Gratitude
It's that time of year when the leaves have all fallen The sun sets low in the sky and we are in the retreat of the approaching winter.
This is the time to count our blessings. It a good time to repeat an exercise of 'What am I grateful for?'
Try this Gratitude Excerise, for 10 days write down 10 things you are grateful and happy for in your life. Each item should to be described in about 50-100 words. Charles Burke originated this one his inner power emails. You might find this exercise very revealing and with practice you can attract more to your life to be grateful for.
You can start with simple things. For example being grateful for being healthy, or your spouse or child being healthy and well. That you made it safely to your destination. Or grateful for the kind smile of a stranger.
Keep practicing until it becomes natural for this is how you can manifest more to be grateful for in your life.
Here are some quotes to ponder:
Happiness
cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is
the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and
gratitude. - Denis Watley
Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. - Nigerian proverb
The happy heart gives away the best. To know how to receive is also a most important gift, which cultivates generosity in others and keeps strong the cycle of life. - Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo
Under affliction in the very depths, stop and contemplate what you have to be grateful for. - Mary Baker Eddy
A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise. - Baha'u'llah
As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude. - Etty Hillesum (Dutch Jewish writer known for her diaries and correspondence from Westerbork concentration camp)
Grateful living: an alchemic operation of converting 'disgraceful' things into grateful events. - Raimundo Panikkar
Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions,the hallmark of the mystic, and the source of all true art. .... It is a privilege to be alive in this time when we can choose to take part in the self-healing of our world. - Joanna Macy
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. - Jacques Maritain
Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives. - Jalaluddin Rumi
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into
enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order,
confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into
success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into
important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for
today and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melodie Beattie
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