Mantra

Mantra (Eng.)/ Mantra (Fr.): noun

• Any sacred word or phrase used as an object of concentration and embodying some aspect of spiritual power.

I recently heard a snippet from a Louise Hay interview that caught my attention. She was sharing her life's mantra. Apparently she reiterates this aloud daily, and multiple times a day. It goes something like this:

"All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good, and the highest good of others. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe."

She also said that the key to living a happy, loving and blessed life is "to always be grateful in advance."

The mantra seemed dangerously close to a mock self help affirmation that Stuart Smalley would have spewed in an SNL skit. But its message really is a perfect reminder throughout the day. 

So here I go, "Thank you universe for cooperating with me to clear the obstacles that are temporarily standing between me and Paris."