Candy Paull

31 Days of Abundance offers a combination of inspirational thoughts and practical action steps that remind you to embrace the gifts life offers you right now. A month's worth of meditations and encouraging quotes encourage you to create and celebrate more abundance every day. Savor the small blessings that add up to a larger world of delight, wonder, and joyous appreciation for life itself.

Though life continually offers its riches to us, it is easy to become caught up in the daily grind and miss the blessings that are right in front of our eyes. We need to be reminded of the treasures of abundance that our lives already hold. 31 Days of Abundance offers a combination of inspirational thoughts and practical actions that remind you to appreciate and embrace the gifts of life today.

Celebrate the abundance in each moment. Make simple choices that remind you how rich you already are in the things that count. Take a drive down a winding country road, drink a soothing cup of tea, read a good book, spend time meditating, get together with friends, and love life just a little more. Enjoy the little things, for you may one day look back and realize that they were the big things.

May you find encouragement, contentment, and delight in these meditations, and may these simple ideas inspire you to create and celebrate more abundance every day.

#5

Look for Hidden Possibilities

Practical, simple wisdom teaches you to look for the hidden possibilities in places or things that others overlook. Most people see briars and brambles beside the path, but you discover the ripe blackberries that will make a delicious pie. The Good Will store racks hold designer duds for pennies, if you know what to look for.

Seek out the hidden possibilities in people, too. An awkward adolescent hides beautiful dreams in her heart. The old man next door may hide a heart of gold under his gruff exterior. You can discover hidden heroes everywhere, if you have the eyes to see.

Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is simple fidelity to watch what each day brings.
Albert E. Dunning

• Look for the hidden possibilities in the life you lead today by paying attention to what others ignore or pass by.


#18

Celebrate Your Senses

The five senses are a mysterious and wonderful gift. Though we use our senses for survival, the rich tapestry of sensation is full of pleasure, too. The scent of piney woods, the flaming colors of sunrise, the touch of a beloved’s hand, the sound of beautiful music, and the taste of sweet ripe melon—it is as if creation continually woos our souls as love pours out to us through the natural world.

Be thankful for your body. Allow yourself to be a sensuous being. Celebrate your senses and let the Divine whisper love to you in the sacred daily pleasures of scent, sight, touch, sound, and taste.

The body is a sacred garment. It is your first and last garment. It is what you enter life in, and what you depart with, and it should be treated with honor.
Martha Graham

• Take special notice today of all the beautiful sensations and delights of sight, sound, taste, touch, and scent that the day brings.