Enriched with Gratitude

An uneventful or even a disastrous day is filled withand control dramas, gratitude flows freely. We
valued gifts when we take a moment to reflect uponappreciate the intentions and even the simplest
them.gesture of kindness. Everything in our world begins to
A long line of people stood in the checkout line of thelook lighter, brighter and rich.
new department store in town. A lady with her armsWe are supported in countless ways and by one and
full of items, while holding a toddler on her hip, waitedother through every moment of our lives. Thanks to all
patiently for her turn to check out. A total stranger,those engineers, technical designers, assembly
who was next in line to check out, motioned to her toworkers, salespeople and many others who brought to
step in front of him. Her face beamed with gratitudeyou the computer you are using, you begin to feel a
as she passed the five people in front of her and tooksense of gratitude and appreciation.
his place in line. It was such a small act of kindness; yet,Reflecting back to when you awakened from sleep,
her heart was overwhelmed with happiness. Shego through the day's events and notice all the luxury of
experienced a brief, but genuine moment of sincereyour life. The rich taste of your morning coffee is
gratitude, with such joy, that it altered the course of herespecially appreciated when you think of process and
day.the journey of the coffee to meet its destination for
Gratitude is one of the most important components foryou to enjoy.
attracting prosperity and abundance. No matter howAs you reflect on all that is in your world and the life
brief the experience may be, joy and abundance is theyou live, you will most likely feel an insurmountable
accompanying emotion of gratitude. F-e-e-l-i-n-gsense of gratitude to the world. This is actually an
abundant, prosperous, joyful, enriched with gratitudeinsight that is humbling and exposes your inner desire
makes it a reality.to be of service and generous to others.
On the surface, a sense of feeling indebted in oneGoing through the day's events in the same way as
way or the other to the person who took care of youbecoming aware of your prosperous life, except this
or gave of themselves, but looking deeper, that feelingtime, notice what you have given to others generates
is actually an advanced awareness of beingthe flow of abundance in the continuum of appreciation
connected to another human being. From this intimateand gratitude.
human connection comes the awareness of beingYou will be inspired by the variety of ways that your
connected to everything in the Universe.wealth has increased and you will feel connected to
When we break out of our small, self centeredthe increased wealth of others as you become more
enterprises and viewpoints with all those expectationsgrounded in gratitude.