Whatever you focus on grows. So, when you focus on every thing in your life you have to feel grateful for and all the wonderful people you appreciate, the universe hands you more to feel grateful about. It's a wonderfully reciprocal consciousness raising process. (Ronya Banks)
Appreciation is a powerful tool to shift perspective. Finding something to appreciate during a difficult situation quickly moves the perspective to the big picture from the little picture. (Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer)
The researchers at the Institute of HeartMath have found that in the English language the words, "Gratitude" and "Appreciation" are the two words that best describe the optimum feeling that we can have in our hearts that create that coherence between the mind...the heart and the brain; in other words, in every moment of every day our heart is sending a signal to our brain and it's either flooding our bodies with life-affirming or life-denying chemistry. Gratitude and appreciation are the words that describe the feeling that sends the optimal signals to our brain to tell our brain to give us the powerfully enhanced immune system and DHEA levels that are sky high. And this is what's been documented undert laboratory conditions. (Gregg Braden)
An attitude of gratitude can be consciously chosen, no matter what our circumstances. We can choose to look at what's right in any given situation and become a beacon of love and joy.
I think it's good to get into a habit of feeling grateful when things are going pretty well in our life, as it's nearly impossible to develop the habit when we are in turmoil. Once it has become second nature to us, we can be aware and grateful no matter what we may be going through. It is then that you will discover your power to change your circumstances by your ability to be grateful!
