When we are in the joy and gratitude vibration, we are connected to Source. (Shaheerah Stephens) - www.tlctheplace2b.org

Through the eyes of love, all energy becomes more beautiful. (Orin through Sanaya Roman - From the book, Personal Power through Awareness) - www.orindaben.com

When you are in deep gratefulness and appreciation, you are actually in a higher vibration of what you call love. In some traditions, it is called agape love… That is why many traditions teach how important it is to give thanks. As you learn to be grateful, you will raise the vibration within your body. Your vibration activates the DNA in every cell of your body… If you include being in a place of deep appreciation and gratitude, you will find your vibration rising faster than you ever knew possible. You might think it's going to be rather difficult to be grateful for, let's say, the person who stole your car. Yet this is what this practice is telling you. When you learn to be grateful for everything and can accept whatever is there - the gift that is in everything - then you become the creator. As you are being grateful, you will attract to yourself all kinds of wondrous energy. The more grateful you are, the more will come to you, and the more your life will change. The more you are grateful, the more you will be able to accept things and people as they are. You will discover whom you choose or don't choose to be with. If you have two people in a relationship and each person chooses the path to learn about being in total gratefulness for whatever the other does, it won't matter how different they are. Their relationship and their feeling of being one will be complete. Amazing, isn't it? (Amma through Cathy Chapman) - www.OdysseyToWholeness.com (Source: Sedona Journal of Emergence - July 2005) - www.sedonajournal.com

We can't choose our relatives or workmates. If you find yourself forced to put up with the company of someone who really rubs you up the wrong way, try to find something about them that you like, and then focus on that quality. You'll feel better, and the other person may even respond to your more accepting attitude. (Unknown)

We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. (Sam Keen)

When we look for the good in others, it is then that we discover the very best within ourselves. (Martin Walsh)

…appreciation is a raising of vibration… (Abraham through Esther Hicks) - www.abraham-hicks.com

To raise your vibration, APPRECIATE something and connect to the joy. (Unknown)

When did you last lie on your back to read the clouds floating in a sea of blue or watch a little beetle crawl up a blade of grass? When did you last splash happily through puddles or talk to buttercups? When did you last kiss your smiling image in the mirror or hold a cool frog in your hands? When did you last just sit, and watch the world go by in wonder believing in the magic of it all? You see, the playful child in you knows all the doors to peace of mind and innate bliss. (Patrick William Moore)

Whenever one's thought and feelings move into a devotional connection with the Divine, one vibrates at a higher frequency. Whenever one is inspired or caught up in a flow of reverence, one's thought/feeling frequencies naturally and beautifully raise. When these sorts of "frequency raising" experiences are consciously sought and applied, all manner of physical distortions and afflictions may also respond to the higher frequencies and abate or heal. (Djwhal Khul through Terri Newlon) - www.djwhalkhul.com

Gratitude is wealth; complaint is poverty. (Doris Day)

If there is one secret to happiness and freedom that seems to get overlooked, it is gratitude. I have said repeatedly that gratitude is the only shortcut on the spiritual path. Why is this so? Let's consider what gratitude really means. To be truly grateful, we must see the perfection in our lives and realize that despite appearances, good is coming to us continuously. Of course this doesn't mean we go into denial about trouble areas in our lives or things we need to pay attention to. It only means we have a loving acceptance of the process of living and we are able to appreciate the wondrous way the universe unfolds.

One of the simplest and yet most powerful processes we can do to enter a state of gratitude is to make a list of all the things for which we are grateful. I guarantee after you do this process you will feel better. I'm sure you have heard that no matter how bad things appear to be, there's always someone in worse shape than you. The reverse is probably also true - that someone is better off than you. So it really doesn't matter where you fit in the scheme of things, comparing yourself to others and being envious or jealous of their lives is the antithesis to gratitude.

Gratitude tells the universe you know how to appreciate what you have received. It also opens the door for more of the limitless delight and perfection of the universe to shower you with blessings. Whining and complaining are cancerous habits that have no place in this marvelous Creation. I'm not saying you should like everything that is happening or approve of malicious behavior or pretend things are just fine when they are not. This is not about approval or disapproval of anyone or anything. This is about a state of consciousness that draws more of what you truly want to you. This is about an attitude that brings a smile to your face and lightness to your step. (Sal Rachele) - www.salrachele.com

What, after all, is happiness, is Joyousness, if not feeling oneself in gratitude for the wonderful opportunities a part of your daily existence and beckoning you onwards, for the Love that is there all around you, and knowing yourself as one who can meet challenges easily, and indeed, looks forward to finding some way to be of greater service to others? For when the energy of your own Self is filled with Love, Love is all there is to see, all around you. "But how do we get to that place", you may ask. Practice. Practice finding the beauty in all things around you. Even in times of crisis, there is a gift - the sudden space, to redesign your journey in a manner that is more pleasing to you, that nourishes and fulfills you. Practice being in connection with Spirit - the Creator, your Higher Self, Guides and Angels. (Tikele) - www.tikele.com.au

We talk on and on and on where really all you ever needed to know is: 'If I would look for something to appreciate and make that my dominant vibration, I would live happily ever after and fulfill my reason for being.' The Secret to Life is this: 'Look for something to appreciate and practice it until it becomes easy, and you will live happily ever after! (Abraham through Esther Hicks) - www.abraham-hicks.com

Children are free in expressing their joyfulness until they are told, “be quiet.” They are able to embrace and see the wonder in small things of life; whether they are tiny, little bugs or stars in the sky. Can you remember what it was like to have great joy about small things? Can you marvel at life itself every day as you awaken? Begin to notice the wonder, the magnificence in all existence. See the grandeur, and let your soul in its Beingness, be the joy that it is in all things. Let it run; let it play.

Do not confine yourself to the mundane situations of a daily life that presents to you things that weigh you down. When you are feeling heavy, overwhelmed, sad, or depressed, then talk to your soul. Talk to the Beingness of who you truly are and ask your soul to express the joy that it is. Tell your soul, “I want to feel the joy of who I am.” Sometimes this may feel impossible in the moment of your emotion. Remember, the emotion you are feeling is only the confused ego attempting to keep you safe. Also remember that it is powerless to do so. Choose the greater power of who you are. If you make this practice, your soul will respond and you will find that things begin to shift. (Salem through Diandra) - www.inwardjourney.com

Imagine a cork floating on a body of water, and this cork is up there bobbing on the surface. And, for the sake of our analogy, know that up here on the surface is the high, pure vibration. This is the vibration of your Source. This is who you really are. Now take hold of that cork and hold it under the water as you focus upon something unwanted or as you doubt or disbelieve, or as you beat up on yourself or someone else... Now, as this cork is under the water because of your attention to something that is not up to speed with it, now let go of it. Take your attention from whatever has caused the cork to come under the water. And what happens to the cork when you let go of it? It bobs right back up to the surface.

And the reason that we want, very much, for you to hear this important analogy is because we want you to know that that is where your vibration would naturally be if you were not giving your attention to something that was vibrationally different [ie – of a lower vibration]. We want you to understand that you don't have to work hard at the higher vibration. You don't have to work at all at the higher vibration. You only have to no longer give your attention to those things that hold your cork under the water. (Abraham through Esther Hicks) - www.abraham-hicks.com

…one of the greatest needs at this point in time, is the faculty to appreciate that which is before you. To really, sincerely, deep down taste it, appreciate it, and acknowledge it's existence. For ATTENTION is the greatest payment that is made to anyone and anything, and he or she who is able to pay attention to the truly important things in life, will often not be required to pay much else. And in this way, you'll recall that when you place money in the bank and it earns interest, it is also said to appreciate, does it not? So when you appreciate, you are within your greatest place of prosperity, for in the greatest Oneness sense, prosperity is defined, not necessarily by how much you have, but how little it takes to make you truly happy. (The Reconnections through Daniel Jacob) - www.reconnections.net

Every day we hear Jerry and Esther talking about the perfection of their life. On and on and on, and on, they go. They have a motor coach that they travel in that delights them so much, because it is home away from home but always feeling as if they are home, and they talk about how wonderful it is over and over and over, and over. Anyone not understanding, listening to them, would think they had gone mad as they recount to one another how lovely this is, and how good that is, and how much they appreciate this.

When you find things that you appreciate and you use them as your point of focus, your world has to get better on all other fronts. You could have 99 things going wrong in your life and one thing going right, and if you would beat the drum of that one thing going right, the other 99 would either have to go away, or improve, because Law of Attraction cannot abide in your vibration something that does not match. You cannot feel good and be sick at the same time. You cannot appreciate something and blame something at the same time. As you begin to practice, with a deliberate orientation, your vibration that feels good while you practice it, your life has to get better - Law of Attraction says that it must. (Abraham through Esther Hicks) - www.abraham-hicks.com

Do you remember what it felt like to be fascinated by life before you even knew the meaning of the word "fascinated?" So much around you was new, and you were full of questions and excitement. I love being at the airport and watching the young children totally in awe of the airplanes while the "businesspeople" seem bored and restless. I love how children laugh, that loud squeal of joy, totally in the moment and not caring what people think. I enjoy the questions that children ask, not feeling self conscious that they do not know the answers. (Linda White Dove)

There are many ways to raise your energy vibration. Start by becoming aware of what you say to people. Are you building them up? Are you holding an ennobling vision of them? As you focus on what is good about people, you enable them to achieve it. Whatever you point a finger at will grow – if you focus on people’s weaknesses, emphasizing in your mind what is wrong with them, it will grow. If you have any situations in your life that are not working, the more you picture them as not working, the more you create it as so. When two people first fall in love, they see the best in each other and hold that vision. Suddenly, they find themselves able to accomplish new things and find old, negative patterns leaving. You can greatly assist people by holding an image for them of their success, joy, and abundance. (Orin through Sanaya Roman - From the book, Personal Power through Awareness) - www.orindaben.com

Humans have by and large have lost their capacity to play, laugh and find enthusiasm about their preoccupations in the life dance in the observation of the Spruce Kingdom. This was less so 100 years ago and speaks to the fall in consciousness that has occurred in this techno-era. When one has lost an ability to play or laugh or feel enthusiastic, it is a sign of a damaged and/or missing inner child. As one recovers and heals the playful inner child, expressions of joy will become commonplace in one’s life experience again.

Spruce invites each reading these materials to begin to heal and retrieve one’s inner child and rediscover the ability to play, love and be grateful. Gratitude is the foundation of blessing. If one cannot feel grateful to be alive or grateful to Earth and nature for providing one a home, one cannot give or receive blessings either. Gratitude is therefore also the foundation of love, for blessings are an act of love. It is love that is required to sustain life. It is also love that allows for the possibility of ascension home into the Great Central Sun.

Spruce invites those reading these materials to take inventory. What do you have in your current life experience to be grateful for? Make a list. What would you like to change that causes you difficulty or turmoil? Make a list. Now intend; intend the completion of the old dream that is causing you stress and difficulty and the birth of a new dream that will bring greater joy. Intend to release all karma associated. Then be grateful for what you do have now that brings you joy. The gratitude you feel will send messages to the universe to bring you more life experiences that lead to greater experiences of gratitude and joy. (The Spruce Tree Kingdom through Karen Danrich "Mila") - www.ascendpress.org/Community/Plants&Trees/index.html

[In the years to come] there will be a greater appreciation of one another, of different standards of living — a greater appreciation upon your Earth, for example, for the smokers of the planet Earth. And the reason for this is that no longer will you have the same tendency as you have had in the past to put judgment upon each other. Rather, you will have a greater appreciation that everyone upon the planet Earth has a different standard by which he or she lives, and you will come to terms with this; you will come to appreciate this increasingly. (Dr. Peebles through Summer Bacon) - www.summerbacon.com (Source: Sedona Journal of Emergence - January 2006) - www.sedonajournal.com

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion. (Benjamin Franklin)

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first time or last time. Then your time on Earth will be filled with joy. (Betty Smith from the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)

Gratitude is the art of loving. (Stacey Robyn) - http://www.GoGratitude.com/masterkey

So we say, intent, visualization, and gratitude, those are the three biggest strengths of any Lightworker. You can create anything you desire or require, you see? (The Brotherhood of Light through Edna G. Frankel) - www.beyondreiki.com (Source: Sedona Journal of Emergence - July 2005) - www.sedonajournal.com