The Power of Being Thankful.

[CosmicFarmer]

I have noticed that the best results from (Prayer, Mental focus/attention/Directed consciousness) come from simply thanking for what you have been blessed with, instead of begging for more. Also trusting that all happens for a reason, and that my(your) best interests are ultimately being fulfilled in this universe, no matter what happens or how short-sighted things seem to be. In the long run, all things are simply opportunities in disguise, and the trick is to be thankful for everything.

That is why I agree with this holiday the most, out of all the other holidays...

Remember, you only fail when you give up.

Keep plugging away and please be thankful for everything and love everybody. This may be difficult but over time your mind gets used to it.


Here is a list of what I am thankful for, in case you want to read it. http://www.energeticforum.com/renewa...tml#post118563
I posted it on the "Renewable energy" section because that section is why I came to this forum and I am most thankful for it. I also want to put a reference here. To be thankful, all the time, not just during one day, takes enormous personal development, and maybe I can help someone else with my feelings toward the subject.


It can be as basic as when a cop gives you a ticket, thank him and he wont taze you... or it could be as advanced as being put in a very difficult and painful position, but being thankful for that so you can now relate to others who have been there as well and need your help. Anyone can say Thanks when someone gives them something, but to be thankful for the BAD times too, that takes mental power. Just know, that beyond the horizon of your sight, is an occurrence that can use what has just happened to your benefit. Some people call these "cusps" "defining moments" "trials" "tests" or "opportunities" based on your upbringing and beliefs, but the fact of the matter is there, that even during bad times, can you use them as forces of good.

So I would like to take this time out to thank my Creator for giving me this Opportunity of Thanks to share with anyone who wants to read.

Once again, Thank you for being part of this supportive forum, and Thank you for making all this possible. Have a great Thanksgiving and make sure you thank someone special to you today for what they have done for you.

[noises]

The gratitude thing trips up a few people I know. It's just another facet of the L.O.A. if you think about it. If you're thinking thankful thoughts, you're resonating in tune with having things to be thankful for, simple!

How does being thankful feel though? Well, try this. Stand in front of a mirror and look yourself in the eyes. Say "thank you, thank you so much, you've done more for me than anyone ever has, I'm so glad I've got you on my side." There's a little rush of warm and fuzzy you feel when you're thanking someone, even yourself. And like physical excercise, the more you use your gratitude, the stronger it becomes. Get to know that feeling, cultivate it. It can become the most powerful force for change in your life, and the lives of those around you if you put the energy into it.

Thanks for reminding me to be thankful!

[petar113507]

The gratitude thing trips up a few people I know. It's just another facet of the L.O.A. if you think about it. If you're thinking thankful thoughts, you're resonating in tune with having things to be thankful for, simple!

How does being thankful feel though? Well, try this. Stand in front of a mirror and look yourself in the eyes. Say "thank you, thank you so much, you've done more for me than anyone ever has, I'm so glad I've got you on my side." There's a little rush of warm and fuzzy you feel when you're thanking someone, even yourself. And like physical excercise, the more you use your gratitude, the stronger it becomes. Get to know that feeling, cultivate it. It can become the most powerful force for change in your life, and the lives of those around you if you put the energy into it.

Thanks for reminding me to be thankful!

As a note -- If anyone has read this -- and hasn't tried it, you're missing out. It feels awesome.

==Romo

[Esoteric_Energy]

Thank you for writing this

Thank you for the inspiration.

I am off to go look in the mirror haha.

Peace.
JH

[fayeranna]

I completely agree that gratitude and thankfulness produce some of the most powerful vibrations possible. They change our attitude from "Why is this happeing to me", to "There is a lesson and a blessing in what is happening. All I need to do is go find it". No wonder it helps attract good things in your life. The energy that comes from an attitude of gratitude is like a boomerang. Eventually, it will come back to you.
Positive Change, Creating A Better Life

[Kinyofu]

Gratitude

I have noticed less emotional ups and downs since I began to recognize that everything is in my life for a reason and that every experience I have is necessary for some future task, expression or event. I know I am on purpose - even if others think I am not.

I give thanks for all that I am and all that I am not.

Kinyofu
The Womens Empowerment Center

[JoRich]

Gratitude

Thank you for this wonderful post. I never believed how powerful this is until I started doing it and putting myself in a thankful and appreciative state of mind regularly and it is now becoming my default thought process. For one, it completely deflects my attention from anything I don't want, and re-focuses me on what I have and am.

Thank you

[elias]

Thank you, I appreciate that, I am grateful ...
Stand in front of the mirror, look into your eyes, without blinking, look into the soul within, then you'll see that your body will vanish gradually, some say that you'll see your soul and the experiences you've had with it.

[humdrum]

truly inspirational. I will adopt this into my morning routine. Thanks for sharing!

[Government]

Thankful for the OP!

Ya know... I often think to myself, who are these people. Who are the people that take the time out of their day to do something for someone else? Who are the people that feel they have the free time to type up essays, or instructional how-to guides and videos, and dvd/cds that help you somehow with your life. And ask nothing in return...

People like the people in this forum, and the OP to this post, the people who make sure to say "Thanks" and even while they are giving you their thanks, they are trying to help you more somehow without you noticing. The people who get the bum-end of "Thankful" too often.

Unfortunately other people say "thanks" by taking that, some more, someone else's stuff, and then asking you for more with a bad attitude....

People like you don't care though, you will remain on task and be thankful that your day was not so easy... In fact, more thankful that your day was not easy, or as easy as the one before it. Because you got to learn more, and be thankful to God more that you got the task that made you realize how much you have to be thankful for. It's really a thankful upward spiral

It's an odd concept though... picking the difficult road on purpose? Why would YOU do something like that? Some of you will do it because you don't want someone else ( or someone you love ) have to go through it instead of you. Some will do it because they are simply tired of being wicked and cruel to other people and are looking for the REAL challenge... Thankful and kind, patient and forgiving. A good amount of the people here are this way and your thankful attitude is something that should be a renewable energy in and of itself.

So lets start with the OP, then to all of you that are These people.

" In the long run, all things are simply opportunities in disguise, and the trick is to be thankful for everything. " I feel like this is a secret that was unique to me and you found it too!

My problem is remembering this in the morning.... after whatever it is that happens while I sleep. Like a bad version of the movie Groundhog Day ( My B-day as it turns out ) that is not the same thing everyday, or rather the same thing but I forget what happened when I did it last time. But finding out this very topic is just as exciting the millionth time, as it was for me the first time I was clued in on it.

I know my grammar and punctuation are absolute atrocious... you know it's not the worst you've seen At least I'm not in all military caps anymore, write up enough reports that way and it sticks!

Thanks again.

[noises]

As a note -- If anyone has read this -- and hasn't tried it, you're missing out. It feels awesome.

==Romo

It sure does. Even more so when you're not just saying the words, but really feeling it.

Go ahead, get face to face with the guy or girl in the mirror. Thank yourself. You deserve it. Nobody has ever done as much for you as you have done for yourself, and you deserve the appreciation.

[Government]

So... where are you now?

I had to come back to this thread... maybe to feel at all like I did when reading it. I cannot, yet... That is the tricky part about this that I cannot get back to a feeling I once had, like this one. Knowing how I felt when reading this, how I felt replying to it... I know its just some words on the internet, but the feeling attached to it was real and I want it back. The only one stopping me is ME.

So where are you now? Do you relate still? Are you still on the same page as you were at the time? Is it just me that is having a hard time staying on track? How do you all remind yourself of this every morning, do you leave yourself post-it notes or a Thankful alarm?

This might help you help me, Remember that song from Verve? It was called Bittersweet Symphony, not terribly old music either... like 97 or so. That song had a way of resonating with my personal issues like no other, it was me they were singing about... or obviously someone like me. Heres the part I remember:

"No change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mind
I am here in my mind
But I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mind
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,no,no,no,no,no(fading away)"

Awfully trendy and petty... I know, right? But it has a part that hits a nerve, is it my age or is it that I'm definitely an adult ADD candidate? (I'm 32)

I hate to chew up a whole page for another post, but this is relevant. Nov 7th 2009 I was literally an inch from death, I'll sum it up and say it short. Motorcyclist (me) vs. Chevy half-ton pickup(guy with mullet), left turn in front of motorcyclist at last minute, motorcyclist under front right tire, trip to
hospital. The part I had to learn to be thankful for was, only 2 broken ribs and only 7 compressed vertebrae and a piece of my knee that I have no clue where it went. The part I was immediately thankful for was the part about being able to see my wife and children again. I cannot begin to express to you how the year following it went, I was thankful and then some. This is also how I met you folks, an odd curiosity for magnets and whispered things started to arise.

However... it is slipping away. I do not know where this clarity came from, though I know I want it back. Being that thankful for things that I am already taking for granted again is a huge build-up and then an equally impressive let-down. Letting myself down because I do not know how this happened, cannot focus.

I'm really not trying to unload on you guys via this thread, this is in attempt to help someone else out of the same rut that I am in. I am not a million different people from one day to the next, I am me... though I have never been able to tell anyone who ME is. Because I do not know. I have done well in every job I have been given, aptitude is there... willingness is not.

[reinaldo]

thankful

I guess that's the best way to deal with everything that's happening. Honestly, I want to ask for more too but I agree that everything happens for a reason and happiness will come at the right place, with the right person, at the right moment...

[rodav120]

Right on the spot. When I learned to be thankful for everything that happens to me...the triumphs and the falls, I feel a certain kind of lightness that allows me to think better and act better when problems confront me.

Gratitude, even for the failures prevents us from dwelling on it, so we are able to move on faster.

[Government]

practice then

I appreciate your responses. Seems like it is something that I (me) need to put at the front of my mind every morning and hold it there until it becomes something that I am paying a lot of attention to. Because I like the feeling when I do... I do think clearer, I do make better decisions, I'm happier. Maybe I'll come up with a list of goals to accomplish. Game on!