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Daily Meditation Podcast

Feeling Grateful, Day 2 of Staying Positive Series

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

"What helped me (deal with a person spreading rumors about me) was to journal about it and say prayers for that person to help them with their own challenges in life." --Ellie from Texas, USA, Your fellow meditator

Does negativity seem to consume you? When consumed by negative thoughts, It can be easy to lose sight of the ordinary miracles happening in life like the morning sunrise, the loyalty of your pet, or the blossom, and fragrance of a flower. This week, you are invited to refocus your thoughts on the positivity in the world. 

This is day 2 of a 7-day Staying Positive in Negative Situations Meditation series, episodes 2236-2242.   THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in an Ordinary Miracles Quest. You are encouraged to focus on an aspect of the positivity happening in the world every day. In each episode, I'll share the day's specific positivity focus and you're encouraged to journal about it. Begin to focus on the miracle of life around you.    THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES:   Day 1:  Visualization of Kindness Day 2:  Affirmation, "I am a part of the miracle of life." Day 3:  Breathing Technique Day 4:  Mudra Technique Day 5:  Chakra Technique Day 6:  Layer Meditation Techniques Day 7:  Reflection + Introspection   SHARE YOUR MEDITATION JOURNEY WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS   Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at Mary@SipandOm.com or better yet -- direct message me on https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om. We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual! 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is episode 2,237 of the Daily Meditation Podcast.

0:07.0

Welcome to day two of our series this week, where you are focusing on positivity.

0:17.6

How to stay positive in negative situations.

0:21.8

And we started off this series sharing a message in regard to one of your fellow

0:27.8

meditators, Gina from Long Island New York, who experienced previous employers gossiping.

0:39.3

And the focus was on kindness.

0:44.6

In today's episode, you are going to focus on one of the most powerful emotions and that

0:52.7

is gratitude.

0:55.3

Your challenge this week is to go on a quest where you look for ordinary miracles in everyday

1:06.6

life.

1:08.2

Those events that happen day in and day out that are truly miraculous, such as the sunrise,

1:16.6

the sunset, the smile and trust and laughter of children, the love you may experience

1:28.1

with someone close to you.

1:31.9

Focusing on these events is going to help you balance out negativity that can often

1:39.0

consume you.

1:41.2

So this is day two.

1:44.3

Your journaling question you are encouraged to journal about the ordinary miracles you

1:51.8

see in your life and in each episode this week, I'll be sharing with you a focus.

2:01.7

In yesterday's episode, you were to focus on the miracle of kindness.

2:07.6

In today's episode, you are encouraged to focus on the miracle of gratitude.

2:15.5

So as you're guided in today's meditation, you are invited to repeat an affirmation for

2:22.4

gratitude.

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