The Law of Attraction and the Element of Gratitude

Gratitude is one aspect of working with the law of attraction that many people forget about. If you are not having the success that you might have hoped for in using the law of attraction to manifest your desires in your life a lack of true gratitude could be an area that perhaps you haven’t been focusing on.

But why is gratitude so important in successfully leveraging the power of the law of attraction? There are two reasons.

First, without having gratitude towards what you already have in your life and also towards what is coming to you through the power of the law of attraction you may be inadvertently sending a bit of a mixed message. I could be almost like focusing upon what is lacking in your life instead of focusing upon what you have and what is actually already a part of your life yet has not yet appeared in your reality yet.

Be grateful for what you have and the promise of what is about to appear in your life. Be happy for the shelter you have, the relationships that you enjoy, the income that is there, the health of your body, soul and mind and the ever expanding riches in all of these areas that are yours but for the taking. Live in joyous exultation for all that you do enjoy on a daily basis and the gifts in all of these areas that are promised to you that are in reality yours but just can’t be seen with your eyes at the moment.

The second reason why gratitude is so important when working with the law of attraction can easily be understood by putting yourself in the position of the universe from which you are receiving all that you ask for; think of it as you might any other sort of relationship.

If you gave me $20 out of pure friendship and a desire for me to be happy and to fill a need that I had that might make you feel pretty good. If I thanked you and showed you what I had bought with that money and I was happy and excited that would make you feel good in yourself, wouldn’t it?

But what if I took your $20 and didn’t say thank you and never showed you what I bought with the money? Or what if I didn’t do anything with the money and I simply hoarded it? What if later you heard me complaining to someone about how you were still unhappy and that you wanted more money from me? You probably wouldn’t be too pleased with me and there is a likely chance that you wouldn’t want anything to do with me.

Can you see that by being ungrateful or by not letting your gratitude show in your heart you may be separating yourself from the very source of riches that you desire. It doesn’t have to be money… it could be rich relationships, abundant health, a superior intellect, or the time and, yes money, to enjoy life and have some of the experiences that you have always dreamed of.

Begin to cultivate a sense of gratitude in your life for all that has already been given to you and all that is your life, including things yet unseen, and see if your life doesn’t begin to have a reversal of fortune for you soon. Spend some time in thought today looking around and being truly grateful for your life, who you are and all that you have.

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