by Mura Bacon

Created on: August 19, 2009   Last Updated: August 23, 2009

Being Blessed is an Inside Job! .

How to be blessed as with all else ........goes back to my constant saying of late! ......"The secret to getting what you want is knowing what you want " .

Yes I've written this before and again ....."please quote me " !

There are many meanings for the word "blessed" but I choose to use the one that defines it as " Enjoying the bliss of heaven". This puts the responsibility on you. Forces you to find what you want .....and then act .

The other definition is to be held in reverance .....that requires that you have someone else decide if you are blessed or not . It is an external decision. One you have little control over.

Sorry ....it does not matter what others think ....for they will in time change their minds ....Being Blessed is an inside job .

Blessings are something you accept .....the smile from a stranger .....the gift from a friend .....the wildflowers from a child .

It requires you knowing what you want .....so that you can get it and find your own happiness ......but in a magical way of letting go of the expectation of what it will look like when it arrives.

If you know you want flowers ...and that flowers make you happy .....and you get a handful of dandelions from your three year old .......is that a blessing?

There is a shift that comes in the getting what you want .......when the blessing arrives......it's when you can expand your belief to see that it may arrive is a package different than the one you envisoned.

Perfect .......arrives as perfect for you .....not some cookie cutter definition of what is suppose to be.

So if it doesn't look like you planned and is not what you expected how do you know it's a blessing?

Again it's in the doing ......how does it make you feel .

Does receiving it or doing it or giving it feel good ........the warm fuzzy in your soul? .....

Blessings may be big events .......the gentle EMT that helps you in a crash ..............but they are more frequently everyday joys.

And sometimes the everyday struggles. Not all blessings are wrapped in a good arrival.

For example ...The divorce you didn't expect leads you to find a way to make a living only then to find your lifetime passion.

" Every cloud has a silver lining" ......and the only thing constant in life is 'change' ......when you can see the good in what felt like bad and be grateful that it came your way ......you are blessed.

In my opinion .....when you begin to recognize the little blessings ......the every moment blessings ......and each breath is a gift of praisi=e and thanks for the wonderful life you have been given ......even when it is a struggle .....( don't worry ....it won't always be a struggle ....) .....

Then you are blessed .....

We are all blessed ...even in our struggles ..........the secret is in knowing it!

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