"I've learned that to simply ask a blessing upon one's circumstances, whatever they are, is somehow to improve them, and to tap into some mysterious source of energy and joy." 

                                                         ~ Marjorie Holmes  

Try this today, perhaps right now.
Bring a circumstance to mind.
Consider a challenging one.
Notice how you feel. 
Next, ask for a blessing upon the situation, without specifying what you'd like the blessing to look like.
Tune in again to your present sensations.
While it may be subtle, there is likely to be an increase of physical energy and a stirring of hope, which can lead to a tingle of joy.

I've noticed that, when I do this, some sort of guidance often rises from within too. The sense of improvement may be minutes, hours, days, or weeks later, but it always seems to come. 

Let's make this a day of asking for blessings upon the troubling circumstance in our own lives and in the world. 

And give thanks,
Charlene

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JOY: May it keep your heart open and filled with light. ( from The Twelve Gifts of Birth)

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Charlene Costanzo is the author of  The Twelve Gifts series of books:
The Twelve Gifts of Birth
The Twelve Gifts for Healing
The Twelve Gifts in Marriage
The Thirteenth Gift 
Touchstones: Stories for Living The Twelve Gifts 

August 7, 2014

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