{"id":843,"date":"2011-06-21T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=843"},"modified":"2011-06-21T23:57:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T03:57:05","slug":"gratitude-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/06\/gratitude-dance.html","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7LbDel3996Y-c7UrLP2i3jNOe6OIREsoRdE-aNQlNOs3rzOTZ2g\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ever have a challenge getting your juices flowing in the morning?\u00a0 No, I don&#8217;t mean orange, apple or cranberry. I&#8217;m referring to the get up and go that has you leaping out of bed and into a new day, full of\u00a0 &#8216;vim, vigor and vitality&#8217;; ready to take on whatever the day brings. Just typing those words, I can feel my heart racing a bit, with excitement and anticipation. Taking a deep breath, visualizing a spectacular 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>But what if, even though, as it is here at the moment, the sun is brilliantly beaming its wake up call through your curtains, your own glow-meter is a heading toward empty and you are thinking&#8230;&#8221;Uggghhh, another day.&#8221;?\u00a0 I have a wonderful remedy for you. You&#8217;ve only heard it a million times before and perhaps have even\u00a0indulged its fat free, calorie free, cholesterol free deliciousity. It&#8217;s called GRATITUDE~\u00a0\u00a0 The more I focus on what it is that already exists in my life for which I am grateful, the more that shows up. Simple as that. When I have been in lack and limitation mode, more of nothing shows up.\u00a0 I have sometimes been able to do a real quick course correction, so as not to continue down that path. I know too, that gratitude costs me&#8230;my fears, ingrained beliefs, unhealthy habits and growling gremlins that wag their gnarly fingers at me, warning me not to be too happy. It&#8217;s then that I dance with my gremlins; leaping and hopping reggae style right along with them. They stare at me incredulously and then can&#8217;t help but dance along.<\/p>\n<p>So, to jump start your day, The Grati-Dudes offer you an oppotunity to silly up, delightfully dancing your way into the next 24 hours~<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JFyD5YvHdLk&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JFyD5YvHdLk&amp;feature=player_embedded<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ever have a challenge getting your juices flowing in the morning?\u00a0 No, I don&#8217;t mean orange, apple or cranberry. 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