It connects you with your soul.
It connects you with the universe. The ancient root of the word GRATITUDE, that means “to praise, to celebrate; to be in contact with the Divine.” In other words, being grateful is equivalent to feeling the presence of the Divine in our lives. It is the same as being in a state of bliss. It allows us to see value, virtue and blessings in everything.
Experiencing gratitude is one of the most effective ways of getting in touch with your soul. When you’re in touch with your soul, you are in your heart, when your heart is open - feeling abundance and generosity come easy. You feel connected to everything in creation. You embrace the wisdom of uncertainty and you sense yourself as a field of infinite possibilities. You are one with the universe.
It gets you out of your own way.
The feeling of gratitude involves two stages. First we are grateful for something. Second, we are grateful to something/somebody. One can be grateful to other people, to animals, and to the world, but not to oneself. We are reminded that a lot in our lives depends on others, that we are not the centre of the universe:-) So we get out of our own way here.
It challenges our ego.
Gratitude is a fullness of heart that moves you from limitation and fear (EGO) to expansion and love(SOUL). When you’re appreciating something, your ego moves out of the way. You can’t have your attention on ego and gratitude at the same time.
Present moment.
Gratitude brings your attention into the present time, which is the moment in which miracles can unfold. We spend so much of our time in the past or in the future, creating a lot of anxiety and depression as a result. Gratitude helps us to stay present, and avoid a lot of unnecessary suffering.
Gratitude is good for your health and science proofs that.
Research performed in 2015 showed that patients with heart failure who completed gratitude journals showed reduced inflammation, improved sleep, and better moods; this reduced their symptoms of heart failure after only 8 weeks.
In these and other studies, science has been providing clinical proof supporting what many religions and spiritual traditions have been saying for millennia: gratitude does good.
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