THE KEY OF GRATITUDE

 

                    GRATITUDE KEEPS

                                   YOU WITH POWER

                     YOU CANNOT EXERCISE MUCH POWER WITHOUT GRATITUDE 

                     BECAUSE IT IS GRATITUDE THAT KEEPS YOU CONNECTED 

                      WITH POWER.

                                                                                 ----- WALLACE WALLER

                         I KNOW OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORST IMAGINABLE  SITUATIONS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR LIVES COMPLETELY THROUGH GRATITUDE. I KNOW OF MIRACLES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN HEALTH WHERE THERE SEEMED TO BE NO HOPE FAILED KIDNEYS REGERATE, DISEASE HEARTS HEAL, EYESIGHT IS RESTORED, TUMORS DISSAPEAR, AND BONES GROW AND REBUILD THEMSELVES. I KNOW OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO MAGNIFICENT ONES THROUGH GRATITUDE. FAILED MARRIAGES COMPLETELY RESTORED, THROUGH GRATITUDE: FAILED MARRIAGES COMPLETELY RESTORED, ESTRANGED FAMILY MEMBERS REUNITES, PARENTS TRANSFORMING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS, AND TEACHERS TRANSFORMING STUDENTS. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO WERE IN TEACHERS TRANSFORMING STUDENTS. I HAVE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN TOTAL POVERTY BECOME WEALTHY THROUGH GRATITUDE, PEOPLE TURNED AROUND FAILING BUSINESS, AND PEOPLE WHO HAD STRUGGLED WITH MONEY ALL THEIR LIVES CREATED ABUNDANCE. SOMEONE EVEN WENT FROM LIVING ON THE STREETS TO HAVING A JOB AND A HOME IN A WEEK. I KNOW OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN DEPRESSION WHO CATAPULTED INTO JOYFUL AND FULFILLING LIVES THROUGH GRATITUDE. PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM ANXIETY AND EVERY KIND OF MENTAL ILLNESS HAVE RESTORED THEMSELVES TO PERFECT MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH GRATITUDE.

                      EVERY SINGLE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD USED GRATITUDE, BECAUSE THEY ALL KNEWTHAT GRATITUDE WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE. THEY KNEW THAT WHEN THEY WERE GRATEFUL, THEY WERE LIVING IN EXACT ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. WHY DO YOU THINK JESUS SAID THANK YOU BEFORE HE PERFORMED EVERY MIRACLE?

                   EVERY TIME YOU FEEL GRATEFUL YOU ARE GIVING LOVE, AND WHATEVER YOU GIVE, YOU RECEIVE. WHETHER YOU'RE GIVING THANKS TO A PERSON OR FEELING GRATEFUL FOR A CAR, A VACATION, A SUNSET, A GIFT, A NEW HOUSE, OR AN EXCITING EVENT, YOU ARE GIVING LOVE FOR THOSE THINGS, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE BACK MORE JOY, INCREDIBLE RELATIONSHIPS, MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

                TRY IT NOW. THINK OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE YOU'RED GRATEFUL FOR. YOU COULD CHOOSE THE PERSON YOU LOVE MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. FOCUSE ON THAT PERSON AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU LOVE AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR ABOUT THEM, AS THOUGH THEY WERE THERE WITH YOU. TELL THEM ALL THE REASONS YOU LOVE THEM. YOU CAN RECALL PARTICULAR INSTANCES OR MOMENTS BY SAYING, REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN.. AS YOU'RE DOING IT,  FEEL THE GRATITUDE BEGIN TO FILL YOUR HEART AND BODY.

                    THE LOVE YOU GAV E IN THAT SIMPLE EXERCISE MUST AND WILL RETURN TO  YOU IN THE RELATIONSHIP, AND IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE. THAT IS HOW EASY IT IS TO GIVE LOVE THROUGH GRATITUDE.

                     ALBERT EINSTEIN WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SCIENTISTS WHO EVER LIVED. HIS DISCOVERIES COMPLETELY CHANGED THE WAY WE SEE THE UNIVERSE. AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS, EINSTEIN SPOKE ONLY OF GIVING THANKS TO OTHERS. ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS THAT HAS EVER LIVED THANKED OTHERS FOR WHAT THEY HAD GIVEN TO HIM - A HUNDRED TIMES A DAY! THAT MEANS AT LEAST A HUNDRED TIMES A DAY, EINSTEIN GAVE LOVE. IS IT ANY WONDER THAT LIFE REVEALED SO MANY OF ITS MYSTERIES TO ALBERT EINSTEIN?

                         A HUNDRED TIMES EVERY DAY I REMIND MYSELF THAT

                         MY INNER AND OUTER LIFE DEPEND ON THE LABORS OF 

                         OTHER MAN, LIVING AND DEAD, AND THAT I MUST EXERT

                         MYSELF IN ORDER TO GIVE IN THE SAME MEASURE AS

                         I HAVE RECEIVED AND AM STILL RECEIVING.

                                                                                               ------ ALBERT EINSTEIN