Two Ways to Live

by Merci Gracia | Dec 3, 2011 | Attention, Focus, Habits, Joy, Understanding

You can live your life either unconsciously or consciously. When you’re unconscious, you react to events with old patterns and believe that external circumstances dictate the quality of your life. When you’re conscious, you understand that it’s your...

Change Your Frequency

by Merci Gracia | Dec 2, 2011 | Attention, Choices, Gratitude, Habits, Thoughts

You vibrate. The frequency of your vibration is determined by the quality of your dominant thoughts. If you’d like to enhance your experience of life, raise the quality of your thoughts. Think gratitude frequently. Merci

Happy Journey = Happy Destination

by Merci Gracia | Nov 29, 2011 | Acceptance, Appreciation, Attention, Happiness, Love, Practice, Present moment

Your life is a journey. How happy you are is determined by how well you travel. If you postpone the pleasures along the way, thinking that the reward is the destination, you’re in for an unpleasant surprise. Unhappy trips don’t result in happy arrivals....

Split Second Harmony

by Merci Gracia | Nov 27, 2011 | Acceptance, Attention, Fear, Focus, Perception

There’s a split second before you react emotionally to anything you see happening. It’s right in that moment that you can decide to be at peace no matter what. Remind yourself that you never have all of the information. You might as well relax and see how...

Count Your Blessings

by Merci Gracia | Nov 24, 2011 | Appreciation, Attention, Love

Feeling grateful is good for your health. An article in the New York Times recently reported that people who keep a gratitude journal are more optimistic, complain of fewer physical issues and spend more time working out. Keeping a daily gratitude journal makes you...

Don’t Delay Gratitude

by Merci Gracia | Nov 22, 2011 | Appreciation, Attention, Grateful, Gratitude, Happiness, Perception, Present moment

Practice appreciating every moment while it happens. If this was your last conversation, how would you relate? If this was your last meal, how would you savor it? Your last walk? Think of how much you’d value every experience! Start now....