“Gratitude is the best attitude.” ~Author Unknown

 

An Excerpt from The Gratitude Factor: Enhancing Your Life through Grateful Living by Charles M. Shelton

Charles Shelton has written an impressive and in-depth examination of the spiritual practice of gratitude. Here is an excerpt on gratitude.

A Checklist for Growing in Gratitude

"How might we measure our ability to grow in gratitude? The capacities needed for gratitude offer us a guide. Simply go through the following questions and assess your motivation (how deeply you desire) to respond positively to each.

"Positive Emotions: Which people, thoughts, and events contribute most to my enjoyment of life?

"Empathy: When interacting with others, what priority do I give to understanding them and responding to them with compassion?

"Identity: Do I like the challenge of getting to know myself better and discovering new things about myself?

"Memory: How enthused am I with making a conscious effort to remember the good things that have happened to me?

"Consciousness: Am I willing to make the resolve on a daily basis to remember things in my life that I am grateful for?

"Life Perspective: Do I desire to grow in the ability to recognize that the frailty of life calls me to admit that many things in my life could have been otherwise and to be grateful for who I am and what I have, no matter how much or how little it might be?

"Conscience: Do I desire to make my good life better? Accordingly, will I do whatever I need to in order to foster a life of integrity?

"Humility: In the years ahead, do I wish to live humbly? Am I comfortable with knowing that my life is significant, while at the same time knowing how much I rely on others and have to learn from them?

"Redemption: Do I believe that the pains and struggles in my life can also be opportunities for growth in, and insight about, myself?

"Solitude: Am I committed to finding time to reflect on the gratitude I have?

"To the degree to which we respond affirmatively to these questions and engage them with willing enthusiasm in the years ahead, to that degree we will grow in gratitude."

P.S: Infinite gratitude to Charles M. Shelton.

 

"Real life isn’t always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgment of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties." -- Sarah Ban Breathnach

 

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.  ~G.K. Chesterton

 

P.S: We need to choose to be in the vibration of love and gratitude all the time.If we find ourselves out of these vibrations…..as  may happen often/sometimes …we need to get back to them instantaneously.

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Bhagya