Power of Gratitude

Power of Gratitude

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Love Notes Volume #11                                                            November 2019
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I hope the upcoming holiiday season is a great one for you.

 

Last year some of  my Love Notes were focused on the Power of Hope, the Power of Surrender, and the Power of Faith, This Note is dedicated to the Power of Gratitude.

 

I THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for being part of my community— opening my emails, sending positive energy and prayers, connecting in real time and online. 
          
       What do you have in your life right now for which to be grateful?

       Whom can you thank today?

 

Showing gratitude increase your chances of receiving more of it and can improve all your relationships.

 

As I continue to help individuals and couples to communicate with more compassion, I realize how much the words “thank you” (and “I’m sorry”) have the power to change lives. 

 

It allows us to focus on the “half fullness” instead of the missing half.  

 

And, of course, what we focus on can increase by virtue of our attention and intention of creating more.

 

       What words of gratitude can you share with someone today – right now?

 

You can start here – with appreciation for yourself.

 

Thank you for being the wonderful person that you are.
Thank you for all you do to help others.
Thank you for all you want to share with the world.
Thank you for being willing to grow and learn.
Thank you, for allowing yourself to feel your feelings and express your needs.

Thank you for accepting and forgiving any ways in which you fall short of your own judgments and self criticisms.

 

Thank you, Linda, for taking care of your body, mind and spirit.
Thank you for the light you bring to all who know you.

 

Thanks again for EVERYTHING! 

Much love and gratitude,
 

 

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As the holidays approach, some relationships can become more challenging.

I am passionate about helping individuals, couples and families to communicate with more compassion and empathy.

 

I have spent the last five years learning how to go online to reach you wherever you are in world.

 

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You can ask me anything, or send a question to Support@LindaKroll.com. I’ll answer your question Live and send you a link to the replay.

If you “Like” my Facebook Page, I will let you know when I’ll be available, and we can connect in real time.
 
I hope to see you soon! 
About Linda

As a therapist, mediator, attorney, and Chopra Certified Master Teacher of Meditation, Yoga and Ayurveda, I help individuals and couples learn Compassionate Communication for more peace, love and joy.

 

 

My Kindle book on Compassionate Divorce™::Changing the Face of Divorce, One Heart at a Time is available here:
 
I wish for you more SELF love and compassion
as we all become the change we hope to see in the world.
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Linda Kroll, LCPC, JD, Vedic Master • Founder, Compassionate Communication, Inc. 400 Lake Cook Road, Suite 217, Deerfield, Illinois 60015 United States

Instrument of Peace

I pray for peace.
Peace in my heart,
peace in my family,
peace in my country,
peace in the world.

I pray to be
An Instrument of Peace.

One to which one can attune,
not tune out.

One to whom someone can turn,
not avoid.
One to be soothing and healing
not cacophonous and loud.

I pray for harmony,
within and without

I pray for grace
and love and healing.

I ask that I be forgiven
for all the ways I have caused distress.

And that I be guided
to share joy and gratitude.

and with thanks to St. Francis of Assisi…..

Lord make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
And where there is sadness, joy.
O divine master grant that I may
not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love
For it is in giving that we receive-
and it's in pardoning that we are pardoned.
And it's in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.

The Power of Faith

 

 

 

Dearest Friend,

I hope all is well with you and yours.

Last year my Love Notes were focused on the Power of Hope and the Power of Surrender. This month I'm exploring the Power of Faith, which I think is a combination of both – hope and surrender.

As I currently finish off the last of my six-month chemotherapy regimen for what (I pray) is as they say, a curable form of lymphoma, I focus on the hope I have to live a long and love-filled life, with my surrender to the outcome and the gratitude for each day.

There was one scene in (movie) where Harrison Ford, as Indiana Jones, was stuck on a precipice needing to get to the other side of a deep gully.

It looked like the only way was down, and there was no way he was going to be able to reach the other side. Instead of giving up or turning back, he carefully put out a foot to take one step, and landed on an invisible bridge to the other side.

There is something about that scene that reminds me of the Power of Faith.

What does FAITH mean to you, and where can you add more to your life?

Faith can be a belief in God, a knowingness of some deeper connection to all, a sense of Oneness, a believe in one’s own Self.

Maybe it’s about trusting that if I have the courage to take a step in the direction of my heart’s desires, then God (or the Universe or Higher Power) will be there to support me.

Faith, trust and courage. The traits that are serving me well as I undergo chemo for stage 4 lymphoma. As long as I focus on the faith that the way will be shown to me, all I have to do is I just take the step that’s in front of me, whatever that is.

Maybe it’s going for chemo, or dealing with the side effects.

Maybe it’s being with my grandchildren, and relishing every moment.

Perhaps the extra time I’m spending with friends and family is all part of the journey.

Cancer brings many gifts. You just have to know where to look.

  • I finally lost the 20 pounds I gained after college.
  • I don’t have to worry if I’m having a “good hair” day.
  • I realize (which I always have) how wonderful my family is.
  • I celebrate the connection with friends who truly care.
  • I enjoy everything I eat when I have the appetite.
  • I rejoice on pain free moments and days.
  • I revel in my sense of independence and self care.
  • I am infinitely grateful to the doctors, nurses, and medications that save lives.

But faith is what sustains me beyond the present moment.

Instead of worrying about the future, or planning my next list, goal or project, I am feeling more relaxed now than before my diagnosis.

Maybe because the reality of my own mortality, or the possibility that I may not live forever, I realize I may not really have time (no matter how much time I have) to complete all the projects I have considered, books I want to write, or courses I plan to create.

So I’m surrendering the reins of trying to control any outcome, and just showing up each day with gratitude.

That way, I follow my inspiration as to what to “do” when I feel like it, and not concerning myself on what I think I “should” be doing.

The Lord’s Prayer is what I repeated when I had scary and painful procedures to endure.

And each night I thank God for the day I have.

As George Michael sang, You Gotta Have Faith,“Cause I gotta have faith
….Mm, I gotta have faith …..
Because I've gotta have faith, faith, faith
I gotta have faith, faith, faith”

I invite you to do the same.

What can you stop worrying about today, and instead have a little faith?

What is your definition of FAITH? And what “Leap of Faith” can you take?

I’d truly love to know and any response you make comes directly to me, and I read every word.  xoxoxo

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