Greetings!

Welcome to Day 3 of 365 Days of Blessisms!  The third Blessism is all about contrast. Times of contrast, can help you grow more than you might imagine. Without the darkness, you may not appreciate the light as much. Like the yin and the yang, the contrast gives your life flavor and a sense of richness.

While you may not be able to fully control whatever is happening all around you, taking a moment to bless the contrast can help you shift your perspective and live more mindfully. Contrast can also help you appreciate the good times even more, because you will have something to compare it to.
Journal and Meditation Prompt
1. Take a moment after repeating this Blessism to reflect on how it makes you feel.
2.  As you reflect on this intention and sit in the quiet, notice how it feels to send love and appreciation to these people, situations, difficulties, or challenges, instead of feeling anxious or resentful.
3.  Think about some ways you can acknowledge, bless, and accept your present life circumstances, where you are in the moment.
4.  Make a pact with yourself to bless the mess and find the gratitude and joy along life’s crooked path and think about some intentions or blessings you can create to keep yourself grounded in this love and nonattachment as you go through your day.
Welcome to a Year Full of Blessisms! We will post a new Mindful Blessism every day of the month. This month's theme is Mindful Sur-Thrival. To review the longer introductory issue of our newsletter with an overview including the annual calendar of topics please Click Here.
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This is the first of 13 Mindful Blessisms books we will publish in 2022! We are preparing to publish the collections of Blessisms every month beginning as soon as possible in January. Then at the end of 2022, we will publish a compilation book with all 365 Blessisms.

More details on our forthcoming programs and publications are available at our web sites.

Thank you for accepting our invitation to let us share with you our 365 Mindful Blessisms. At Planet Blessed our mission is simple: We want to help people go from Planet Stressed to Planet Blessed and from surviving to thriving. We want to help people have hope, and to heal through our programs from our non-profit organizations Planet Blessed and Ultimate YOUniversity. We invite you to visit us at MindfullyBlessed.com or our non-profit site PlanetBlessed.org to discover how you, your loved ones, any organization you belong to, and your community could be BLESSED by the positive uplifting resources we share.
Leslie Riopel
Leslie Riopel, MA Psychology
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