Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Right now in my book club, I'm part of a book club based in the UK. It's online.

We're doing the book, The Magic, by Rhonda Byrne. Now, this is a very old book. I read it in Germany years ago, but in this

book club, we do it every January for a couple of reasons. Number one, what a great way to start

the year. Why not? And secondly, we can never get the principles down enough. The basics, the most important pieces of personal

development. And the basis of this book is gratitude. So think about this for a moment. This is

obvious, but easily overlooked. It's very easy for us to be in a gratitude rut. Maybe you're

someone who writes gratitude lists, who focuses on appreciation, who likes to dwell on the things that

are going right. And even if that's you, because I know that that's me too, we can go, yeah,

my health, my marriage, my home, my yeah, my health, my marriage, my home,

my this, my that, my business, my team. We can list all the things, but it doesn't actually

necessarily land within us. We say the words, maybe we repeat the affirmations, but we don't

have that feeling, that elevated high vibe feeling that gratitude and

appreciation are supposed to give us. And here is the most important takeaway that I've had

this month so far. What we are grateful for does appreciate. It does expand, especially when we slow down and really think about it.

So, for example, if you feel appreciation for your work, don't just say that. Say the people,

say the work itself. Maybe you get to work from home. Maybe you get to use your creative talents.

Maybe you have a really great laughter every, every day

with your co-workers. Whatever it is, don't just stop there, break it out, dwell on it, expand. This is

worth your time. But my friends, what my biggest takeaway has been is this. What we don't say thank you

for cannot improve. And I am this girl, maybe you are this person too. We'd like to go, yeah,

yeah, yeah, yeah, this is good, this is good, this is good. I'm grateful, I'm grateful, I'm grateful.

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