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I am taking this 30 day challenge and naming it a period of scattering seeds of blessings. Who wants to do it with me?
Accept the 30-day “Blessing Way Challenge”
To accept this challenge, make a commitment to following these four steps for a period of not less than 30 days:
1. I will suspend all judgment and will, instead, bless every person and situation I encounter, both those I physically meet and those that simply come to mind.
2. I will actively search for the blessing in every circumstance and in those times when none can be found, I will trust that the blessing will be revealed when the time is right.
3. I will daily express an attitude of gratitude, for all the blessings in my life, even those I cannot see.
4. Whenever I feel stressed, pressed or confused, I will take a Blessing Breather, quieting my mind for a moment and focusing only on my breath, breathing deeply and slowly. With each inhalation, I will mentally affirm “I am so blessed” and with each exhalation, I will mentally affirm “I am a blessing to the world,” repeating the process at least three times and allowing my body to relax completely before returning to the task at hand.
I understand that in accepting this challenge, there is a distinct possibility that my life will be forever changed for the better.
I am willing to take the risk.
I love all of this. No. 2 is a good opportunity to practice the principle of “who knows what’s good, what’s bad”. For those of you who have read the blog post here of the same name, this is the message behind an ancient Taoist parable. Also, as my teacher says: sometimes the Field goes left to go right. Who knows what the Field/Universe/God/Source/Spirit is up to — what surprises, blessings or hidden gifts await us that are clothed in the costume of a challenge or difficulty. And at the end of this 30 days who knows what’s in store, who knows how we may be transformed by scattering seeds of blessings.
I’m with you :) count me in!
love you me2, so much!
xxome
Cool! This is eerie how much we are on the same wave length, just as I posted the blog to FB, I saw you posted the challenge like a minute earlier! Amazing, as are you Me!…love you too, me2 :)
I want to do this!
Yay Renee, so happy to have you join in!
I am so in! There is a particular situation in my life that I want to bless and see the blessings in and that has been a challenge, so this is perfect for me. Thank you once again, Bethie. Your blog is one of the only ones I read! It’s a treasure, as are you.
I love you Denise. I’m finding lately that whatever is needed to move forward is given with such greater ease and clarity when I embrace it and blessings feel like such a sweet embrace. I embrace you too, embraceable you. :) xxxxo
Oooh, a treasure hunt! When I contemplated doing this I experienced a sense of anticipation and exitement, as if I were about to embark on an amazing adventure. So, count me in, too! Like Denise, I’ve already found treasure in your marvelous blog and in the many lovely comments posted by your delightful readers. Now, I shall set out looking for the blessings (buried treasure) in each person and each situation that I encounter on my 30-day adventure. And I shall scatter blessings all over the place, starting here and now to all of you! {{ WHOOSH }}*
* the sound blessings make when they are scattered
:) Love the buried treasure adventure Colleen. And the sound blessings make when scattered! And beginning with scattering them here. I have a huge smile reading what you’ve written.
I’m blessed to have such wonderful readers whose comments are a blessing in and of themselves! xxxxo
I’m in. How wonderful, how timely, how potentially life altering…
Bless you… and thanks very much for all that you do.
Thank you so much Christa. Bless you, too! I am already discovering gifts in this process as I just learned today I am not exactly comfortable in owning “I am a blessing to the world”. Easier for me to change it to: we all are a blessing to the world. But that’s not how the process reads. So I am sitting with this discomfort and seeing that it has something to show me about who I am being. It should be a very interesting 30 days to say the least!