Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.
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Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is read more
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful read more
Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, "Joy is not in things, it is in us.".
Gratitude is the heart's memory.
Gratitude is the heart's memory.
