7 Steps to Effective Gratitude

something that doesn’t look so great right now may actually be the best thing that has ever happened to us. Just declare it “good” or declare it a “success”.

6) Take complaints and make them “Gratitudes”.

Use this as an advanced technique of expressing your gratitude. At the start it may be easier to use other people’s complaints because you can be more objective about them. Let’s take a common one at this point in time – people complaining about the cost of gas. What can you be grateful for about the high cost? How about, changing family values and activities. Maybe the cost of gas will be causing people to spend more time with their kids and engaging in activities together at home. What a novel idea? Maybe even the cost of gas means that kids won’t have as many cars or be able to go out as often. Perhaps that will decrease the number of car accidents or even exposure to drugs and alcohol. Just find something to be grateful for in every situation.

7) Stressed out? Unable to think of a “Gratitude”?

That’s ok. You’re not in a creative writing class here. You’re simply trying to let the Universe know that you are grateful. And if things don’t seem to be going great, just repeat frequently that you’re grateful you’re alive and breathing and able to walk and talk and think. Be grateful for the “little” things – things that really aren’t little but we take for granted. The Universe will be very happy to hear you thank it for your body and your mind. Again, the whole point is to BE THANKFUL for something. When this seems hard, use the easiest of all – “I am so happy and grateful that I am alive!”

Once you begin to pay attention to the occurrences in your life, you will

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