Did you know that there is an effective and an ineffective way to express gratitude? I just read an email on this which completely resonated with me.
The ineffective form of gratitude is what most people fall into. This is gratitude that you express that is related to what is happening in your life right now.
Ineffective gratitude includes things such as:
- Your health
- Your relationships
- Your material possessions
- Your friends and family
- A nice vacation
The problem with the above form of gratitude is that it comes from a place of lack. This form of gratitude is extremely week because it is based on the present circumstances. In other words, this form of gratitude is conditional which fails to activate the law of attraction. The universe does not respond to conditional requests.
The second form of gratitude is complete in that it is a celebration of life itself, for all the experiences you are having. This is taking your gratitude practice to the next level and
start being grateful for those things that are more permanent.
The more powerful effective form of gratitude includes items such as:
- Your life
- This awesome planet
- For being who you are
- For future events
- For problems, challenges, and hardships
- For your mistakes
- For your mind
- For your freedom
In other words, you become grateful for this amazing journey of your life regardless of what happens and where it takes you because you know that it is just right for you and that everything is happening for a reason.
When you are expressing effective gratitude, fear and loss disappear. There is no focus on any lack and when you reach this state, that is when abundance can truly start flowing into your life. Gratitude for these everlasting things is like a leap in perception. When you start becoming grateful for all that is you start to become gratitude itself, you embody gratitude because it cannot leave you. You effectively have the mindset of gratitude all the time.
Being grateful for what you have in your life (your health, relationships, etc.) has its place. But when you start feeling truly grateful for everything that is happening in your life and open your heart, you will be amazed at how quickly the universe will start to answer.
When we have a mindset for gratitude our whole reality starts to change around us, we find ourselves much more at peace with the world, much more happy no matter what happens to us. With a mindset of gratitude we start to become happy all the time we can’t really help it, what we are grateful for can’t be taken away from us, its everlasting, and so is our happiness.
What a great planet we would live in if more people would allow their grateful hearts to open up to the beauty that is life.
I wish to give a giant THANK YOU to my friend Mike Reining at GratitudeLog.com for teaching me how to effectively express my gratitude and has been a guidance to me on my gratitude journey.
For more information about Mike and leaning how to express your gratitude, visit http://www.GratitudeLog.com
