"We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought." -Chinese Proverb
Think of three things that you keep in your environment at home that make you feel blessed. Maybe a photograph of people you care about, your computer, a beautiful piece of art or furniture, food in your refrigerator, or even your washing machine!
In Feng Shui we believe that the things that make you feel blessed are the most important things that you own, and that they should be placed in prominent locations in your home. That way you can enjoy them, and they will elicit from you, as often as possible, positive feelings like happiness, love and gratitude. It gives these things a chance to have the most positive impact on you and on your life.
On the other hand, we believe that things that are the least important to you should be placed in the least prominent locations. In fact, you can ask yourself if they should be there at all! Which would enhance your life more?
We also recommend honoring the things you are most thankful for by taking good care of them. Because then you will be putting your time and effort into something that is giving back to you.
And ask yourself if you have things into which you are putting your valuable time, that are not giving something worthwhile back to you? And is that something that you can change?
Your feelings, whether they be of thankfulness and gratitude, or something less positive, are clues that can help you decide what has a positive influence on you, and what has a negative influence. Doing everything you can to enhance positive influences of the things that make you feel blessed is like wrapping a present and giving it! To yourself!
