for miracles to flow into your life. You may not know WHEN they are coming, but just like the inevitable tide, they ARE coming!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 7

Today's "RECEIPT":
"When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you acknowledge that it is there - in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God; an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. Therefore never supplicate, Appreciate."
-- Neale Donald Walsch "Conversations with God, Book 1"

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Today, think about the things that you would like in your life, and consciously say a prayer (to God, Nature, a higher power, the universe...whatever is comfortable for you) of thanks IN ADVANCE. This exercise feels great, because the action of anticipatory gratitude is one of pure faith. Try it, and practice it until it becomes natural and easy. You'll love it!

I hope you've had a wonderful first week with your new accounting ledger. Remember to enter your deposits and small change *every day*, even if you don't have the time to look at the Abundance Action and receipt for the day. What's important is developing the momentum that comes from allowing your balance to increase on a daily basis.

This lesson contains three links:

1. Your regular ACCOUNTING LEDGER for Day 7.

2. A "RECORD OF RECEIPTS" for week 1. It contains all of the "receipts" for this week in one convenient location, as well as a space to add your own.

3. A BALANCE SHEET, which you will use to balance days 1-7, the instructions for which follow below.

Before you balance the books for this week, take a moment to complete your ledger entry for Day 7, and read the Abundance Action for today. The instructions for balancing the books will follow.


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 6

Today's "RECEIPT":
"If the only prayer you ever said was 'Thank You', that would be enough"
-- Meister Eckhart

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Today, bring your attention to saying "thank you" at every available opportunity. Say "thank you" to the ground that holds you up, to the worker in the toll booth, to the computer upon which you are reading this blog post. Expressing thanks is a powerful elixir that just can't help but heal the dark, sad, fearful parts of you.
Give it a whirl!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 5

Today's "RECEIPT":
"The definition of vocation is that work in which the world's deep hunger and our deep gladness meet."
--Frederick Buechner

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Throughout the day today, take a few moments to ponder this: "What is the world yearning for? What are people calling for?" And then, become very quiet in yourself and ask, "What very small thing that I can do to answer that call?" Think of a small thing that you can do TODAY to participate in answering the call, and know that you are making deposits into the general well-being of humankind.

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 4

Today's "RECEIPT":
"An idea or an insight doesn't come from a single happening, it requires a meeting to alter a perspective. Often it takes a while for the events to collide, but when they do it is inevitable that a change will follow."
--Nick Bantock, "The Forgetting Room"

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Try this, -- when you wake up in the morning, make your first thought, "Today I will meet helpful people." And continue to revisit that idea throughout the day. If you LOOK for opportunities to meet the people who have the potential to really make a difference in your life, you are much more likely to find them!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 3

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Success is measured by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying."
- Booker T. Washington

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
As you move about your day today, be conscious of looking at your obstacles as fantastic opportunities! Every obstacle or challenge is an opportunity for a new lesson learned and new growth to take place. After a day of focusing on the blessings that are disguised as unpleasant stuff, can you find it in your heart to enter some of those challenges as deposits in your Accounting Ledger today?

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 2

Today's "RECEIPT":

"We understand that by giving we receive. We grasp that by lighting others' candles, we do not lose our own light. The more candles one lights, the more enlightened the world becomes."
-- John Bradshaw


TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Today, you'll be working with a simple tool that is the fastest way I know to change your mood. As you go about your business today, make a conscious effort to see the best in people and to send them a private blessing. This includes friends and strangers...those you interact with and those just walking across the parking lot. If you are sending out "good vibes" to people all day long, it's virtually impossible to feel anything but GREAT. And, feeling great is what abundance is all about!

~Don't forget to enter your deposits and small change, along with prosperity values, every day!~

Daily Accounting Sheet


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Accounting Your Blessings Day 1

Welcome to "Accounting Your Blessings".

The next 30 days have the power to change your life. This course will offer the guidance and structure to completely change the way you see the concepts of abundance, wealth, and prosperity in your life. If you are ready to open yourself up to this process, be ready for miracles to occur!

This course will help you fine-tune your senses to be aware of all the riches that are pouring into your life. As you become more aware of the wonderful blessings around you, you are - without a doubt - attracting more of the same to you.
At the center of this course is the daily accounting sheet that you may download HERE. The sheet looks and works the same every day. There are several ways you can work with the accounting sheets -
1. Print out the sheet each day, and place it in a binder or folder when you've filled it out.
2. Print out 30 accounting sheets right now, and place them in a binder, so that you have them ready to go.
3. If your version of Acrobat has the "Free Text Tool", you can type your entries directly on the sheet in Acrobat and save each sheet directly to your computer.

In addition to a link to the daily accounting sheet, every blog post this month will include an Abundance Action for the day, and a “receipt” which is a quote to ponder. On the 7th day of each week, you'll be able to link to a "balance" sheet for the week. (Instructions for the balance sheet will come when it is posted on the 7th day of the course.)

I strongly suggest that you plan a specific time that you will do your "accounting" every day. This program is strongly modular in nature, meaning that each day builds up more and more momentum. If you plan to "do the books" at the same time every day, you are more likely to keep the commitment to yourself.

Take a moment and download the PDF file for the daily accounting sheet located HERE right now, so that we can walk through the steps to complete the accounting sheet.
Step 1: Fill in the date in the upper-left corner.
Step 2: Enter your "deposits" under the "Received" header. Deposits are the things that make you feel grateful and abundant. They can be things that happened on that particular day (i.e., the possibility of a new client, the nice service I received on the phone, the scent of the earth after the rain, the phone call from a friend), or general blessings that you hold from day to day (i.e., my health, my family, my home, the perfection of nature, a working refrigerator, etc.) Write down as many entries as you feel drawn to write.
Step 3: For each entry, enter a "prosperity value" by placing an "x" in the column that corresponds to this question: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how prosperous/abundant/rich/wealthy/grateful does this deposit make you feel?" (Select the word that resonates the most with you.) A value of 1 means "slightly abundant", while a value of 10 means "enormously abundant". Don't think too much as you enter your values, just go with your instinct and mark your x's fairly quickly.
Step 4: Record your "small change" at the bottom of the ledger sheet, by indicating any shifts or changes that you noticed today. These can be simple observations (i.e., I didn't lose my patience in the traffic jam) or more significant changes (i.e., I felt more at peace today than I've felt in a while).
Step 5: Give your "small change" a prosperity value by marking an "x" in the appropriate column (see Step 3).
If there's anything unclear about filling out the accounting sheets, you may post a question in the comment section.

In the Gratitude Garland workshop, I posted my gratitude slip each day. In this course, I will not be posting my ledger sheets. Accounting Your Blessings is more personal and I do not wish to inhibit my experience by posting my sheets. I also do not want to influence your own experience of this course. I may occasionally post some artwork or photographs just to liven up the text with a bit of color!

Today's "RECEIPT":
"Happy thoughts create happy molecules, and healthy thoughts create healthy molecules."
-- Deepak Chopra. M.D.

TODAY'S ABUNDANCE ACTION
Have you ever noticed that when something is on your mind, you start noticing it everywhere? Gratitude works like that, too. When gratitude becomes an important priority in your life, you start seeing more opportunities for gratitude at every turn.

For today's Action, pinpoint something very simple that you enjoy thinking about. It could be the sight of children playing, the sound of laughter, the color pink, delicious food, a really relaxing yawn, hugs from love ones...anything that makes you smile when you think about it. Throughout the day, look for opportunities to think about this thing. Become aware of how easy it is to focus on something positive when you make the effort to bring your attention to that very thing.

Enjoy,
Anne


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