Day 1 Count Your Blessings

"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

Willie Nelson (B.1933)

Singer - Songwriter

You will have heard people say to count your blessings, and when you think about the things youre grateful for, thats exactly what youre doing. But what you may not have realized is that counting your blessings is one of the most powerful practices you can ever do, and it will magically turn your whole life around!

When youre grateful for the things you have, no matter how small they may be, you will see those things instantly increase. If youre grateful for the money you have, however little, you will see your money magically grow. If youre grateful for a relationship, even it its not perfect, you will see it miraculously get even better. If youre grateful for the job that you have, even if its not you dream job, things will begin to change so that you enjoy your job more, and all kinds of opportunities for you work will suddenly appear.

The flipside is that when were not counting our blessings, we can fall into the trap of unintentionally
counting negative things. We count negative things when we talk about the things we dont have. We count negative things when we criticize or find fault with other people, when we complain about traffic, waiting in lines, delays, the government, not enough money, or the weather. When we count negative things they increase too, but on top of that, with every negative thing we count, we cancel out blessings that were on their way. I have tried both - counting my blessings and counting negative things - and I can assure you that counting your blessings is the only way to have abundance in your life.

"Better to lose count while naming you blessings than to lose you blessings to counting your troubles."

Maltbie D. Babcock (1858-1901)

Writer and Clergyman

First thing in the morning, o as early in the day as you can, Count Your Blessings. You can write out your list by hand, type it on a computer, or use a special book or journal and keep all of your gratitude in one place. Today, you are going to make a simple list of ten blessings in your life you are grateful for.

When Einstein gave thanks, he thought about why he was grateful. When you think about the reason why youre grateful for a particular thing, person, or situation, you will feel gratitude more deeply. Remember that the magic of gratitude happens according to the degree of your feeling! So with each item on your list write the reason why youre grateful for it. 

• I am truly blessed to have     what?    , because      why?     .
• I am so happy and grateful for      what?   , because      why?     .
• I am truly grateful for     what?    , because      why?     .
• With all my heart, thank you for      what?   , because      why?     .

After youve finish making your list of ten blessings, go back and read each one, either in your mind or out loud. When  you get to the end of each blessing, say the magic words three times, thank you, thank you, thank you, and feel the gratitude for that blessing as much as you possibly can.

To help you feel more gratitude, you can be grateful to the Universe, God, Spirit, goodness, life, your greater self, or any other concept you are drawn to. When you direct gratitude toward something or someone, you will feel it even more, and your gratitude will have even more power, and create even more magic! Its the reason why the indigenous and ancient cultures chose  symbols like the sun to direct their gratitude toward. They wore simply using physical symbols to represent the universal source of all goodness, and in focusing on that symbol they felt more gratitude.

The practice of counting your blessings is so simple and so powerful in altering your life, that I want you to continue to add ten more blessings to your list every day for the next 27 days. You might think it could be difficult to find ten things youre grateful for everyday, but the more you think about it, the more you will realize how much you have to be grateful for. Look closely at your life; you have received so much each and every day. There is really so much to give thanks for!

You could be grateful for your home, your family, your friends, your work, and your pets. You could be thankful for the sun, the water that you drink, the food that you eat, and the air that you breathe; without any of them you wouldnt be alive. You could be grateful for the trees, the animals, the oceans, the birds, the flowers, the plants, blue skies, rain, the stars, the moon, and our beautiful planet Earth.

You could be grateful for your senses, your eyes that see, your ears that hear, your mouth that tastes, your nose that smells, and your skin that enables you to feel. You could be grateful for the legs you walk on, your hands that you use to almost everything, your voice that enables you to express yourself and communicate with others. You could give thanks for your amazing immune system that keeps you well, and all of your organs that maintain your body so that you can live. And what about the magnificence of your human mind, which no computer technology in the world can duplicate?

Here is a list of subjects that will remind you of the major areas you can look for blessings to be grateful for. You can also add any subject you want depending on what is important to you at any time.

Magic Gratitude Subjects:

• Health and Body
• Work and Success
• Money
• Relationships
• Passions
• Happiness
• Love
• Life
• Nature, Planet Earth, Air, Water and Sun
• Material Goods and Services
• Any subject of your choosing

You should feel significantly better and happier after each time you Count Your Blessings, and how good you feel is your measure of how much gratitude you felt. The more grateful you felt, the happier you will feel, and the faster your life will change. Some days you will feel happy really quickly, and other days it make take a little longer. But as you continue to Count Your Blessings every day, you will notice a bigger and bigger difference in the way you feel each time, and you will see your blessings magically multiply!

Magic Reminder

Make sure to read tomorrows magical practice some time today, as you will need to do something specific before you begin tomorrow.

Magic Practice Number 1


Count Your Blessings

1. First thing in the morning, make a list of ten blessings in your life you are grateful for.
2. Write why youre grateful for each blessing.
3. Go back and read your list, either in your mind or out loud. When you get to the end of each one, say the magic words, thank you, thank you, thank you, and feel the gratitude for that blessing much as you possibly can.
4. Repeat the first three steps of this magical practice every morning for the next 27 days.
5. Read tomorrows magical practice today.

Day 26 Magically Transform Mistakes Into Blessings

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

Oprah Winfrey (B. 1954)

Media Personality and Businesswoman

Every single mistake is a blessing in disguise. Todays magical practice will prove it, because youre about to discover that there are actually untold blessings hidden within every mistake!

A child makes many mistakes while learning how to ride a bike or write, and we dont give it a second thought because we know that through their mistakes they will learn and eventually master what theyre trying to do. So why is it that adults are so hard on themselves when they make a mistake? The same ruse that applies to children also applies to you. We all make mistakes, and if we didnt make them wed never learn anything, and we wouldnt grow any smarter or any wiser.

We have he freedom to make our own choices, and that means we dont learn from the mistake weve made, the pain weve suffered from it has been for nothing. In fact, by the law of attraction, we will make the same mistake over and over again, until the consequences hurt us so much that we finally learn from it! Its the very reason why mistakes hurt, so that we do learn from them and dont make them repeatedly.

To learn from a mistake, we first have to own it, and this is where many people can become undone, because they often blame someone else for their mistake.

Lets consider the scenario of being pulled over by the police for speeding and being given a speeding ticket. Instead of taking responsibility for the fact that we were speeding, we blame the police because they wore hiding in the bushes on the highway around a bend, we couldnt see them, they had a radar gun, and so we didnt stand a chance. But that mistake was ours, because we were the one who chose to speed.

The problem with blaming other people for out mistake is that we will still suffer the pain and consequences of our mistake, but we didnt learn from it, and so bingo! Well attract making the same mistake again.

You are human, you will make mistakes, and its one of the most beautiful things about being human, ut you must learn from your mistakes, otherwise your life will gave a lot of unnecessary pain.

How do you learn from a mistake? Gratitude!

No matter how bad something may seem, there are always, always, many things to be grateful for. When you look for as many things as you can to be grateful for in a mistake, you magically transform the mistake into blessings. Mistakes attract more mistakes, and blessings attract more blessings - which would you prefer?

Today, think about about  a mistake you have made in your life. It doesnt matter whether it was a big or small mistake, but choose one that still hurts when you think about it. Maybe you lost your temper with a person close to you and the relationship hasnt been the same since. Maybe you put blind faith in another person and got burned. Maybe you told a white lie to protect someone, and because of it you ended up in a difficult situation. You might have chosen the cheaper option on something, and it all went wrong and ended up costing you a whole lot more. You might have thought you wore making the right decision about something, but it completely backfired on you.

Once youve chosen a mistake to magically transform into blessings, look for the things to be grateful for. To help you, there are two questions you can ask yourself:

What did I learned from the mistake?

What are the good things that came out of the mistake?

The most important things to be grateful for about every mistake are the things you learned from it. And no matter what the mistake, there are always many good things that came out of it and altered your future for better. Think this through very carefully, and see if you can find a total of ten blessings to be grateful for. Every blessing you find has magical power. Write out your list in a gratitude journal or type them on a computer.

Lets take the example of being caught speeding by police car and receiving a fine:

1. Im grateful to the police for wanting to protect me from harming myself, because after all, that was all they were trying to do.

2. Im grateful to the police because if I am honest with myself, I was thinking about other things, and I wasnt concentrating on the road.

3. Im grateful to the police because it was foolish to put myself at risk speeding with a tire that needed to be replaced.

4. Im grateful to the police for the wake-up call. Being pulled over did affect me and it will make me watch my speed and drive more carefully in the future.

5. Im grateful to the police because somehow I had a wild idea that I could speed without getting caught, and without putting myself in danger. The seriousness of the police made me face up to the fact that I was putting both myself and others in serious danger.

6. Im grateful to the police because if I think about my own family being put in danger by other speeding drivers, then I definitely want to the police to stop speeding drivers.

7. Im really grateful to the police for the work they do in trying to ensure the safety of every person and family on the roads.

8. Im grateful to the police. They must see heartbreaking situations every day, and all theyre trying to do is protect my life and my familys life.

9. I am grateful to the police for making sure that I arrived home safely, and walked through the door to my family as I usually do.

10. I am grateful to the police because of all the possible consequences that could have stopped me from my speeding, the police pulling me over was the least harmful consequence, and it could have been the biggest blessing of my life.

I would strongly urge you to take any mistakes youve made in your life that you still feel bad about, and in your own time, follow this magnificent and magical practice. Think about it; through one mistake you have the power to bring many blessings! What else guarantees dividends like that?

Magic Practice Number 26

Magically Transform Mistakes Into Blessings

1. Count Your Blessings: Make a list of ten blessings. Write why youre grateful. Reread your list, and at the end of each blessing say thank you, thank you, thank you, and feel as grateful for that blessing as you can.

2. Choose one mistake you made in your life.

3. Find a total of ten blessings youre grateful for as a result of making that mistake, and write them down.

4. To help you find blessing, you can ask your self the questions: What did I learned from that mistake? And: What are the good things that came out of the mistake?

5. Just before you go to sleep tonight, hold your Magic Rock in one hand, and say the magic words, thank you, for the best thing that happened during the day.