Humanity

When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude

Elie Wiesel.

Positive Attitude

A positive attitude empowers people to live life fulfilled through unconditional love and gratitude for self, others, and life.

Discover

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.

World Directed by Feelings

We live in a world directed by feelings of people towards each other. ‘Selfish interests’ have become so prominent in our lives that our every action is filled by it. There are many who practice a very limited compassion for others. In their quest of growing, they overlook the ethics. Wise men tell us that "money can get us everything but a character” –– some things are so true and they remain so as long as we live.

And that teaches me a lesson –– forgive, forget and move on. There are so many things happening around –– people dying of hunger, countries are at risk of getting drowned, earthquakes rattling homes, children getting born on streets and what not. It just takes a second to change your feelings from annoyance to gratitude –– and thank the Universe, I am good in this.

Energy We Express

The energy we express to the world, is the energy that is returned to us. So be the love you wish to receive, the gratitude you want extended to you, and the patience you want returned to you.

Good Shines Brighter and Brighter

Proactive gratitude helps us focus our attention on that one spot of bright light and, if we are willing to embrace that, and continue to give our focus to that, it begins to grow. Temporary storm clouds then begin to move off and changeless good shines brighter and brighter into more and more areas of our life.

Live In Gratitude

With each new day comes the opportunity to focus on our blessings and to live in gratitude for all we have. It is amazing how much brighter the world appears when you look for the silver lining, even in the most difficult of situations. Choose to find the lesson in times of struggle and challenge...to have faith that tomorrow will be a better day...to appreciate the beauty of nature that exists all around you...and to know that right now you are exactly where it is intended for you to be.

Playing increases our creativity. And creativity is essential to our work and our relationships.

Joy is a similar energy to gratitude. They are both energies that enhance your immune system,

improve your relationships and attract more good into every area of your life. Allow yourself to

play. Revel in joy. Soak it in. Celebrate it!

Scientific Proof Gratitude Works

How does the practice of intentional gratitude affect our physical well-being? Well, a study done by psychologist Glen Affleck indicates that heart patients “who feel appreciative of life” after a heart attack have a reduced risk for subsequent attacks. And a study conducted at the Duke University Medical Center found that patients with significant arterial blockage were substantially less likely to say they count their blessings, and were encouraged to include the practice as a coping strategy.

Studies show that even our life span is positively affected by the practice to gratitude, and negatively affected by negative emotions…particularly depression and pessimism. A 35 year longitudinal study of male Harvard students found significantly less disease at midlife in the optimists than from their pessimistic counterparts. And a study at the Mayo Clinic found that those who scored high on optimism had a 50% lower risk of premature death than those who scored as being more pessimistic.

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Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy.

Gratitude

Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much.
For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation,
our neighbors build their philosophy of life.

- A. J. Cronin

Gratitude

When you look at life through the eyes of gratitude, the world becomes a wonderful place. The more you find to be grateful about, the more you find to be grateful about. Gratitude is a wonderful antidote to depression. It lifts you out of your small self and gives you an expanded view.

Gratitude

I have gratitude for EVERYTHING that has ever occurred to bring me to this moment. I give thanks for the joys and the sufferings, the moments of peace and the flashes of anger, the compassion and the indifference, the roar of my courage and the cold sweat of my fear. I accept gratefully the entirety of my past and my present life.

Gratitude

"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

- David O. McKay

Think with Deep Gratitude

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

- Albert Schweitzer

Life is Through Gratitude

Living your life through Gratitude, is not one of comparing how you are better than someone else; or Gratitude only for what you own or obtain or achieve. Living your life through Gratitude, is seeing that the world would be missing something very valuable if you were not in it.

- Sumner Davenport

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Gratitude

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

- Bill Tracy