Friday night. I’m working on my laptop while watching “A Summer in Genoa” with Colin Firth, I bawl every time his character’s daughter cry in her nightmares, longing for her mother who died in a car accident.

In front of the television with my laptop working away…. I stop. I think of my daughter who’s safe and sound, asleep in her bed. Healthy and full of life. I think of my husband of almost nine years still looking at me with that glint in his eye.

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In my line of work as a feng shui consultant I obviously ask my clients during our initial consultation, ” what areas in your life would you like to see a change to?” They’ll tell me they’re looking for The One… or they’re wanting to figure out if the career path that they’re on is right for them… or that the moment they move into another house their luck seems to take a turn for the worse… or that their business no longer thrives as it once did.

It occured to me that while it’s important for me to understand the situations that my clients want to see a shift in, it is equally important for me to maybe remind them as well that there is always, always, something to be grateful for. I was told once that if you’re not grateful for what you have, why would the Universe give you more? Imagine, if you gave someone a gift and they don’t appreciate it, would you be inclined to keep giving more gifts to that person?

I used to have a gratitude journal that I write in every night before I sleep. I would pick 3-5 things that I am grateful for that day ( can be as simple as seeing a baby smile during the a stressful time of the day…. sometimes it’s in getting a client from the most synchronistic opportunities… ). While I now devote those minutes before bed to mantras, meditations and visualizations, perhaps it’s time to pick it up again… Anyone care to give it a go?