Finally revealed...The astonishing power of gratitude
and the solution to the 5 big mistakes that
keep most people from putting it to work for them!

Daily Gratitude Newsletters

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Daily Gratitude Newsletter
Volume 4, Issue 10 - May 2008
Putting Gratitude To Work For You
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Thank You!

My thanks go out to all the wonderful and caring people who wrote to me expressing their condolences for the loss of our dog. You all touched my heart with your compassion and thoughtfulness, and I really appreciate it! May you get a ten-fold return!

Wes

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It's Simple and Not a Secret

Do you ever get confused by all the ideas, formulas, systems and study programs that are out there, promising you the secrets to the life of your dreams?

Yeah, me too. What I want is something simple and easy to remember that I can apply to just about every situation in my life. Something that will make me feel better AND create positive results.

OK, here's the best one I've found. It meets all the above criteria and you can start practicing it before you get to the end of this newsletter.It's taught by every business and spiritual success teacher I know - because it works!

Are you ready? OK, here it is.

Be genuinely grateful for every person, place or condition in your life right now!

Hmmm, I know what you're thinking. "Wes, you gotta be nuts!" Well, I did leave one thing out. This is simple, but it isn't always easy. And, no, I'm not nuts. As I said, almost every teacher has some version of this principle in their material.

In fact, in Joe Vitale's recent book, "The Key" he lists gratitude as one of the ways to clear old limiting beliefs. Why does it work? Because resentment, fear and anxiety can't coexist with gratitude. Those negative feelings push away the good things we want, while gratitude attracts them.

Think about your kids (or kids you know). If they're appreciative of the things they have, you enjoy giving them more. If they're always whining, you don't. You know they won't appreciate the new stuff either.

And that's another important point. Vitale quotes Socrates as saying, "He who is not content with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have." And we'd all like to be contented, right?

So start with what you have. Find something good, some benefit, some blessing, in everything. Catch yourself when you complain and turn it into a gratitude statement. I know that some circumstances are so adverse that you can't be grateful FOR them, but you can find some good things coming as a result, and be grateful for them.

Michael Beckwith calls adversity "an initiation into service" because it prepares you to effectively serve others in adversity. There is ALWAYS something to be grateful for, if you look.

So there you are. It's simple, it's easy to remember, and it creates positive results. All it costs you is giving up complaining, resenting, suffering and martyrdom. Just find the good in everything, and be grateful.

If it isn't easy at first, just be grateful that you're human!

I'm grateful for all of you,
Wes

PS - Remember to go to dailygratitude.com and give us your comments.

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