Gratitude

What is Gratitude? Some dictionarys' say....a. being grateful; b. feeling of being thankful for a favour or a gift; c. gratefulness. This is what I think... I think Gratitude is about giving and expressing thankfulness for what we have in our lives. The Power of Gratitude is immense...as we are grateful for what we have in our lives right now....there is an inner shift in our thinking. We become more aware, we are conscious of everything that affects our lives. We also become conscious of consciously giving thanks each and every day for the abundance, love, joy, happiness and wealth that exists in our lives.

As we focus on the abundance rather than the lack in our lives...we see a brighter future, and we're able to design a new blueprint, a new way...working from the inner you and not the outer you. There is a sense of fulfillment and inner peace knowing that we can transform our dreams into reality! So, by just being grateful, we can achieve a lot more in our lives...the actions taken from the heart will bring us....more of the same.

Once we create this inner wealth...we experience wealth on the outside....It never fails. The whole action of been grateful changes the lenses we see the world we live in. That is so Powerful!! Gratitude is a powerful force which opens doors to Unlimited Abundance and Happiness.

Here are a few Gratitude Quotes:

"There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than Gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward staisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by performance." - Joseph Addison

"As we express our Gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy

"Gratitude will...keep you in close harmony with creative thought and prevent you from falling into competitive thought. (It) Will keep you from... the error of thinking that the supply of riches is limited - and to think that would be fatal to your hopes." - Wallace Wattles(1860-1911)

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was "Thank You", that would suffice." - Meister Eckhart

Here are some Gratitude Affirmations from "The Secret" Journal:

1. The Best life has to give is mine now. Thank you!

2. I am so grateful that my body is creating perfect health and harmony.

3. I am so deeply grateful that I am the master of my own mind.

4. I am grateful that I am the brilliant creator of my life and therefore all things in my life can be created or changed through my conscious direction.

5. There is power within me that is greater than the world. To ignite the power of the universe in me, I must be in harmony with love and Gratitude.

6. I am creating new thoughts, better thoughts, greater thoughts and superior thoughts today and everyday.

7. I welcome all my good thoughts about me. I command them to me. I embrace them. I give deepest thanks for them.

8. Just being alive is enough to aspire a constant rush of Gratitude.

9. The true beauty of life is revealed when you have a grateful heart.

10. I can Breathe! I am Alive! How Beautiful! Thank you.

What's Rich? by Tony Mase

Recently, a customer wrote me with this dilemma (I've edited out the personal details and slightly edited the message):

"In all the writings of Wallace D. Wattles, there's one point I always had trouble accepting and thus, it's holding me back seriously applying his entire philosophy." "It's about increasing life...." In Chapter 5 of the Science of Getting Rich (Increasing Life), Wallace D. Wattles wrote:

"In order to know more, do more, and be more, we must have more; we must have things to use, for we learn, and do, and become, only by using things. We must get rich, so that we can live more."

Now to explain my dilemma...

It's because I know that in his other writings Wallace D. Wattles shows a deep spiritual philosophy, that I imagine there must be a right way to interpret those words. Otherwise, it sounds materialistic to me, shopping-orientated to encourage consumerism and competition, in a society where it's already a problem. I agree that in the process of becoming rich we have to be careful not to mix spiritual readings, or we'll likely get confused and out of focus.

However, still this repeating that we need things, to buy things, and that we "must" get rich to live more, well, doesn't match my belief that we should become free from attachments and not relay too much upon material things as it may lead to slavery and weakness in our inner power, promoting desire after desire, in an endless run for happiness and never being satisfied.

So, please, I'd love a good explanation to be able to practice Wallace D. Wattles' wriings and feel that they're meaningful and in line with my belief that we can create our own abundance and in the mean time pursue a complete spiritual growth with a feeling of freedom within. Thank you heaps.

The answer to this dilemma lies in Wallace D. Wattles' use of the word "rich" and how he defines it.

In Chapter 1 of the "Science of Getting Rich" (The Right to be Rich), Wallace D. Wattles wrote:

"The man who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he is capable of living is rich..."

There you have it....Now...Notice carefully... If you will...

Wallace D. Wattles "didn't" write:

The man who owns all he wants for the living of "more" life than he's capable of living is rich...

He Wrote:

The man who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he is capable of living is rich..."

In other words....

"Rich", according to Wallce D. Wattles, is... Owning all you want for the living of all the life you're capable of living... Not "more" life than you're capable of living.... "All" the life you're capable of living... There's a "huge" difference!

If, for example, "All" the life you're capable of living, right now anyway (your "needs" for living "all" the life you're capable of living will change as you continue to grow and develop), requires a seven room home in a nice neighborhood, a thirty-two room mansion on a hill would be pure unadulterated waste.

Nowhere in his writings did Wallace D. wattles talk about piling things up around you just to pile things up around you, the disastrous consequences of which can be easily evidenced in the news on almost any given day of the week, without regard to your ability to use them to live a fuller and more complete life...."all" the life you're capable of living.

As a matter of fact... He said quite the opposite..

In Capter 18 of the 'Science of Being Great" (Jesus' Idea of Greatness), for example, quoting Robert G. Ingersoll, Wallace D. Wattles wrote:

"Suppose a man had fifty thousand pair of pants, seventy-five thousand vests, one hundred thousand coats, and one hundred and fifty thousand neckties, what would you think of him if he arose in the morning before light and worked until after it was dark every, rain or shine, in all kinds of weather, merely to get another necktie?

Great question , isn't it? What would you think?

Although it doesn't make any sense whatsoever, sadly, this is "exactly" what many people spend their entire lives doing...

Don't you be one of them....Remember... "Rich" is ...Owning all you want for the living of all the life you're capable of living... Not "more" life than you're capable of living...or "All" the life you're capable of living!

Tony Mase is a serious student of the works of Wallace D. Wattles and the publisher of "The Science of Abundant Life" ebook by Wallace D. Wattles

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