Living Life with The Attitude of Gratitude
~Joseph Rettig
Having an Attitude of Gratitude comes from being truly grateful for what is in your life. This is a conscious decision intended to realize the blessings in your life with the emotion that is coupled with it. This is real gratitude, a thankfulness that is true, coming from the heart and soul of your very being.
A person who is not grateful may find themselves uttering "Thank you" a few times a day, but never mean it because this is as empty as the heart from which it came. The words "Thank you" hold little power to engage the Law of Gratitude if there is no real gratefulness behind the words. It is as if some people forgot what being thankful really feels like.
Grateful individuals take great joy in their blessings, realizing the source from where their happiness dwells. They influence others with their words because of the light that shines from them. They realize that giving and receiving are the same and gladly give their pleasure to those who should receive it.
The Law of Gratitude is available for everyone. There are ways to cultivate this grateful attitude. All that is required of you is a willingness to change your perception and begin seeing more light from the end of the tunnel. Soon, there will be no tunnel of darkness left for you dwell in.
When you seek to become more spiritually aware, empowering, supportive, energetic and positive, seek out those traits in others to be with. Finding like-minded people that live positive lives will lift you up higher. In turn, you will lift these people and others around you higher. This is a part of the Law of Attraction at work.
Helping those around you become grateful is not to find fault and criticize them for their shortcomings. This is to judge something you do not fully understand. You cannot walk in anyone's shoes any more than someone can walk in yours. Instead, live by example without placing fault on others.
Make a conscious effort to stop complaining about your life, it goes nowhere and is wasted energy spent. The more you complain, the more you will feel your life is something that should be complained about. Like attracts like.
If it appears, at times, that life handed you a bowl full of rotten cherries, then throw away the cherries and be grateful for the nice bowl life handed you. Now you can fill up the bowl with something better.
Whenever you say "Thank you", pay attention to what it is you are being thankful for. Most of the time, it's the small things that matter to be appreciative of. Take the time to let others you love know how much you are grateful for having them in your life. It matters to them and will help them remember just how much you mean to them also.
Thankfulness and the Law of Gratitude are one and the same. When you are thankful and grateful from your soul, this goes out and brings to you more of the same. It can make your life a true heaven on earth. Taking the time to focus on what you have instead of what you don't have will eventually bring to you a sense of peace and understanding that becomes you. In this way, you will teach others what the Attitude of Gratitude is truly about.
