The Benefits of Gratitude

An old French proverb states that gratitude is the heart's memory. When we put our focus on finding everything that is positive and loving in our lives wonderful things happen. Gratitude opens our ability to see the grace and gifts in our lives as we go beyond the material world to feel the fullness of our being.  We need to make gratitude a daily habit.

We create very powerfully with our thoughts and our intentions. It is important to be mindful of the creations we choose to send out into the world because our negative thoughts create as powerfully as our loving, positive ones. It's very easy to forget this as we move along at light speed in our daily lives and are faced with a multitude of stressful situations. Rumi the great poet reminds us that we lack nothing . "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that have built against it."

We suggest keeping a gratitude journal daily to remind ourselves to choose to create from our heart and not our thoughts fueled by anger, resentment, anxiety and fear.  Having an attitude of gratitude has great benefits for your health, relationships, happiness and motivation level.

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