Hope and Gratitude

Positive affirmations are not to be mistaken with hope. 

Hope is seeing the shores of dry land after being lost at sea, knowing you have the ability to reach them, and believing in yourself to use your ability to make it to shore safely.

Positive affirmations are being lost at sea, and telling yourself you're going to find land.  

Gratitude is sometimes not easy to access when the survival brain is running at full speed, however it's a powerful tool for regulating ourselves and our systems when we do.  

Human beings teeter on a spectrum between gratitude and entitlement. We can either feel entitled to heal or grateful for our healing.