Most people are only grateful when things go their way, and lose out on the powerful positive benefits of gratitude. By being grateful, you shift your energy, which shifts your thinking, actions and ultimately your results. Gratitude is a state of mind, not dependent on your external circumstances.
Advice from Masters: Quotes & Tips on Gratitude
Gratitude is not dependent on your external realities: Gratitude is not dependent on the magnitude of materiality, it is not dependent on what all you must have. Gratitude is simply a state of mind, an expression of the heart, a commitment to tolerance, a resolution to be happy, a feeling of peace, a sense of contentment, an emotion of fulfillment.
Om Swami – Spiritual Monk, Author – If Truth Be Told / A Million Thoughts
Gratitude can transform your life: What can you do right now to begin to turn your life around? The very first thing is to start making a list of things to be grateful for. This shifts your energy and starts to shift your thinking. Whereas before this exercise you might be focusing on what you don’t have, your complaints, and your problems, you go in a different direction when you do this exercise.
Rhonda Bryne – Author – The Secret / The Power / The Magic / Hero
Being grateful all the time isn’t easy. But it’s when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you: perspective. Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It’s the quickest, easiest, most powerful way to effect change in your life—this I know for sure.
Oprah Winfrey – Author – What I Know for Sure / The Wisdom of Sundays
Recommended Books – Gratitude
Top Videos on the power of Gratitude
David Steindl-Rast on Gratitude & Happiness
David Steindl-Rast, a monk and scholar, discusses the linkage between gratitude and happiness in his TED talk.
How & Why to start a gratitude journal
Learn how and why you should start a gratitude journal and why gratitude is a powerful tool to help you create a happier, healthier more vibrant life.
Thank You – A motivational video on the importance of gratitude
A motivational video on the power of gratitude and how to say ‘Thank You’ for all that you have.
Other concepts on Affirmations, Dealing With Issues, Happiness
A Friendly Universe
The law of attraction implicitly indicates that we live in a friendly universe. When we radiate a clear and focused desire to the universe, the universe is known to throw up situations that help you along the way. Believing in a friendly universe makes life a lot easier to navigate.
Affirmations – How to
Affirmations are simple statements that you repeat to yourself constantly until you get yourself (specifically your subconscious mind) to believe it. While affirmations are very powerful, it is important that they are done in the correct manner for the greatest impact.
External Approval
We have been programmed to seek ‘external approval’ for virtually everything that we do. Since everyone differs in the way that they view life, it becomes virtually impossible to please everyone all the time. People suffer through life in an endless pursuit of validation from other people and ‘keeping up with the Jones’, and in this mindless pursuit forget one simple question – what makes me happy?
Desires & Expectations
We link our happiness to the fulfillment of our desires & expectations, only to raise the bar once we achieve what we desired. Contrary to our beliefs, do our desires & expectations serve as an obstacle (as compared to a key) to the happiness that we seek?