Gratitude Time Warp

Today I just thought of a way to make it easier to accomplish stuff in the now for my future self. I call it a "Gratitude Time Warp." Today I realized as I was pouring myself some water, that I was very grateful for my past self that had taken the time to put water in my water pitcher.  I was in a hurry so I would have probably just drank soda, or I would have had to drink tap water. I know it seems so simple but I could really feel how much this simple practice could maybe make it easier to accomplish harder things in my life. 

What if I thought of now me, and future me, and past me as different entities.  My now me can really be grateful for what past me brought into creation. My now me can start thinking about what future me needs to feel healthy, happy, and grateful.  And now I know when I get there I will feel so grateful.  

I know this doesn't seem like a big change but I think it is really going to help my mindset because right now future me seems so very far away. It's kind of hard for me to think, now me wants pizza, but future me wants to loose 40 lbs. Today I found myself making healthier decisions because I was thinking of how grateful future me would be for it. 

You see there are a lot of people who who say time is just an illusion.  Everything is really always happening right here right now.  They say the now moment can affect the future and the past.  I've watched a whole lot of NDE's (Near Death Experiences), and it has been a recurring statement there, and among different religions as well. Now, do I truly know if that's true? No, but I'm okay with that.  

I do know that as I think about how much I love future me,  and have high hopes for her, I am grateful for how far she has come. I know this because I continue to grow and expand and make new creations and discoveries every day. I am super grateful for past me for doing the work that has finally begun to heal my wounded soul. I'm so grateful that I spend so many hours and days in happiness and gratitude.  I'm so glad past me learned how to overcome her negative thinking patterns.  I'm so glad past me read all of those books on self help and healing trauma.  I'm so glad past me was able to forgive so many people who hurt her. 

I know it's all just me, but for some reason thinking this way has given me so much more power in the present moment.  I believe it's because I'm receiving a ton of gratitude from future me who took time to look back and reflect on all those moments that were super tuff, but now me was able to make the hard choice because future me seems a little more real and available. She's not just another,  maybe someday, but someone who I can talk to now. I can send her energy and she can send me energy and we can both send healing energies to our past, where we both know she did the best she could with what she had. 

Hope this helps.  

Have a blessed day.  

Delila Bishop