[boshravie]

Here is a beautiful story that we should all practice every day and is a true story.

For most of my adult life I believed that an attitude of gratitude is a good thing to have. As often as possible I tried to be humble and grateful for the blessings I received, but I didn't fully grasp just how powerful a gratitude practice could be until I set an intention to "Live From Gratitude" for an entire day.

What does that mean, to "Live From Gratitude?"

I decided that I would stay in a grateful state of mind and give deep, heartfelt thanks for everything I did, saw, felt, and experienced that day.

From the moment I opened my eyes early that morning, I began giving thanks for everything and everyone that entered my awareness. I thought about each of my family members and friends, and gave thanks for their presence in my life. I gave thanks for my home, my business, my car, my clothing, my health, and my cats.

As I moved through my daily activities, I gave thanks for everything I touched, ever ything I saw or heard, everything I felt, and everything that happened to me - even the annoying and challenging experiences.

I gave thanks for our dishes and utensils as I washed them, as well as the water I was washing them in, and for my hands that enabled me to wash them. A few of those items were wedding gifts for my husband and I, and as I washed each one, I recalled our wedding day with joy and gratitude, and gave thanks for my husband and the life we share together.

During my business activities that day, I gave heartfelt thanks for my clients and the passionate work that fulfills me and allows me to make a difference in the world. I also gave thanks for the challenges my work sometimes brings, simply because they strengthen me.

I expressed sincere gratitude for everything I saw, heard, felt, did or experienced throughout the entire day, big or small, good or bad. Not only did I SAY "thank you" for these things, I made sure to really FEEL the fee lings of gratitude and appreciation for them. As I'm sure you can imagine, that was a LOT of gratitude!

The results that came from my day of living from gratitude were astounding. It was one of the most powerful days of my life.

All day long I kept meeting the nicest, greatest people everywhere I went. My income for that day jumped up to roughly three times what it normally was, without me having to lift a finger to make it happen. I kept noticing awesome opportunities, tools, and resources that would help me grow my business or improve some aspect of my life. Some of these things had been right under my nose all along, but I'd never noticed them before.

I received so many great gifts as a result of my day of living from gratitude, but the true gift of that day is the way I felt all day long.

Never in my life can I remember feeling so humbled, so blessed, so RICH. Everything around me became SACRED in ways that I can't even describe.

Stru ggle, strain, anxiety, frustration, fear, anger . . . they all just faded away. Everything I saw and experienced was uplifting, inspiring and beneficial. My life was transformed that day, into something that I never dreamed would be possible. I'd thought my life was good before that - but my new attitude of gratitude took it to a whole new level of goodness.

That day stands out in my memory as one of the best days of my life. In fact, it was so powerful that I've since adopted my "living from gratitude" mind-set as an ongoing intention. Every day I strive to live from gratitude - and each day gets more and more magical the longer I do it.

Try it yourself and see if it doesn't have the same wonderful effect on your life. 

[TomCrowther]

You have got to get out more!

[Neil Gornall]

I am very grateful for the cold tinny in my hand, so grateful i may go get another very soon.

[Paul Coleman]

Although the original post seems over the top to me, approaching life from a position of gratitude is very helpful.
This is because my life used to be filled with almost perpetual resentment and it played havoc with my life.  I've heard it said that resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die.
However, allowing gratitude to become more dominant helps to reduce those resentments.  Try feeling gratitude and resentment at the same time.  It's pretty difficult.
It's reached the point where any resentments that do come up, at least it's about the present or very recent stuff - rather than stuff that was going on 50 years ago.

[boshravie]

Although the original post seems over the top to me, approaching life from a position of gratitude is very helpful.
This is because my life used to be filled with almost perpetual resentment and it played havoc with my life.  I've heard it said that resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die.
However, allowing gratitude to become more dominant helps to reduce those resentments.  Try feeling gratitude and resentment at the same time.  It's pretty difficult.
It's reached the point where any resentments that do come up, at least it's about the present or very recent stuff - rather than stuff that was going on 50 years ago.

Hi paul.
Yes so true, I try it every day and I see great result every day. 

[Perfect Windows]

... My income for that day jumped up to roughly three times what it normally was, without me having to lift a finger to make it happen....

How did that happen, Boshravie?

Vin

[Perfect Windows]

By thw way, I should state that I agree with the sentiment, just sceptical about tripling my income without lfiting a finger.

Vin

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

I agree with the sentiment too but I struggle with the concept of being grateful for kitchen utensils, that's a bridge too far for me.
 

[boshravie]

I agree with the sentiment too but I struggle with the concept of being grateful for kitchen utensils, that's a bridge too far for me.
 

[boshravie]

... My income for that day jumped up to roughly three times what it normally was, without me having to lift a finger to make it happen....

How did that happen, Boshravie?

Vin

Practice, practice, practice.   

[david watts]

you should read the secret;it starts out like that;
be gratefull and you will get more of what you crave
money /love/health
good post thank you

[boshravie]

you should read the secret;it starts out like that;
be gratefull and you will get more of what you crave
money /love/health
good post thank you

Hi David
I have been studding it for the past few years 

[AuRavelling79]

... and now I am so full of gratitude and so happy and grateful I want to share it with you! I have written a book called "How to be happy and grateful and grateful and happy!" - I am so happy that I only want ten dollars for it and then if you pass the gratefulness and happiness on you too can make nine dollars per book and I keep one and so on until you achieve the "pyramid of happiness" and true enlightenment by making millions of people happy from my book!

My next book "From Negative British Cynic to Positive American Apple Pie" is available to all grateful people! Just send ten dollars y'all!

[Tom White]

I decided that I would stay in a grateful state of mind and give deep, heartfelt thanks for everything I did, saw, felt, and experienced that day.

It's easy for me to feel gratitude for many many things.  But I'm a lucky person; that's all; just lucky.

Some people aren't so lucky.  What do those who're starving in East Africa feel grateful for?  What about those who lose a child?  And those who get cancer 'before their time'?  And my mate whose paralysed from the neck down, lives pretty much in a chair, drinks coffee through a baby cup; or my brother in law whose crippled with MS, what does he feel grateful for?  The pain or the depression?  Which is it?

I guess I should feel grateful I'm not one of my examples, but that doesn't feel right to me; why should I be happy at the expense of other people's misery?

On the other hand, we live in a dualistic world; you cannot have light without dark, and you can't have happiness without misery; so maybe things are the way they are, because that's the way they need to be?

Just some questions to ponder, I guess; I don't have the answers.

[G Griffin]

Here is a beautiful story that we should all practice every day and is a true story.

For most of my adult life I believed that an attitude of gratitude is a good thing to have. As often as possible I tried to be humble and grateful for the blessings I received, but I didn't fully grasp just how powerful a gratitude practice could be until I set an intention to "Live From Gratitude" for an entire day.

What does that mean, to "Live From Gratitude?"

I decided that I would stay in a grateful state of mind and give deep, heartfelt thanks for everything I did, saw, felt, and experienced that day.

From the moment I opened my eyes early that morning, I began giving thanks for everything and everyone that entered my awareness. I thought about each of my family members and friends, and gave thanks for their presence in my life. I gave thanks for my home, my business, my car, my clothing, my health, and my cats.

As I moved through my daily activities, I gave thanks for everything I touched, ever ything I saw or heard, everything I felt, and everything that happened to me - even the annoying and challenging experiences.

I gave thanks for our dishes and utensils as I washed them, as well as the water I was washing them in, and for my hands that enabled me to wash them. A few of those items were wedding gifts for my husband and I, and as I washed each one, I recalled our wedding day with joy and gratitude, and gave thanks for my husband and the life we share together.

During my business activities that day, I gave heartfelt thanks for my clients and the passionate work that fulfills me and allows me to make a difference in the world. I also gave thanks for the challenges my work sometimes brings, simply because they strengthen me.

I expressed sincere gratitude for everything I saw, heard, felt, did or experienced throughout the entire day, big or small, good or bad. Not only did I SAY "thank you" for these things, I made sure to really FEEL the fee lings of gratitude and appreciation for them. As I'm sure you can imagine, that was a LOT of gratitude!

The results that came from my day of living from gratitude were astounding. It was one of the most powerful days of my life.

All day long I kept meeting the nicest, greatest people everywhere I went. My income for that day jumped up to roughly three times what it normally was, without me having to lift a finger to make it happen. I kept noticing awesome opportunities, tools, and resources that would help me grow my business or improve some aspect of my life. Some of these things had been right under my nose all along, but I'd never noticed them before.

I received so many great gifts as a result of my day of living from gratitude, but the true gift of that day is the way I felt all day long.

Never in my life can I remember feeling so humbled, so blessed, so RICH. Everything around me became SACRED in ways that I can't even describe.

Stru ggle, strain, anxiety, frustration, fear, anger . . . they all just faded away. Everything I saw and experienced was uplifting, inspiring and beneficial. My life was transformed that day, into something that I never dreamed would be possible. I'd thought my life was good before that - but my new attitude of gratitude took it to a whole new level of goodness.

That day stands out in my memory as one of the best days of my life. In fact, it was so powerful that I've since adopted my "living from gratitude" mind-set as an ongoing intention. Every day I strive to live from gratitude - and each day gets more and more magical the longer I do it.

Try it yourself and see if it doesn't have the same wonderful effect on your life. 

Thanks for that.

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why do these posts not get moved to non cleaning section. they are nowt to do with shinning windows, but they are posted every week.

Now where is the puke smiley

[H S and Son]

Take your pick Stu 

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Take your pick Stu 

bottom one

[Tom White]

Your smileys are sooooooo gay!

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not talking to you two until you tell me where to get them