Gratitude…A powerful Attitude
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A powerful Attitude…Gratitude
There are two words that, when spoken, have the most immeasurable power to completely change your life. Two words which, when they pass your lips, will bring absolute joy and happiness to you. Two words that will create miracles in your life. Two words that will totally wipe out negativity. Two words that will bring you abundance in every area. Two words which, when uttered and sincerely felt, will summon all the forces and vibrations in the Universe to move all things for you.The only thing standing between you, happiness, and the life of your dreams, are two words…THANK YOU
Gratitude is one of the easiest and most powerful ways to transform your life.
If you become truly grateful, you will attract absolute joy to you everywhere you go, and in everything you do. Without gratitude, nothing can ever change. Your life will change to the degree that you use gratitude and begin to feel grateful. If you are just a wee bit grateful, your life will change a wee bit. If you are very grateful, then your whole life will change. If you live in gratitude every single day, you will become a better human being on the planet, and the light of your life can uplift the world around you.
Gratitude, noun, the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful~Dictionary .com
So how do you live in gratitude? Begin your day by expressing how grateful you are. Be grateful for the bed you just slept in, the roof over your head, the carpet or floor under your feet, the running water, the soap, your shower, your toothbrush, your clothes, your shoes, the car that you drive, your job, your friends, your refrigerator that keeps your food cold and your food. Be grateful for the weather, the sun, the sky, the birds, the trees, the grass, the rain, and the flowers. Be grateful for the stores that make it so easy to buy the things you need, the restaurants, the utilities and services and electrical appliances that make your life easier. Be grateful for the chair that you sit on, and the pavement that you walk on. Be grateful for your favorite music that sweeps you away, and for movies that make you feel good. Be grateful for your computer and for your phone that connects you with people. Be grateful for air travel that can fly you everywhere. Be grateful for the roads and traffic lights that keep the traffic in order. Be grateful to those who built our bridges. Be grateful for your loved ones, for your pet, for your child, for your eyes that enable you to read this. Be grateful for your imagination.
Be grateful that you can think! Be grateful that you can talk. Be grateful that you can smile and laugh. Be grateful for every breath you breathe! Be grateful that you are alive! Be grateful that you are uniquely you! Be grateful that there are two words that can totally change your life!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
The more you practice gratitude the more deeply you will feel it in your heart, and the realness of the feeling is the key.
The more deeply and sincerely you feel it, the more you will bring extreme happiness on every single subject. When you practice gratitude every single day and in every single moment and in every opportunity that you can, watch what happens in your life. Remember, if you are criticizing, or being negative you are not being grateful. You are not being grateful, if you are blaming. You are not being grateful, if you are complaining. You are not being grateful, if you are feeling tension. You are not being grateful, if you are rushing. You are not being grateful, if you are in a bad mood.
To understand the power and the magic of gratitude, you have to experience it for yourself. So why not begin by deciding to find at least 100 things a day to be grateful for? Writing it down in a gratitude journal is helpful, at least until it’s become a habit and as you practice gratitude every day, it won’t take long before gratitude is your natural state of being, and when it happens you will have unlocked the greatest blessing in Life.
Have that attitude of gratitude and it will bring good things in your life!!