Gratitude

"Gratitude is a recognition of the giving of others and of the giving of life. It is a recognition of what you have right now. It is a recognition of the miracle of your existence."

Excerpts

"To honor those who have given to you will generate gratitude, which is the beginning of true love and appreciation."

"You are literally walking on the ground that was built by the giving of others."

"How can you not have gratitude for the world when it is teaching you the results and the outcome of all of your dispositions that are not guided by Knowledge?"

Trials and Disappointments

"If you are not experiencing joy and gratitude on a regular basis, you are disassociated from your real life and existence here, and you have let the trials of the world and your own disappointments in little things overtake you."

Directives

"Everything can be problematic in your life, and yet you can still have this experience of confirmation. Look at your true ally and feel grateful. Look at this study in Greater Community Spirituality and be thankful that you have it, for you could be lost without it. Be grateful that you can live today, that you have your health, and that you have the opportunity to give to someone else."

"Learning the Way of Knowledge will slow your mind down, will bring you back into the core relationship with your own deeper experience and your core relationship with everything around you. This is the environment for gratitude. Though Knowledge will show you that there are many things you must adjust or correct, it will also bring you into a state of recognition of the miracles of your life. So while there is work to be done, there is great joy to be experienced and immense gratitude to be experienced."

Further Study

Joy and Gratitude (January 31, 2009)

Wisdom from the Greater Community, Volume I Chapter 15: Giving I

Wisdom from the Greater Community, Volume I Chapter 16: Giving II

See Also

Prayer