Gratitude For New Encounters
Happiness cannot be traveled to be owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley
I have always loved meeting new people and especially if they were people I had a lot in common with but I think I’m currently in a phase of seeing the awe in everything I encounter because now I am just so grateful for any new encounter. Be it like minded people or not and experiences I like or rather would avoid. This isn’t because I am oblivious but having the understanding of the natural laws of life and how much each experience enriches your life in someway, if we are open to it has impacted this perspective. How you might ask? Well let me shed some more light on this.
I am a strong believer that the Universe/God will continue to send you the same lessons in the different people, faces, and experiences until you learn what is expected so on my journey of healing and working through self-worth challenges I used to beat myself about making the same mistake even though I thought I had really worked through it. However, as I have grown so much and especially recently in my love for myself I am no longer worried about these encounters but grateful for them because I get to work on the things I still need to heal.
So not long ago I was presented with an opportunity that I would have immediately jumped to had I been the old version of me. As tempting as this was and ticking a lot of the boxes of a desire I am wanting to manifest I held back, had conversations over this opportunity it had so many of the elements I have on my list for this opportunity. I was very excited that this was in my experience now and if you believe the Law of Attraction you will understand that this meant that I am getting closer to the frequency of my desire. So when I went away by myself reflecting on this I smiled and whispered under my breath - Thank You! No, I didn’t take the offer but thank you because it was presented to me as an indication of getting closer and I had so many reasons to be grateful for this encounter.
Firstly, I am grateful that I am able to see this encounter for what it is. Yes there were a lot of things right about it but it didn’t feel like it was it so this made me realise how much I have grown in my self worth journey, as in will I just take the very first thing that comes my way and looks a tad bit close to what I truly desire?
Secondly, I am grateful that the respect and value I have for myself has increased so much that rather than feeling desperate and anxious of missing out, I am secure in the knowing that if it doesn’t feel right in my gut then it’s not the right thing for me.
Thirdly, I am grateful for being able to examine the situation with compassion and appreciating the person and situation as being my channel for growth. So with just these three observations from my one encounter I could genuinely say I am proud of the progress I am making and being aware these is the best indication of growth.
This is not to say that every encounter needs to be scrutinised but this is my encouragement to you to be appreciative of everything you experience and especially the ones that are not your ideal situations or seem to look like the desire you’ve been wanting to manifest. For I have grown to know that in these are the best lessons to move you to the next level of our desired intentions and can really teach you a lot about where you currently are in your development journey.
In this one experience above I discovered how much I have grown in my self worth, self love and self respect and how these are impacting how I perceive situations and others involved. So without knowing how you feel about new encounters, I strongly encourage you to acknowledge whatever experience you are having and be open to new ones be it people and situations. Look at these as moments to expand your awareness about yourself, experiences and others for we can only see our development in relation to how we manage the familiar and unfamiliar. Now, I ask if there are any experiences that keep occurring that you need to start paying more attention to? I’d love to know your thoughts in the comment.
Affirmation: I find reasons to be thankful in every situation.