August 15, 2025 • 20 mins
In the day to day grind of our life, it is very easy to loose sight of things we are grateful for. The truth is that no matter how bad things are, no matter the struggle, there is still room for gratitude. Through gratitude comes joy and joy is the path to being in love with our life. One breath at a time.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Welcome to mindful meditations with calm, the bleep down. As always,
I'm your guide Michael Beckameier, and today we are going
to get drunk on gratitude. Let's get started. As always,
(00:30):
we have a mindfulness quote to help us head into
our meditation with some intent. And today our quote comes
once again from the poet Roomy, and it reads, Gratitude
is the wine for the soul. Go on, get drunk.
(00:52):
This quote made me smile because you don't really think
of gratitude as something to get drunk on, but in
a way, it is exactly what we need to be doing.
An abundance everything is abundant, abundance of joy, gratitude, optimism,
(01:14):
all of that stuff. Anytime we run into scarcity or
lack is when we start to spiral out into worry, depression, sadness, funks,
you know, things that just stop us from cynicism, pessimism,
(01:37):
all that stuff. Those all spiral from the original thought
of scarcity and gratitude comes from abundance. Joy comes from abundance.
People who are perpetually optimistic or joyful aren't necessarily luckier,
(02:00):
or they weren't just born happier. Their outlook is just
more joyful and is more full of gratitude. They are
drunk on gratitude. It's just a good lesson to learn,
and it's just something to think about as you're going
through your day. It's the one thing that excess is
(02:24):
a good thing, gratitude. So that's what we're gonna meditate
on today. Sometimes when I'm meditating and I'm trying to
remind myself to be grateful for something. Honestly, depending on
(02:45):
the day, your mood, all of that stuff, it's not easy.
It's something that we have to work on. Sometimes. My
way into it is just to just the way you
would a mantra, repeat the phrase over and over and
over again. I just think the word grateful or gratitude
(03:06):
over and over and over, and then suddenly flashes start
coming into my mind things that I'm grateful for. There
are plenty of things to be grateful for. Just because
something bad happened today doesn't mean that we don't still
have love in our life. We don't still have our kids,
(03:27):
our dog, jobs. You know, we had food in our
belly today, and any any small thing can be something
to be grateful for. In fact, that's how you do it.
You look around and find the little things to be
grateful for, because it sometimes is the big things that
we are waiting for, worried about all that stuff that
(03:48):
are pulling us out of the reality of the situation,
which is there are plenty of things to be grateful for.
So sometimes I'll just repeat the word in my mind
like a mantra, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, And within a
few seconds I started to get flashes of my daughter,
(04:09):
my dog, my car, all the things that get me
through the day. Then I'm in there. Then I'm in it,
and I'm reminded, oh, yes, I have breath, I'm here meditating.
I am grateful for all of those things. And they
(04:30):
start thinking about things like nature being outside, being able
to the fact that I walked inside on my own
you know power today, I use my own legs, I
have breath in my lungs, I had food today. All
of those things just add up and they are what
(04:51):
we have to be grateful for. You can choose to
be grateful for an some people, when something bad happens,
maybe not in the moment, but six months down the road,
they do fully believe that was actually the best thing
(05:14):
that could have ever happened to me because it pushed
me in another direction that I never would have thought
to go in. And now that thing that it pushed
me in the direction of is one of the best
things in my life. Whatever that is. A relationship goes sour,
a job gets lost, you end up in the job
(05:38):
that you love, or closer to a job you love.
You maybe made a career change or a move, or
a relationship falls apart, and then the next thing you know,
you meet the person that you're meant to be with.
That thing that seems very awful at the beginning is
(05:59):
not always stay that way. So I'm here to remind
us all of that, including myself. Let's get ourselves comfortable.
Start taking some nice, long, slow, deep breaths in and out.
(06:23):
We are winding ourselves down for this meditation, heavier with
each inhale and exhale, feeling the weight of ourselves against
the cushion or seat that we are sitting in. We
are feeling the breath come in and out of our lungs.
(06:49):
How does that feel? Think about that for a second.
How does this deep breath make me feel? I feel
surge of energy. My body starts to tingle. When I
breathe in and hold it just for a second. Right
(07:09):
before I exhale, I start to feel my body bouncing
from the inside. It's like yes, energy, life, breath, oxygen.
Maybe do a quick scan of your body from head
to toe. Make sure you are not holding any tension
(07:30):
in any unsuspecting places. Remind yourself to unclench your jaw,
relax your cheeks. My shoulders are another place that I'm
constantly tightening up. Halfway through meditation, to realize my shoulder
is tightened up again, I have to remind myself to
loosen it, relax it, let it go all the way
(07:54):
down your tor so, hips, legs, calves, ankles, feet, toes, arms, shoulders, hands, wrists.
(08:23):
Take another long, slow, deep breath in. Feel that breath
come in and help you relax. Exhale, breathing it all
the way out of your body. The longer you exhale,
the more your relaxation in your vagus nerve is triggered.
(08:58):
Just pick a few things, remind yourself you're grateful for,
and again, if it's one of those days where you're
having a hard time latching on to something to be
grateful for, just repeat the word like a mantra in
(09:20):
your mind and see what comes up. Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude.
Take a long, slow, deep breath in hand out. Continue
(09:49):
on this practice for a few moments, and after a
while you may notice your mind has wondered, and if
it does, it's completely fine. Just observe that last thought
and bring it back to your breath and an out
(10:22):
in an out, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude in us.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Must us one must us in as music.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Okay, it's time to bring your breath back into your body.
Take another long, slow, deep breath in and out. Take
a moment to congratulate yourself, or taking this time to
(18:37):
remind yourself to be grateful for the things you have
in your life, that abundance, and just remember, any time
you need a moment to remind yourself, all you have
to do is return to this place. Close your eyes,
take a long, slow, deep breath in and out, and
(19:04):
if nothing else, at least you had that breath, that
one moment of stillness and calm. When you're ready, you
can open your eyes and go about your day, no mistake.
(19:52):
That's it for this time, Uncolm to bleep down. If
you like this meditation, please feel free to send us
an email, post a comment, hit us up on Instagram
or TikTok, where we're posting a lot these days. We'd
love to hear from you. Once again, I'm Michael Beckamaia
reminding you to please calm the bleep down. We'll see
you again soon. Thank you for meditating with us. Be well,
(20:14):
have fun, and no mistake,
Welcome to mindful meditations with calm, the bleep down. As always,
I'm your guide Michael Beckameier, and today we are going
to get drunk on gratitude. Let's get started. As always,
(00:30):
we have a mindfulness quote to help us head into
our meditation with some intent. And today our quote comes
once again from the poet Roomy, and it reads, Gratitude
is the wine for the soul. Go on, get drunk.
(00:52):
This quote made me smile because you don't really think
of gratitude as something to get drunk on, but in
a way, it is exactly what we need to be doing.
An abundance everything is abundant, abundance of joy, gratitude, optimism,
(01:14):
all of that stuff. Anytime we run into scarcity or
lack is when we start to spiral out into worry, depression, sadness, funks,
you know, things that just stop us from cynicism, pessimism,
(01:37):
all that stuff. Those all spiral from the original thought
of scarcity and gratitude comes from abundance. Joy comes from abundance.
People who are perpetually optimistic or joyful aren't necessarily luckier,
(02:00):
or they weren't just born happier. Their outlook is just
more joyful and is more full of gratitude. They are
drunk on gratitude. It's just a good lesson to learn,
and it's just something to think about as you're going
through your day. It's the one thing that excess is
(02:24):
a good thing, gratitude. So that's what we're gonna meditate
on today. Sometimes when I'm meditating and I'm trying to
remind myself to be grateful for something. Honestly, depending on
(02:45):
the day, your mood, all of that stuff, it's not easy.
It's something that we have to work on. Sometimes. My
way into it is just to just the way you
would a mantra, repeat the phrase over and over and
over again. I just think the word grateful or gratitude
(03:06):
over and over and over, and then suddenly flashes start
coming into my mind things that I'm grateful for. There
are plenty of things to be grateful for. Just because
something bad happened today doesn't mean that we don't still
have love in our life. We don't still have our kids,
(03:27):
our dog, jobs. You know, we had food in our
belly today, and any any small thing can be something
to be grateful for. In fact, that's how you do it.
You look around and find the little things to be
grateful for, because it sometimes is the big things that
we are waiting for, worried about all that stuff that
(03:48):
are pulling us out of the reality of the situation,
which is there are plenty of things to be grateful for.
So sometimes I'll just repeat the word in my mind
like a mantra, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, And within a
few seconds I started to get flashes of my daughter,
(04:09):
my dog, my car, all the things that get me
through the day. Then I'm in there. Then I'm in it,
and I'm reminded, oh, yes, I have breath, I'm here meditating.
I am grateful for all of those things. And they
(04:30):
start thinking about things like nature being outside, being able
to the fact that I walked inside on my own
you know power today, I use my own legs, I
have breath in my lungs, I had food today. All
of those things just add up and they are what
(04:51):
we have to be grateful for. You can choose to
be grateful for an some people, when something bad happens,
maybe not in the moment, but six months down the road,
they do fully believe that was actually the best thing
(05:14):
that could have ever happened to me because it pushed
me in another direction that I never would have thought
to go in. And now that thing that it pushed
me in the direction of is one of the best
things in my life. Whatever that is. A relationship goes sour,
a job gets lost, you end up in the job
(05:38):
that you love, or closer to a job you love.
You maybe made a career change or a move, or
a relationship falls apart, and then the next thing you know,
you meet the person that you're meant to be with.
That thing that seems very awful at the beginning is
(05:59):
not always stay that way. So I'm here to remind
us all of that, including myself. Let's get ourselves comfortable.
Start taking some nice, long, slow, deep breaths in and out.
(06:23):
We are winding ourselves down for this meditation, heavier with
each inhale and exhale, feeling the weight of ourselves against
the cushion or seat that we are sitting in. We
are feeling the breath come in and out of our lungs.
(06:49):
How does that feel? Think about that for a second.
How does this deep breath make me feel? I feel
surge of energy. My body starts to tingle. When I
breathe in and hold it just for a second. Right
(07:09):
before I exhale, I start to feel my body bouncing
from the inside. It's like yes, energy, life, breath, oxygen.
Maybe do a quick scan of your body from head
to toe. Make sure you are not holding any tension
(07:30):
in any unsuspecting places. Remind yourself to unclench your jaw,
relax your cheeks. My shoulders are another place that I'm
constantly tightening up. Halfway through meditation, to realize my shoulder
is tightened up again, I have to remind myself to
loosen it, relax it, let it go all the way
(07:54):
down your tor so, hips, legs, calves, ankles, feet, toes, arms, shoulders, hands, wrists.
(08:23):
Take another long, slow, deep breath in. Feel that breath
come in and help you relax. Exhale, breathing it all
the way out of your body. The longer you exhale,
the more your relaxation in your vagus nerve is triggered.
(08:58):
Just pick a few things, remind yourself you're grateful for,
and again, if it's one of those days where you're
having a hard time latching on to something to be
grateful for, just repeat the word like a mantra in
(09:20):
your mind and see what comes up. Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude.
Take a long, slow, deep breath in hand out. Continue
(09:49):
on this practice for a few moments, and after a
while you may notice your mind has wondered, and if
it does, it's completely fine. Just observe that last thought
and bring it back to your breath and an out
(10:22):
in an out, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, gratitude in us.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Must us one must us in as music.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Okay, it's time to bring your breath back into your body.
Take another long, slow, deep breath in and out. Take
a moment to congratulate yourself, or taking this time to
(18:37):
remind yourself to be grateful for the things you have
in your life, that abundance, and just remember, any time
you need a moment to remind yourself, all you have
to do is return to this place. Close your eyes,
take a long, slow, deep breath in and out, and
(19:04):
if nothing else, at least you had that breath, that
one moment of stillness and calm. When you're ready, you
can open your eyes and go about your day, no mistake.
(19:52):
That's it for this time, Uncolm to bleep down. If
you like this meditation, please feel free to send us
an email, post a comment, hit us up on Instagram
or TikTok, where we're posting a lot these days. We'd
love to hear from you. Once again, I'm Michael Beckamaia
reminding you to please calm the bleep down. We'll see
you again soon. Thank you for meditating with us. Be well,
(20:14):
have fun, and no mistake,
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