Grateful for the Bigger Reality

Sixteen years ago today, I stopped the story in my head. I left that small reality to join the bigger reality of life right now in the present moment.

Every day, I breathe and return to the wide world around me, which connects me to what is real.

The fog of my mind clears, and I see things much more clearly.

Peace rises, and I feel connected.

The flow of life is all around me, and in me.

This is the reality I want to exist in.

Many years ago, at a workshop in the Bay Area, I heard the concept that there was more than one reality. I thought that was one of the dumbest things I’d ever heard because, of course, there was just one reality. But as I delved into the idea of reality, I realized everyone has their own reality based on what they think about themselves, others, and life. I also learned that we get stuck in our own reality because of our rambling mind and negative thoughts, and that there is a wide, open, vast space where real life, in the moment, is happening all the time. We don’t experience this real life because we are like a horse with blinders on.

I use gratitude to return to real life in the present moment. I pause, focus on what there is to be grateful for, and I breathe.

To Love & Grow

I am here to love and grow

To embrace my light and let it glow

To awaken from my sleep

To all my thoughts, and actions reap

When I observe the truth I see

This is the place when I am free

When I accept, and I let go

I enter the wonder of the flow

I Give Thanks

I give thanks for this food

           For the sun and for the moon

For blue skies and twinkling stars

For all I’ve learned so far

I give thanks for my birth

For the sea and for the earth

For the animals and trees

For the flowers and the bees

I give thanks for my home

For my health and for my phone

For the moment I let things be

For the place where I am free

This Day

I give thanks for this day

For the sun and for the rain

For the moments I go slow

For the moments I can grow

For my dog and for the park

For the Life Energy

that is my spark

This day I cross over to the wonderful reality that exists everywhere outside the limited reality my mind makes up.

Day is Done

Day is done and night is here

I lay down my thoughts and fears

I open my heart and rest my mind

In this moment of space in time

I let all my worries go

I enter the quiet of the flow

In 2023, I started practicing daily Gratitude. Each week, I picked something to be grateful for. Then, each day when I ate, I was mindful of the thing I had chosen to be grateful for that week. At the end of the year, I had 52 things I had been grateful for. Being mindful of all the good in my life, changed my daily experience from that of lack to that of abundance.

Focusing on what we have in our lives, that is good, is miraculous because it brings us into the reality of life in the present moment!

To learn about my journey out of depression and anxiety, you can read my book

The Fork in the Path, Nine Mindful Choices to Well Being.

You'll find it in "Shop" on my website or on Amazon.