Surging Ahead for Success, Issue 21
Tuesday, May 20, 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
The
Physics of Gratitude
The
Gift of Gratitude
We frequently hear that we should live with an attitude of gratitude. Sounds good, but what exactly does it mean? Does it mean that we should be polite and thank people for things they do for us? Sure, but it's something so much more! It means to look around and see the abundance in our lives. To be grateful for the trees and flowers, the fresh air. Our wonderful bodies, our friends, the ability to laugh and cry. In short, all the wonders in our world. The following articles The Physics of Gratitude and The Gift of Gratitude give us further perspective.
............... June
The
Physics of Gratitude
By Keith Varnum
I panic! My 5-year house mortgage has only
three months to go. I just get off the phone with my current
mortgage holder. They can’t simply give me another loan. Company
policy stipulates that I have to apply for a new mortgage. I
don’t show nearly enough income to get a new loan for my house.
And my credit has been ruined by a bad investment.
Paradise About to Be Lost
I love the unique sitting of my house, cradling the edge of a
vast mountain preserve right outside Phoenix. Each morning I
enjoy the morning light illuminating the needles on the desert
saguaros. The sun gives each cactus its own golden aura. At dusk
I watch the shadows of the surrounding peaks creep over the vast
desert plain, as night creatures peek out for their evening
reverie. All day I greet coyotes, roadrunners and jackrabbits
from my patio. Hawks, quail and fox drink from my backyard
waterfall.
Surrender to the Inevitable
I resign myself to giving up my little piece of Heaven on Earth.
I let go of the memory of all the electric gatherings of
like-spirited souls that filled my spacious home. For the next
three months, I say goodbye to the views, the hues and the muse
that this setting provided for five exciting years. I thank God
for the joy and love that has filled this space each day. I open
to possibility that I can find another magical hacienda.
Hold Your Horses!
But wait! Hold on! Someone, something, hears me, feels me,
responds to my outpouring of appreciation! A few days before my
5–year loan expires, I receive a brief form letter from my
mortgage company. The memo announces a new general policy of
extending current mortgages without income qualifying or credit
checks. I call. They say “Sure.” I get to keep my little bit of
paradise for as long as I want!
The Physics of Gratitude
Wow, how’d that happen? I flash on my daily activities for the
previous three months. Every day I fully enjoyed the divine gift
of my home as if it were the last day I would have it. It dawns
on me that my innocent outpouring of deep gratitude each moment
has attracted this extension of my experience. Like vibration
attracts like vibration. By the physics of gratitude, the house
couldn’t go anywhere.
The experience had to stay. My appreciation in each moment is
the magnet, the creator, of my space.
The Power of Gratitude
There is a very simple reason why most spiritual traditions
suggest that when praying we give thanks for what we already
have—rather than ask for we don’t have. This thankful approach
is nothing less than the most effective way to create more of
something you desire in your life.
Cop an Attitude of Gratitude
On average, a person has 60,000 separate thoughts a day. Every
thought you have either makes you stronger or weaker. Thoughts
of kindness and gratefulness are strengthening. Focusing on
blame and worry weakens you. If you keep your creating attention
on the outlook that the Universe is plentiful and providing,
you’ll attract abundance and support. If you dwell on the view
that you’re being short-changed and nothing ever goes right,
you’ll experience a world of scarcity and struggle.
Center on what’s right about you and your life, instead of
what’s wrong. See what’s working in your life rather than what’s
messed up. Celebrate what is bountiful, rather than what is
missing.
When you give freely of your thankfulness, you receive back in
kind. When you come from a place of bountiful giving, you
receive plentifulness in return. When you pray from a place of
lack or limitation (for example, expecting something in return
as a pay-off), you receive back the same vibration or quality—a
reflection of lack and limitation. When you pray from a space or
energy of fear (scarcity consciousness), the Universe mirrors
that poverty back to you.
Walk with an Appreciative Heart
What you appreciate in life appreciates—increases, grows. The
more aspects of life you appreciate, the richer you become
inwardly—and, in turn, outwardly, according to the Law of
Spiritual Attraction.
You can use this approach to skillfully circumvent and
outmaneuver the Mind’s attempts to limit you with the notions of
unworthiness and scarcity.
Discover the ancient wisdom of multiplying what you have with
deep appreciation and gratitude.
Drawing from the wisdom of native and ancient spiritual
traditions, Keith Varnum shares his 30 years of practical
success as an author, personal coach, acupuncturist, filmmaker,
radio host, restaurateur, vision quest guide and international
seminar leader with “The Dream Workshops”. Keith helps people
get the love, money, and health they want with his F-r-e-e
Prosperity Ezine, F-r-e-e Abundance Tape and F-r-e-e Coaching at
www.TheDream.com
The Gift
of Gratitude
by: Diane Harmony
Surprise! The Season of Giving isn’t over.
As a matter of fact, it’s just begun!
During 2006, you can come right here to receive 5 Gifts that are
guaranteed to change your life. They are free for the receiving.
However, the only way they will be of value to you is if you
give them on regular basis. The Gifts - an acronym for
Gratitude, Intentions, Forgiveness, Tithing and Surrender - when
given, will create a Consciousness of Wealth in every area of
your life.
Are you ready to receive a whole new consciousness? Then, please
take the first Gift: Gratitude.
"Gratitude is the Gift of being thankful." In living an Abundant
Life, giving this Gift becomes the prayer of the heart that
opens your life to the riches contained in it. So begins the
chapter on this powerful Gift in my book 5 Gifts for an Abundant
Life. It is a wonderful spiritual practice that I invite you to
claim as your first intention.
The power of Gratitude is unleashed when we are thankful for
everything and everyone in our lives - and I mean everything and
everyone. Why? Because out of an attitude of Gratitude, we
create an "altitude" from which to behold our lives. When we are
thankful, we are connecting with the heart of a situation or
person. Thus the act of being grateful gives us the wings to
transcend the personality or circumstance, and live in the Love
that is back of it all. The truth is that it is impossible to
give the Gift of Gratitude and entertain any other feeling or
emotion at the same time.
"Thank you, God" (or "Spirit" or "Universe" or what ever you
choose to call that Power that is greater than we are) are three
of the most important words you can use during your day. By
giving thanks - for the food you are about to eat; the traffic
on the freeway; the rude salesperson; your partner for a gift;
your child for helping you - you express a form of prayer that
allows you to witness the Divine in it all, while at the same
time saving yourself from spending energy on less desirable
emotional responses. What a way to live!
And, there’s another bonus in giving this Gift of Gratitude.
Giving thanks for what we would like more of in our lives
actually sets up the vibration of receptivity for that desire to
manifest. By being grateful for that which has not yet shown up
in form, we "move from perceived limitations into the passion of
possibilities, without attachment to 'how' our good is to be
manifested," I write in the 5 Gifts book. It’s so simple.
And so I give you the Gift of Gratitude. Please accept it and
remember; the way to increase its value is to give it at every
opportunity. You will soon realize a profound Truth: By giving
this Gift you name your entire life a Blessing.
Diane Harmony is in the business of personal and spiritual empowerment. She is an author, platform speaker, workshop/class teacher and facilitator, ordained Minister of Religious Science and guide on spiritual retreats. Diane has been published in Science of Mind Magazine, Awareness Magazine, Inner Visions Magazine, and Daily Guides of Prayer. She is the author of the award winning book, 5 GIFTS for an Abundant Life: Create a Consciousness of Wealth. A gifted teacher, Diane has taught over 40 prosperity classes to hundreds of students. In 2002, she succeeded in successfully creating an 8 week Prosperity Course entitled 5 GIFTS for an Abundant Life! Today, Diane is the leader of her own company, Universal Harmony Inc., whose vision is to empower the planet’s population with the spiritual insight, knowledge and tools to live life in abundance, joy and peace. You can visit her web site at: http://www.5gifts.com
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