The Power of Gratitude (AKA: Being Thankful)
It can be easy to overlook the amazing things you already have in your life and instead focus on the things that you do not possess. Perhaps it is a new car, or a loving spouse, a better house or a more fit body.
I am not sure what it is about the power of gratitude that makes it:
A) Feel so great
and
B) Have a huge (positive) impact on your life.
Want to see how great being grateful feels?
The best way to fully appreciate the power of gratitude is to use it when you lay down to sleep each night.
My new nightly routine is to first use a Manifesting Card, to attract and manifest into reality that which I desire. After using the Manifesting Card, I lay my head on my pillow, close my eyes, and begin thinking of all the things I have in my life to be grateful for.
- I am thankful for each of my children, and the joy that they bring me.
- I am thankful for my loving wife and our time together
- I am thankful for the comfort and protection that my house provides
- I am thankful I make a living doing what I enjoy
- I am thankful that I have enough food and water to eat
- I am thankful for my health and my families health
- Sometimes I am shallow, and thankful for a new gadget or toy.
- Some nights I think of specific experiences I had during the day, and am thankful that they occurred.
When you do this, you drift off to sleep feeling incredibly rich and thankful. What a great way to end every day.
I can still remember how I use to drift off to sleep thinking about all the things that never got done in a day… WOW, those were bad years. Each night I went to sleep unhappy and frustrated, and the universe delivered more things to be unhappy and frustrated about the next day. It was a vicious cycle. If only I had known then what I know now….
Here’s to you feeling grateful, happy and blessed tonight when you lay down to sleep!
The Audio Now!
You know, I forgot my dog. I am always thankful for my loving dog. She’s a member of my family too!
I am thankful for my supportive family, my dear, loving friends…you are always there for me, as I am for you….and for our health,our lack of need, our fresh clean air & water, our clean , beautiful surroundings, our feeling of safety, both in our homes & outside our homes, our excellent roadways on which we travel, our freedom to move about as we like, our ability to reach as far as we choose, to continue to grow in mind,body, & spirit, to worship as we choose,to dream& make our dreams come true, to be thankful for whatever we are given,to remember those not as fortunate as us, and to be able to help them become what they desire to become, to remember those who came before us & paved the way,Thank you God for this wonderful life…..for this moment…
for our beautiful life, that continues through our children.Thank You
That was absolutely beautiful Nancy.
Thank you for sharing.
Even if your car is 30 years old, as long as it starts in the morning and gets you to work, you are just as well off as the guy next door than NEEDS a $300,000 BMW to get to work each day. Actually, he is in a mind prison which says, “I can’t be happy unless I have the best car in the street”.
If your old car breaks down, but you can cycle 30 kms to work, you are still okay, because your health improves and you can enjoy feeling MUCH MORE fitter than the BMW driver.
Actually, you are now better off than him, and your trips to the Doctor can be less frequent. You could easily out-live him. “WOW, my abundant life, getting fitter, stronger, healthier every day”.
You might find yourself winning cycle races and meeting new friends, because you dared to do something different.