When gratitude becomes your default setting life changes. Gratitude helps you fall in love with the life you already have. Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness. Gratitude blocks toxic emotions such as envy, resentment, regret and depression which can destroy happiness. It’s impossible to feel envious and grateful at the same time. We must never forget the importance of gratitude. Say thank you when your heart is full and when it breaks and when you are alone and sad and when you dance with joy. When things are lost and found  again day and night. Give thanks for this incredibly beautiful , tragic gift called life. Gratitude is a choice, a practice and an attitude. If you want to find happiness find gratitude. What differences does gratitude make? It helps to lessen your anxiety, it can help to decrease your depression. It helps you to be more self accepting and helps you to have more energy. It increases forgiveness and helps you to have greater happiness in your life. Three things to know about gratitude, one is gratitude is a choice. We can choose to be grateful. Secondly gratitude is practice. Train your mind to see good in every situation and lastly gratitude is attitude. The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become. A few ways to practice gratitude are by starting a gratitude journal, by writing a thank you note. Meditate and verbalize your appreciation. Set an intention to be grateful in the morning. Four gratitude phrases to verbalize are 1.Today I’m thankful for (thing). 2. My favorite part of the day was… 3. I feel joy when…. 4. I am grateful for…. (person). Gratitude shields you from negativity, makes you at least 25% happier. It rewires your brain, eliminates stress, heals and improves sleep.  It helps to boost your self-esteem and performance, enhances the law of attraction and improves your relationships.

Gratitude in advance is the most powerful creative force in the universe. Gratitude like faith is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows and the more power you have to use it on  your behalf. If you do not practice gratefulness, it’s benefaction will go unnoticed and your capacity to draw on it’s gifts will be diminished.  To be grateful is to find blessings in everything. This is the most powerful attitude to adopt, for there are blessing in everything. When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears. Gratitude is short for great attitude, happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. Gratitude should not be just a reaction to getting what you want, but an all the time gratitude, the kind where you notice the little things and where you constantly look for the good, even in unpleasant situations. Start bringing gratitude to your experiences, instead of waiting for a positive experience in order to feel grateful. Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small things like the scent of rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved ones voice. Gratitude is deeper than thanks. thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words, gratitude is shown in acts. There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. In ordinary life we hardly realize that we received a great deal more than we give and it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. We can lift ourselves and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude.

A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles. Gratitude turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity. It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Life is beautiful see thru the eyes of gratitude. It’s not happiness that brings us gratitude, it’s gratitude that brings us happiness. Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective. appreciate where you are in your journey even if it’s not where you want to be. Every season serves a purpose. 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. I am grateful for all the goodness in my life. I give thanks for all the good that I have and all the good things to come. I am now dissolving all negative, limiting beliefs. I forgive myself for any and all mistakes I have made. I trust my own process, i deserve to be healthy and feel good. I am grateful for every gift that I receive. i attract only peace into my life. I am grateful for every blessing the universe has and will ever create for me. I am grateful for where i’m at and excited about where i’m going. Have an attitude of gratitude in all that you do.

Retro Rebel Girl