Celebrate Everything

WHAT DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GRATITUDE

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All your life, you use the words Thank You. Right from childhood, you are taught to say Thank You. By the time we grow into adults, it has become a part of us. We use the words mechanically, in a businesslike way.

The words Thank You rarely carry the emotion that they are supposed to: gratitude. In fact, we base our whole life on the opposite emotion: expectation. In our relationships, we demand love. In society, we demand attention. From ourselves, we demand better and better performance. And from God, we demand everything that no one else can give us!

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We keep on asking, demanding – without giving thanks for what we already have. Gratitude is not some kind of morality that is imposed upon you. It is a basic principle for your own happiness! As long as you keep wanting, you are under the control of external events. When you live in gratitude, no one or nothing else can touch your happiness

Gratitude is not some kind of
morality that is imposed upon
you. It is a basic principle for
your own happiness! As long as
you keep wanting, you are
under the control of external
events. When you live in
gratitude, no one or nothing
else can touch your happiness.

When you are loving, flowing,
filled with gratitude, you will
always feel the tremendous
energy of Existence flow
through you.

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Don't say thank you, be a thank you!

Don't pay gratitude, become gratitude!

This is Truth – accepting whatever life gives you with reverence and gratitude.

Gratitude is the most effortless path to lifelong happiness