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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 business like 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!

Portrait of Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam
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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

Gratitiude? No Thank You!

Swami
Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam with Saraswati/Shiva imagery

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. 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.