The wonders of creation are often taken for granted… Dear Ones, look around you and give thanks for everything that has been given for your well being. Give thanks for those souls who have come into your life and share your journey with you. Be thankful that in dimensions that are still veiled from you, there are many friends who eagerly await your arrival. Be generous in your thanks to the Supreme Creator who has sent you out to experience duality so that you can understand and appreciate the gifts of Love and Light.
Let your life be one continual thanksgiving, and you will help uplift all around you. See all that is good and beautiful even in those who reflect the dark, and have enabled you to understand the magnificence of the Light. Where you see lack, send out love in abundance, and heal all that it is not in balance. Imagine how quickly the vibrations upon Earth would be lifted if you all gave of yourself in this way. Every thought can be a prayer if you wish, and soon a great Love would settle upon Earth. I am St. Germain, and I know that there are many of you who already live your lives in the highest expression that you can find. You are to be commended for spreading the Light and Love, and know that you are Lightworkers achieving much more than is immediately apparent. You are the conduits for much energy that is coming to Earth, and it is helping in the upliftment of all around you. Mother Earth also benefits from your work, as negative energies of old are being transmuted. I say my “Thank You” to all of you as without your input, you would not have progressed to where you are today. Keep on keeping on, and know the journey is nearly over, and all of your effort has been well worthwhile. My Love and Light surrounds you All, and I leave you with the magnificent blessings and thanks of The Creator. (St Germain through Mike Quinsey)
We would begin saying to ourselves, "I'm not ever going to get it done. I'm an eternally expanding Being, and I'm doing great where I am, and I'm so eager about what's coming." That's the essence of the vibration that keeps adventurous things coming, keeps you feeling always excited, stable and secure - keeps you feeling in love with life. All day, every day, count your blessings! All day, every day, make your lists of things you appreciate. And as you keep activating what is working in your life, then more pleasing things on all subjects will flow to you. (Abraham through Esther Hicks) - www.abraham-hicks.com
Stop beating up on yourself about where you are, and start appreciating what is going well about where you are. Your new mantra is, "I'm going to start beating the drum that feels better. I'm going to start making the best of things, making the best of things, making the best of things." One thing, the only thing, that is really important for you to decide (and there is such power in decision): Nothing is more important than that I feel good. And we're going to modify that to say: Nothing is more important than that I feel as good as I am capable of feeling. Nothing is more important than that I reach for a better-feeling thought. Nothing is more important than that I be aware of how I feel and that I want to feel good, and that I am willing to reach for a better-feeling thought. I'm not ever again going to beat up on myself for not being able to get to the goodest to the goodest to the goodest, to the goodest, of all thoughts. I'll take the goodest thought that I can find, and I'll pat myself on the back-and I'll keep reaching. (Abraham through Esther Hicks) - www.abraham-hicks.com
Gratitude is the most passionate transformative force in the cosmos. If you give thanks for five gifts every day, in two months you may not look at your life in the same way as you might now. (Sarah Ban Breathnach) - www.simpleabundance.com
When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you, in effect, acknowledge that it is there - in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God; an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. Therefore never supplicate, Appreciate. (Neale Donald Walsch from the book Conversations with God, Book 1) - www.cwg.org
Appreciate anything - even if it seems silly. Look around you for something to appreciate. Look at a lamp and appreciate Thomas Edison. Look at the carpet and be glad it's not cement. Look at a chair and be happy you don't have to sit on the floor all the time. Appreciate yourself for trying to appreciate. Anything can be appreciated. (Doc Childre) - www.heartmath.com
The word 'appreciation' means to be thankful and express admiration, approval or gratitude. It also means to grow or appreciate in value. As you appreciate life, you become more valuable - both to yourself and others. (Sara Paddison) - www.heartmath.com
What you put out comes back. The more you sincerely appreciate life from the heart, the more the magnetic energy of appreciation attracts fulfilling life experiences to you, both personally and professionally. (Doc Childre and Sara Paddison) - www.heartmath.com
Being grateful. That's the first step to the path of Joy. (Sarah Ban Breathnach) - www.simpleabundance.com
Oprah Winfrey has remarked that keeping a gratitude journal has been the single most impactful thing that she has ever done. The practice is deceptively simple yet remarkably powerful. At the end of the day, before you nod off, take a few moments to write five things that you are thankful for from that day. Sarah Ban Breathnach (who first challenged Oprah to create a gratitude journal) explains, "As you focus on the abundance rather than the lack in your life, you will be designing a wonderful new blueprint for the future. This sense of fulfillment is gratitude at work, transforming your dreams into reality." Try it for yourself for 30 days and watch the shifts (inner and outer) show up in your life. (Elyse Hope Killoran) - www.choosingprosperity.com
The reason you want every single thing that you want, is because you think you will feel really good when you get there. But, if you don't feel really good on your way to there, you can't get there. You have to be satisfied with what-is while you're reaching for more. (Abraham through Esther Hicks) - www.abraham-hicks.com
...a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for. This, of course, is a fact. Thankfulness does tend to reproduce in kind. The attitude of gratitude revitalizes the entire mental process by activating all other attitudes, thus stimulating creativity. (Norman Vincent Peale, American pastor, Author 1898-1993)
The more gratefully we fix our minds on the Supreme when good things come to us, the more good things we will receive, and the more rapidly they will come; and the reason simply is that the mental attitude of Gratitude draws the mind into closer touch with the source from which the blessings come. If it is a new thought to you that Gratitude brings your whole mind into closer harmony with the creative energies of the universe, consider it well, and you will see that it is true. The good things you already have, have come to you along the line of obedience to certain laws. Gratitude will lead your mind out along the ways by which things come; and it will keep you in close harmony with creative thought and prevent you from falling into competitive thought. (Wallace D. Wattles from the book, The Science of Getting Rich)
The Law of Attraction guarantees that we will draw toward us the energetic equivalent of what we are sending out. Today, make a game of finding positive aspects of the people, opportunities and events in your life. Begin the game by stating “What I like about _____ is....” and let your imagination run wild.
The benefits of this game are three-fold.
(1) You shift the energy around the thing that you are appreciating in an upward spiral and, as a result, you'll draw a higher form of whatever you are appreciating right back to you.
(2) You'll gain practice and strengthen your “appreciation” muscles.
(3) You'll simply feel better - and that energy will translate into other areas of your life. (Elyse Hope Killoran) - www.choosingprosperity.com
Closing the day with a prayer of gratitude will enrich your sense of well being and usher in peaceful feelings to carry into dreamtime… Each night before you turn out the light, write a gratitude prayer for all the blessings of the day. Some blessings are actually lessons that are delivered in challenging ways. As you consider the day's events with respect to gratitude, be conscious of the not too pleasant moments for they may have contained a teaching gift that makes the experience worthy of thanksgiving. (Dana Reynolds) - www.sacredimagination.com
The generosity of God in sharing the goodness of creation with us can elicit only one possible response — that of gratitude. (Esther de Waal)
Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a single day of your life, without using it for your own sake. Why is it so? Your life is a fortunate outcome of the continuous practice of the past. You should express your gratitude immediately. (Zen Master Dogen)
Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our "sympathetic joy," our happiness at another's happiness. Just as in the cultivation of compassion, we may feel the pain of others, so we may begin to feel their joy as well. And it doesn't stop there. (Stephen Levine)
Gratitude is the intention to count your blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that you need or deserve different circumstances. (Timothy Miller)
Notice when you say or someone near you says "Thank you." Think of those two words as a signpost to the spiritual world. (Lewis Richmond)
Sanctity has to do with gratitude. To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less. (Ronald Rolheiser)
Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted. (David Steindl-Rast)
If you have not been outspoken yet, we encourage each and every one of you to be as outspoken as you possibly can be about your love and appreciation. Oh, there’s that word again, God bless you indeed: appreciation for one another, greater and greater appreciation. God bless you indeed, my dear friends. Communicate with letters, cards, writing to one another on your Internet, and also use your telephones wisely for compassionate communication. (Dr. Peebles through Summer Bacon) - www.summerbacon.com (Source: Sedona Journal of Emergence - January 2006) - www.sedonajournal.com
It is important not only to be grateful to others but also to be grateful for others. We need to cultivate a gratitude for others' giftedness in the same way that we appreciate a beautiful sunset or a smile from a loved one. Others always seem to have been given gifts in life that we desire, and so it's easy to be envious. Riding sidesaddle with envy is a dangerous practice: I would be happy if I had what he or she possesses. By contrast, giving thanks constantly and in all circumstances liberates us from envy. (Edward Hays)
Gratitude is here presented as more than a feeling, a virtue, or an experience; gratitude emerges as an attitude we can freely choose in order to create a better life for ourselves and for others. The Nigerian Hausa put it this way: Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. (David Steindl-Rast)
Without instruction, reflecting on gratitude can seem boring or sentimental, evoking memories of your mother admonishing you to eat all the food on your plate. Part of the confusion is that many people have come to equate gratitude with obligation. But real gratitude begins as appreciation for that which has come into your life. Out of this appreciation, a natural, spontaneous emotion arises that is gratitude, which is often followed by generosity. When gratitude comes from indebtedness, by definition what's been given cannot have been a gift.
There is a shadow side to gratitude, in which reality gets distorted in yet another way. It manifests as a hopeless or helpless attitude disguised as gratitude, and it expresses itself in a self-defeating, passive voice - "Yes, these things are wrong and unfair, but I should be grateful for what I have," or "At least we have this," or "Compared to these people, look how much better off we are." This voice, whether it is an inner voice or comes from someone else, is not to be trusted. Gratitude is not an excuse for being passive in the face of personal or societal need or injustice. You are not excused from working to become a caring person, creating a better life for your loved ones, or protecting the innocent. Acknowledging the great gift of a human life through gratitude is just the opposite; it is a call to action to be a caring human being while acknowledging the folly of basing your happiness on the outcome of your actions. (Phillip Moffitt) - www.lifebalance.org
