July 4th Celebrate Being Grateful

I was thinking... planning a Quinceanera celebration is a time to be grateful and so is the July 4th holiday. I just received this message I would like to share with you from the : White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans -

"On this Fourth of July, we join all Americans in expressing our gratitude for the freedom this national Holiday represents. Over this holiday weekend, please take a moment to share a positive thought for the men and women serving our nation in uniform."

Holidays are usually a time to be with our families and have fun. This July 4th is a time be grateful for what we have. We have the freedoms we enjoy in the United States, because so many brave people, either gave their lives or endangered their lives in the name of freedom.

Freedom gives us so much to be grateful for. However, when we have so much we usually take too much for granted.

Take a few moments now and practice being grateful for what you have.

• Take a deep breath and exhale...repeat this 3 times.
• Close your eyes and take 3 more deep breathes and exhale. Smile...
• Think of 3 things you are grateful for.
  
• Feel the blessings of what you have.
  
• Hold on to those wonderful feelings and say thank you for what you have.
  
• Now take 3 more deep breathes and exhale.
  
• Open your eyes smile and remember the wonderful feeling of being grateful for what you have.

Whenever a negative message or feeling, comes into your head take a deep breath and smile and remember the wonderful feelings of being grateful. Send the negative thoughts away....far, far away. Hold on to those grateful feelings and ask God for more gifts and say thank you. Be ready to accept the gifts of life you deserve.

Blessings,
Priscilla
PS: check out my book that I wrote for the Quinceanera and her family. You can download the first two chapters free.