I need suggestions on gratitude/thankfulness/appreciation

[mallie]

Hey everyone,

Ok, I was asking God to tell me what else I need to do to release any remaining blocks to my good and I got the message that I need to practice gratitude and appreciation. Now, I know I can list 5-10 things per day to be grateful for - but I want to make sure I am doing this right.

What I would like all of you to help me with is this - what do all of you do to practice gratitude and appreciation? Is it important to just list what you are feeling gratitude for or do you also need to get into the feelings as well. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Also, can any of you recommend any good books on this subject? Thanks!

[sunshineXTC]

Originally Posted by mallie

Hey everyone,

Ok, I was asking God to tell me what else I need to do to release any remaining blocks to my good and I got the message that I need to practice gratitude and appreciation. Now, I know I can list 5-10 things per day to be grateful for - but I want to make sure I am doing this right.

What I would like all of you to help me with is this - what do all of you do to practice gratitude and appreciation? Is it important to just list what you are feeling gratitude for or do you also need to get into the feelings as well. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Also, can any of you recommend any good books on this subject? Thanks!

I actually don't specifically sit and focus on appreciation. I did that in the past, but I have found another way that I feel has been much more effective given that over the past few years since I started doing it, life has shifted to an experience that is generally quite lovely and rarely difficult, sad, or unpleasant. Overall, I've been moving toward a really wonderful life.

What I do is as I'm just going about my day, whenever I find myself enjoying something, I appreciate it! Right then. As it is happening. Anything from a morning cup of coffee, to a song I like while working out, to a nice conversation with someone can be a moment where I actually think how much I enjoy that and appreciate it right then.

[mallie]

I actually don't specifically sit and focus on appreciation. I did that in the past, but I have found another way that I feel has been much more effective given that over the past few years since I started doing it, life has shifted to an experience that is generally quite lovely and rarely difficult, sad, or unpleasant. Overall, I've been moving toward a really wonderful life.

What I do is as I'm just going about my day, whenever I find myself enjoying something, I appreciate it! Right then. As it is happening. Anything from a morning cup of coffee, to a song I like while working out, to a nice conversation with someone can be a moment where I actually think how much I enjoy that and appreciate it right then.

Hey sunshineXTC

Thanks for your ideas. Right now I am going appreciate that you answered with helpful advice!

I also read in the book "The Power" by Rhonda Byrne (by the creator of the secret) on pg 130 about a man who was lonely, depressed and working in a job he hated and he decided to practice love, appreciation and gratitude EVERY day. Within 120 days - his ENTIRE life totally turned around.

In this book there is even 3 suggestions for practicing gratitude:

1) Be grateful for everything you have received in the past.

2) Be grateful for everything you are currently receiving (even if you are in a job you do not like, there is surely something good about it - How about the paycheck?)

3) Be grateful for what you WANT to receive as though you have received it. Your good is on the way - give thanks for it now!

I am going to do what you suggested - be in the moment of gratitude - that is a great idea!

Anyone else with more ideas or book suggestions would be very helpful - not just to me but anyone else reading this thread. I am sure there are lots of viewers out there trying to bring in new good and more money into their lives.

[VinceG]

I remember our early conversations about enlightenment. I would like to make a suggestion of developing this through the filter of David Hawkins' levels of consciousness. It will dig up a lot of feelings that you can then process. Start with Power vs. Force then I can make recommendations for further reading depending on your interests.

If you want to know how to supercharge this process you're going through, you're going to need to know the mechanics. This will require education.

[mallie]

I remember our early conversations about enlightenment. I would like to make a suggestion of developing this through the filter of David Hawkins' levels of consciousness. It will dig up a lot of feelings that you can then process. Start with Power vs. Force then I can make recommendations for further reading depending on your interests.

Hey Vince,

Yaa those were some very fun and "enlightening" discussions we had on that ChrisL thread! lol! Thanks for that book suggestion and I will order it and look thru it.

If you want to know how to supercharge this process you're going through, you're going to need to know the mechanics. This will require education.

Luckily, I love to read and learn new things. In fact, if I ever develop an interest in something I will get every book I can get my hands on and study it thoroughly. Now, if I could just speed read or just press all these books to my 3rd eye and absorb the info that would be great!

[VinceG]

Originally Posted by mallie

Now, if I could just speed read or just press all these books to my 3rd eye and absorb the info that would be great!

Funny you should say that because that's the exact process I'm going through, now that I'm ending my time as a Hawkins devotee. I just watch everything that goes on and make intuitions. I used to get this sort of information from my HS, it was downloading knowledge into my head from previous lifetimes. Now I just gather it all myself, invoking synchronicity to help hammer the lessons in. It's neat stuff, no books required.

[masteredfate]

I'm not sure there is a right way to be grateful except to really feel it. There are things in your life that (hopefully) you are grateful for. A place to live. A job. Friends or family. The intensity of the gratitude is really more about how deeply you allow yourself to feel how great that thing is. Maybe you were walking down the street today and you saw a homeless person and their face didn't leave your mind and when you arrived home- you looked around and really thought- wow, I have all this and I am soooo grateful. Not that we should have to see something bad to feel good about what we have going, but that's often how it is, isn't it? We don't realize how good we have it until we see someone who doesn't have it.

It's all about realization. That moment when you look around and go "this is good." We have and take so much in life. But how often do we feel good and appreciative of all we have? Acknowledgement. Not taking things for granted.
I love that you are trying to find ways to express it. That's awesome.

[HiImJeremy]

There was a man named Mooji who said

Don't explain
Don't complain
Say Thank You.

Say a very sincere thank you for the things in your life.

You could make if grandiose if you wish - not necessary though.

[mallie]

Maybe you were walking down the street today and you saw a homeless person and their face didn't leave your mind and when you arrived home- you looked around and really thought- wow, I have all this and I am soooo grateful. Not that we should have to see something bad to feel good about what we have going, but that's often how it is, isn't it? We don't realize how good we have it until we see someone who doesn't have it.

Hi mastered fate,

Great insight and that is soooo true! I have received a lot of pm's from people on this forum who are down to their last dollar and they want advice and guidance on what to do (I feel like ann landers! lol!) and I really truly believe God brought these people into my life for 2 reasons. 1) To help them with guidance. 2) To show me how good I really have it!

I think God brings these contrasts into our lives to show us how good we really have it. You really cannot receive new good until you are ACCEPTING and GRATEFUL for what you already have (this has been a big lesson for me as well - sometimes it is hard to appreciate what you want to get out of!).

The homeless and unfortunate also allow us to give and giving preceeds receiving. Last year there was a lady in a wheelchair sitting outside the grocery store and she was holding a sign saying she needed help and was not going to use the money for drugs or alcohol and so I felt sorry for her and gave her $20. She was sooo surprised and kept saying over and over "This is really for me and are you sure you want to do this? You would think I had given her $100 - but I think the down and out are just so used to people giving them $1 or $2 that she was so shocked. That's sad because most people can afford to give more but they don't. I gave without expecting to receive anything in return and that is true giving! Of course, this lady could have still used the money for drugs or alcohol - but in the eyes of God, I gave and that is all that matters.

It's all about realization. That moment when you look around and go "this is good." We have and take so much in life. But how often do we feel good and appreciative of all we have? Acknowledgement. Not taking things for granted.
I love that you are trying to find ways to express it. That's awesome.

I agree! Poor God, he gives us sooo much but how many of us really stop and thank him every day for all the good we do have! All most people do is command him to bring him more good into their lives. It is a good thing that God loves us so much and understands us and where we are all coming from and is NOT judgemental of anything!

We ALL need to stop and smell the roses and then give thanks to God for creating not only the roses, but the sight to see the beautiful roses and the fact that we can smell the beautiful roses. Then finally we need to thank God for creating beauty on this planet. Wow! when I wrote this right now I felt a lot of emotion well up for some reason and an energy in my heart chakra. I wonder if that is God's approval or God speaking thru me or something? God does speak to us thru our feelings so it could very well be!

Also, if you are depressed, lonely, down to your last dollar, etc - feeling grateful lifts up your vibration and makes you feel more positive and joyful and that in turn can bring more good into your life. Just focus on what you have day by day and don't project too far out into the future if you are down to your last dollar. Be thankful for what is in your life today! Even if you are down to your last dollar: Do you have a comfortable bed to sleep in? Running water? Food? kids doing well in school and with their friends? roof over your head? good health? books, tv, magazines to read? friends and family? a good reliable car? These are just some of the things you can focus on and that dollar will somehow multiply for you. Give thanks for that last dollar and thank God for providing for your needs every day and for opening new channels of money for you and I guarantee God will not leave you in the dust! Once again, as I was writing this those feelings came back - I have got to make a note of this and pay attention. This could be one of the ways in which God speaks thru me - so I am just letting all of you know that if you are speaking or writing something and this great feeling of love overcomes you - I really think it is God speaking thru you.)

[OptimistPrime]

I feel like being happy is the greatest way to express gratitude. When you're happy, you're enjoying your life, and I've always felt that the best or most genuine way to express gratitude for a gift is by using it and enjoying it. I wasn't raised in a household where you were expected to write thank-you notes to people in return for presents you received (unless you felt like doing so), so I guess that influences my attitude towards gratitude.

[sk8joyful]

Originally Posted by sunshineXTC

I actually don't specifically sit and focus on appreciation.

What I do is as I'm just going about my day, whenever I find myself enjoying something, I appreciate it! Right then. As it is happening. a moment where I actually think how much I enjoy that and appreciate it right then.

re "Whenever I find myself enjoying something,
I appreciate it! Right then." - Excellent! Good for you!

[syahriri]

I learned from Abraham Hicks that we are all exist because the energy source which moves all electron to orbit on our every atoms nucleus. Despite that we received thousands of things that we feel but if we pay attention to our more than 50 trillions cells of our body that works independently and doing million things in a second, it means that we got uncountable presents from the universe in just one single second.

Please tell me how we can avoid or refuse to appreciate or feel grateful to the universe that already so compassionately doing many many things for our well being....

We even too late to say thanks once in every second because we received millions of thing get done harmoniously, precisely to support our lives. We have as much as until 600 mitochondria, our cell component that work as energy factory to process glucose molecule into energy while we have more that 50 trillion cells in our body. Isn't it miracle in our body to feel grateful?

[Merr]

I write down, 'I am thankful for' and write down the five things. As I'm doing so, I imagine how that event/person made me feel and experience the appreciation and gratitude within me. I then spent a little bit longer (if I'm not too tired!) reading some uplifting texts and meditate. Like you, I feel like what I am doing helps but it's missing something...

[LisaDreams]

Mallie, I love this thread. I believe that gratitude is integral to the abundance and joy in my life. I've pretty much always been an appreciative person, though making a conscious effort to feel grateful every day moved my life forward with greater abundance.

One thing I started doing that was helpful was every time I paid bills, I would take a moment and be grateful I had the money to pay the bills. It was a relief to be able to pay them and I was genuinely grateful I had the money. Then I started to feel grateful that when something would happen that required spending money, I was grateful that it was a problem money could solve. Instead of being annoyed at an unexpected bill or financial requirement, I was grateful I could throw money at the problem. I realized that money doesn't solve all problems, so when money could solve one I was grateful.

Another thing I started doing was changing my attitude about all the little stuff that was annoying. When I got stuck in traffic or something didn't work out as expected, I would deal with it, but I changed my first response. Instead of getting ticked off I would tell myself "If this is the biggest problem I have today, I am still the luckiest person I know."

Instead of being the bitchy customer, annoyed my order didn't come out right, I still made it clear that the order was incorrect but it didn't upset me. I noticed that not only did people bust their butt to get me what I wanted, but they were so amazed that given the circumstances I wasn't throwing a fit, they went above and beyond to help me. I got bumped up to first class on so many flights this way, got hotel upgrades, an even nicer cake than the one I ordered and it was free etc. I learned to stay clear about what I wanted, but I became so grateful that THIS was my problem that day, that it worked out better than I would have imagined.

My friends know this about me, and they are still sometimes amazed at how well life works for me in this way. Just the other day I was going with someone to pick up some tickets and she commented to me that "in your case though maybe they'll screw up and we'll end up with better seats." LOL!! When there is a problem and I don't get what was expected (or better lol) I'm still glad that THIS is my problem ... this something that will be completely forgettable and is not connected to my joy, health or well being.

I did do a gratitude journal back in the 90's, back when Sarah Ban Breathnach came out with Simple Abundance. I quickly evolved into a core of 7 things I was grateful for and always started with those. I'd list other things too, but for one year I would write at least these things every day. Even if I was so tired I just scribbled those core items on a scrap piece of paper, I did it. For me, it was about making a commitment to deeply feel gratitude. That's the key, and I believe it was mentioned above - find a way to genuinely feel grateful in the moment every day.

I also have this little ritual I do every night before I go to bed. I have a loft space upstairs that looks out over the whole downstairs. Finding, buying and moving in here was so easy and the first night I slept here it felt like home. I paused at the railing on my way into my bedroom and looked at my new home and felt this wave of gratitude. Some important lessons came together for me to move in here and I felt grateful for those and to be living here. It was a lovely moment. Every night, before I go to bed, I pause there and take just a moment to feel grateful for my life. Even if I have gotten in bed and am so tired - if I forgot to do that, I will get up out of bed and go to the railing and take the moment. For me, it is about ensuring that I make gratitude a priority.

Gratitude is different than guilt. I think some people mix them up and get into the guilt thing of "this person is worse off than I am so I shouldn't feel bad." I love how you noted that the struggles of others can be reminders of what we have and can boost us to feel grateful. Which reminds me, giving has also been a fantastic way to increase my feeling of gratitude and boost abundance.

Lisa

[mallie]

Wow! LisaDreams,

That was a phenomonal reply and thank you for it! I am glad you went into such a thorough discussion on how you apply gratitude in your life. Especially the part about paying bills. So many of us get bills for services we totally enjoy (like this high speed internet I am writing my reply on) and that make our life easier. Yet many of us grumble when these bills arrive. Get rid of the service then and then everyone will be grumbling they don't have the luxury anymore!

I, too am going to take every evening to list 10 -20 things throughout the day I was grateful for and write them on this list. I am also going to give thanks to God for all the good I want to receive and I am going to thank God for all of my past good. By focusing each day on what you are grateful for (so you can add it to your evening bedtime list) you will also be focusing on abundance thruout the day. That will also pull more abundance into your life - since what you focus on multiplies!

Doing a gratitude journal before bed also allows you to go to bed in a good mood. I read somewhere that the mood you go to bed with is the mood you wake up with. That is why the WORST thing you can do before bed is watch the news!

[Merr]

Originally Posted by mallie

That is why the WORST thing you can do before bed is watch the news!

I don't want to take this off-topic but this reminded me of something. I don't watch the news much these days either because there's so much gloom and doom. I mostly keep up to date by reading on the web or just hearing about it from people. However, I am sometimes struck by how people handle tragedies in their life and how the news can also show us that if there are such strong people out there who can handle disasters well... then so can we.

I think that looking to anyone who has a problem or 'flaw' who has handled it well can elicit positive emotions. For example, I sometimes have skin problems which make me feel self-conscious. One day, I attended a dance class and there was a girl in attendance whose skin was much worse. I'm not going to say something like 'her skin was worse so it reminded me that I could be worse off.' In fact, her eyes sparkled, she was very happy and despite the skin problems, she was beautiful. Inner beauty was coming through and the skin problems were irrelevant. A friend of mine has serious health problems but despite that he manages to be funny and fantastic company. Looking around for people like this who have gratitude and enjoying them is a terrific way of feeling gratitude yourself.

[angel A]

Originally Posted by HiImJeremy

There was a man named Mooji who said

Don't explain
Don't complain
Say Thank You.

Say a very sincere thank you for the things in your life.

You could make if grandiose if you wish - not necessary though.

Simple and so very true!

When i go to bed i try to remember to just offer up a simple thankyou, which can be for a good day or,even if it's been a rubbish day, its another days lesson in which i have learned something, hopefully lol

[LisaDreams]

You're welcome, Mallie. When I did the gratitude journal I almost always did it just before going to bed or just before turning out the light. I haven't written it in a while now, but I often still do it in my head before falling asleep.

[AngelPsychic444]

I'd like to thank everyone in this thread for all your advice and stories, since it's given me many ideas on working on my gratitude. I used to get into it more a while ago, but have been slacking off, it's so easy to take things for granted and forget to say thank you and in reality MANY thank you's are much, much better. So gratitude can really keep your attitude positive and make you feel so much better, which in turn will bring to you your manifestations and future goals quicker.

And thank you mallie for starting this thread...it's been very helpful. I am so grateful to you and also to all those who posted here!!!

[ButterflyWoman]

I tried keeping a gratitude journal for a while, but found I was repeating the same stuff over and over again. Not that this is a wrong thing, but the act of actually writing it down (or, in my case, typing it) seemed to kind of take the wind out of my sails.

Instead, what I like to do is just remind myself as often as I remember to be grateful for something. Like, a nice cup of coffee. Mmm. Nice coffee, I'm grateful for it. I have a headache, but I'm grateful for safe, effective pain relieving medicine. Ohh, pretty sunset, I'm grateful to have been able to see it. It's raining again, I'm grateful that the water reservoirs and people's water tanks will be filling up after the long drought we had. My bed is comfortable, grateful for that. Hey, I found that thing I misplaced, yay, grateful to have found it! And so on.

After a while, it becomes habit. I can't even tell you how many things I find in a day to just be grateful for.

[mallie]

I'd like to thank everyone in this thread for all your advice and stories, since it's given me many ideas on working on my gratitude. I used to get into it more a while ago, but have been slacking off, it's so easy to take things for granted and forget to say thank you and in reality MANY thank you's are much, much better. So gratitude can really keep your attitude positive and make you feel so much better, which in turn will bring to you your manifestations and future goals quicker.

And thank you mallie for starting this thread...it's been very helpful. I am so grateful to you and also to all those who posted here!!!

Thanks AP!

I know what you mean about slacking off! My guidance has been warning me I need to do this daily and I either forget or I get so busy that time runs out. I am just going to have to sit down and do it every day and make it a habit - like brushing my teeth. Hopefully, I will start to see things get even better which will influence me to keep at it.

[mallie]

I tried keeping a gratitude journal for a while, but found I was repeating the same stuff over and over again. Not that this is a wrong thing, but the act of actually writing it down (or, in my case, typing it) seemed to kind of take the wind out of my sails.

Instead, what I like to do is just remind myself as often as I remember to be grateful for something. Like, a nice cup of coffee. Mmm. Nice coffee, I'm grateful for it. I have a headache, but I'm grateful for safe, effective pain relieving medicine. Ohh, pretty sunset, I'm grateful to have been able to see it. It's raining again, I'm grateful that the water reservoirs and people's water tanks will be filling up after the long drought we had. My bed is comfortable, grateful for that. Hey, I found that thing I misplaced, yay, grateful to have found it! And so on.

After a while, it becomes habit. I can't even tell you how many things I find in a day to just be grateful for.

Hi CaterpillarWoman,

You are so right about that! Sometimes people need to expand their mind and give thanks for even the simple inventions - like a toothbrush. I find like yourself, that if you just go thruout your day and look for things to be grateful for - it will be so easy. Like here is a list of 20 things I found yesterday.

1) I was driving and it was hot outside and I saw all these construction workers outside working in the heat and I thought "wow - I am so grateful to have a job where I have air-conditioning!

2) My air-conditioning (what a great invention!)

3) The fact that my car is in excellent condition and gets me to where I want to go safely and securely

4) Quick access to clean drinking water (in some third world countries they either have very unhealthy water or they have to travel miles to get it!)

5) My phone, cable and tv worked all day and night (I have reliable service but I have heard from some people in foreign countries that the electricity is so unreliable thruout the day)

6) My electricity

7) I have all the money I need to pay my bills in full and on time each month.

8) Even though we now have rent wars out here (can you believe this? People are now outbidding each other for rent!) I have a landlord that is kind, generous and leaves my rent low and easily affordable. He could easily gouge me but he doesn't because I live in the hills in a gated community with a great view so he could take advantage of that and he doesn't

9) I have a great apt with a great view and that is very safe and secure

10) I have beautitul landscaping all around me and an apt complex that keeps the community clean and beautiful

11) I can see perfectly (well with contacts! lol!) so I can read and watch tv and enjoy the beauty of life

12) I have great tv shows to watch that I love, enjoy and that totally either relax me, make me laugh or inform me.

13) I have access to all kinds of great stores that are conveniently located right by my apt. (some people have to drive miles just to get to a grocery store)

14) Yesterday was a beautiful day and the sun was shining

15) I can walk and have 2 legs that are strong and allow me freedom to get around

16) I have great health

17) I have overflowing cabinets and refrigerator and freezer bursting with food.

18) All of my kitchen appliances that make cooking easier for me

19) The abundance of fresh fruits and vegatables I can just go to the store and conveniently buy

20) All the farmers who grow these crops

21) The friendly, kind and courteous helpers at the stores I go to.

Ok, I just go on and on but this was just to give all of you an idea of what my gratitude list consists of. If all of you want to start writing what you are grateful for maybe we could all pick up ideas. I think we all take so much for granted that sometimes in the beginning it is easy to overlook just the basics - like running water

[Rezzy7]

mallie you have many great ideas already, and before I add more, I will say LisaDreams and I are apparently thinking similarly on this, though I never had an actual gratijournal.

syahriri mentioned Abe-Hicks, and now I will also.

One of my fave gratitude processes is Process #1, the Rampage of Appreciation. I may have written about it on these boards before; basically you are always on the lookout for anything and everything that pleases you (again, in the Now. And it's always Now). As you focus on it, positive feelings increase. That often leads to noticing another thing that you appreciate, then another...until it snowballs into a Rampage of Appreciation.

You might be in traffic, so you look around and realize, "Wow. I'm really glad my air condition in this car works well. I'm really grateful I can stay comfortable until I arrive at my destination." Or you might say, "oh, that person has her dog with her. What a great dog that is! I really appreciate seeing that dog, so carefree, and excited to be riding with its person somewhere. Dog's rule!" (or sub out with "cat" if you're more the cat person. cats aren't as good as dogs, :P but they're still animals, so they should get some appreciation.)

It is written in Ask And It Is Given, "Once you become oriented towards looking for things to appreciate, you will find that your day will be filled with such things."

[mallie]

mallie you have many great ideas already, and before I add more, I will say LisaDreams and I are apparently thinking similarly on this, though I never had an actual gratijournal.

syahriri mentioned Abe-Hicks, and now I will also.

One of my fave gratitude processes is Process #1, the Rampage of Appreciation. I may have written about it on these boards before; basically you are always on the lookout for anything and everything that pleases you (again, in the Now. And it's always Now). As you focus on it, positive feelings increase. That often leads to noticing another thing that you appreciate, then another...until it snowballs into a Rampage of Appreciation.

You might be in traffic, so you look around and realize, "Wow. I'm really glad my air condition in this car works well. I'm really grateful I can stay comfortable until I arrive at my destination." Or you might say, "oh, that person has her dog with her. What a great dog that is! I really appreciate seeing that dog, so carefree, and excited to be riding with its person somewhere. Dog's rule!" (or sub out with "cat" if you're more the cat person. cats aren't as good as dogs, :P but they're still animals, so they should get some appreciation.)

It is written in Ask And It Is Given, "Once you become oriented towards looking for things to appreciate, you will find that your day will be filled with such things."

Hi Rezzy7

That is a great idea and thanks for reminding me! I need to go get that book from my library and take a look at that section ( you know I have so many books that sometimes I forget stuff I have read! lol!) and reread it. That sounds like a fantastic idea to spend all day appreciating things and I would assume would keep you in a postive vibe all day. Thanks for that great reminder!

[Rezzy7]

Yes, I think we all must do that with so many books, it's easy to forget. Not only that, I completely forgot about some of those Processes in that book. All of them come in quite handing when you have gotten down in the dumps and must work back to a higher vibration. I had learned to make it a habit to observe and be thankful for even small things, and as I continue to get better at this..., well as they say, the better it gets the better it gets.

[Gec]

Whenever you feel grateful, intend to remember the exact feeling, and to create "an anchor" that you can return to later. Or to "memorize" that frequency, that vibration, and to create a "lock in code" for it.

Later in the day, whenever you have a moment, remember the feeling, "lock in" to that frequency again.

You could create a "key" for locking in to gratefulness, which can be anything. Like taking a deep breath, saying in your head (or out loud ) "I'm grateful for my many blessings"c closing your eyes for a little while, etc. Or any combination of these.

You can create "anchors" for any feeling really. I find the phrase "I'm grateful for my many blessings" a good key to lock in to gratefulness. Also the question "Where is the joy?" is a good key to lock in to joy (the latter was discussed here before, Steve wrote a blog post on this but I can't find it now).

[LisaDreams]

Originally Posted by Gec

You can create "anchors" for any feeling really.

I love it!! One of my morning meditations has the listener do this very thing. It's a short meditation to do when you first wake up. While experiencing this peaceful moment, the listener creates a return back to that moment of peace that can be used at any time by connecting the word, sound or image to the feeling of peacefulness. I call it a return versus anchor, but it's the same thing. Thanks for posting this.

Originally Posted by Rezzy7

Yes, I think we all must do that with so many books, it's easy to forget.

Yes!!! Me too.

Lisa

[Rezzy7]

Originally Posted by Gec

You can create "anchors" for any feeling really. I find the phrase "I'm grateful for my many blessings" a good key to lock in to gratefulness.

lol. I was going to jokingly say that if you hadn't already: your anchor for gratefulness is your anchor for gratefulness. Love it!

[Alen]

Hey mallie,

you can try daily gratitude exercise which is the first systematic approach to developing grateful thinking. Every day there is a new iTunes podcast with gratitude exercises, so that you can train your mind whenever you are. On the bus, while jogging, walking, etc.

There is also a weekly workbook/journal where you can write down your gratitude list.

Feel free to check it out on this PAGE or FB PAGE. It's totally free

[loapatti]

I do my happy dance of gratitude while I'm waiting for my water to nuke in the microwave for my instant oatmeal. I set it for two minutes and think of something great that has happened, I try to feel the happiness in that moment, jump up and down excited and clappping like a fool and say thank you, thank you, thank you.

I don't really care for wordy affirmations.