Finally revealed...The astonishing power of gratitude
and the solution to the 5 big mistakes that
keep most people from putting it to work for them!

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Daily Gratitude Newsletter
Volume 3, Issue 9 - October 2007
Putting Gratitude To Work For You
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What Are You?

Not who are you, but what are you? If you were to write a description of yourself, would it sound like anyone you'd want to know?

When most people do this exercise, they find that their description is full of subtle limits, limits on what they can have or achieve in life. They don't know where these limits came from, but they're buried in the subconscious and they RUN YOUR LIFE.

Fortunately, they can be changed. When you root out these old stories and the limits that go with them, you open yourself to a whole new satisfying and fulfilling life. This is your self image, and it's about time YOU ran IT and not the other way around.

Read the fascinating details about how you can change your self image and create a new and more powerful YOU here:

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Loving The Dark Side

I have a question for you - are there parts of you that you don't like? Even better, are there parts of you that you hide, even from yourself, because you're ashamed of them?

If you're a human being, the answer is yes. These parts of us are what psychologists call the "shadow" and and we all have them. Today we're going to see how we can not only acknowledge them, but be grateful for them!

We have to, because as Debbie Ford says, "What you don't own, owns you."

How can we figure out what these things are? Well, there's actually a really easy way to find most of them. Look at the characteristics in others that provoke an emotional reaction in you.

I don't mean that you just don't appreciate the behavior. I mean when you feel "Oooh, I just hate people like that!" you've found a piece of your shadow.

So what don't you like? Is it people that are whiney, bitchy, arrogant, undependable, always late, act superior, flashy, non-supportive, self-centered, fill-in-the-blank? Yep, there's a piece of you like that, and you don't like it.

There's really two reasons why it's important to recognize and be grateful for these parts of ourselves. First, as long as we don't we'll spend lots of energy hiding them, afraid that someone will find out. That not only produces inner discord but outer discord. We can't live authentically because we're denying parts of ourselves and projecting them on others.

Secondly, if we deny the trait, we miss the gift that it . contains and this is where gratitude comes in. Often the trait we don't like is just a positive trait carried to extremes. We can find self-appreciation in flashy, protection in arrogance, self-care in self-centered, compassion in whiney, and so forth. We can reframe these characteristics in an empowering way. There is always something in there that has supported or protected us. It's a gift and we can be grateful for it.

As Debbie Ford says, "Disowning these emotions and behaviors is giving away our power and our capacity to be great. When you deny a single aspect of yourself, you're denying a part of what you need to be whole."

For much more on how to deal with this, get Debbie's wonderful book, "The Dark Side of the Light Chasers" and go to work on your shadow. You'll love the results, and so will those that love you.

Gratitude for everything!
Wes

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