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GRATITUDE
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!
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