Thanksgiving 2025- A Poem for you

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Nov 272025
 
Thanksgiving 2025- A Poem for you

Reading Time: 3 minutes Thanksgiving 2025 Poem by Maria Mar     What could I ever freaking be grateful for this terrible year?   Surrounded by extreme cruelty and inhumanity, facing a fascist coup intent on stealing our freedom. My nerves on edge. My heart in sorrow. What. Could. I. Possibly. Be thankful. For?! SILENCE. In the next breath, I am grateful for speaking my truth out loud. It has returned me to myself—to my center. SILENCE. In the next breath I am grateful For my center, my self-loyalty, My capacity to face chaos, destruction and cruelty And remain in a space of clarity, creativity and kindness. I am not my enemy. I am not trapped in the circumstances That tyrants build for me. I am a creator and I transform myself Anew to meet and change those circumstances. SILENCE. In the next breath I am grateful For the millions of Americans who are courageously defending our democracy, who are fighting for our freedoms, who are standing for our diversity who are preserving our humanity with their bodies and their voices, with their rapid [Read more.]

Thanksgiving Greetings: The Secret Power of Gratitude

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Nov 212018
 
Thanksgiving Greetings: The Secret Power of Gratitude

Reading Time: 3 minutes Thanksgiving Greetings! Thanks for being a reader in my blog! In the coming Thanksgiving celebration we focus on gratitude. But the true nature of Gratitude is not known at a popular level, so I thought to share here today the powerful secret I have learned about Gratitude, that you may practice it during the Thanksgiving and Holy Days ceremonies. I’ve also included another post with an art and poem from my new poetry book, The Tao of Trees. Enjoy! The Secret Power of Gratitude I want to share with you the secret power of gratitude and how to activate it. Gratitude is an emotional alchemy that transmutes the ordinary into the extraordinary and activates the magic inherent in you as a creator. When you activate your gratitude, your heart enters the state of coherence, harmonizing with your mind and healing the endless worries, anxieties and running thoughts that keep you stressed out. But how do you achieve gratitude, especially when you are burn-out, scared, stressed or sad? Here is an easy, quick 8-step practice to activate your gratitude. Close your [Read more.]

My Gratitude Declaration

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Nov 272014
 
My Gratitude Declaration

Reading Time: 3 minutes Today I am grateful for… My health. At my age I am flexible, strong and have the energy and stamina to do my work, live my purpose and serve my tribe. My alchemy. I have been trained in the subtle distillation of energy that allows me to transmute my wounds into medicines, my pain into power and my fears into freedom. I see how rare and precious this gift is and feel immensely thankful for this practical spiritual wisdom. My creativity and creative genius. There is so much fun and magic in my creative gifts! I have reclaimed my vast creative potential and feel so happy and delighted on the power of creativity to create my life and be the co-creator of this world. My magic. I love magic! Truly magic is the fiber of this world. It is deeply connected to Oneness and connects us to Divine Source. It empowers us to co-create our life with the universe and to shift our perception to change our world. I enjoy the magic that connects me to the heart and beauty [Read more.]