A grateful coronary heart is a magnet that attracts us to what’s harmonious and good…. When our hearts are grateful, once we method others and life itself with gratitude for all that’s given, we usually reap extra of the identical.
~Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian from her guide The Jewel of Abundance.

Right now of the 12 months the Thanksgiving vacation is fantastic reminder to take a while to mirror on what we’re grateful for. We are able to take a look at our life, on the ups and downs, the nice and the unhealthy and discover that there’s something to be pleased about even within the unhealthy. I notice that I might not be the particular person I’m at this time with out these troublesome occasions. I can take a look at the errors I’ve made in my life and see how I’ve realized and gained energy from them. Then after all there are the entire fantastic presents that I’ve been given—the reward of the folks in my life, the reward of the attractive space I reside in, the reward of the birds singing within the backyard, the reward the air I breathe. Life is all the time a lot extra joyful once we method our lives every day with gratitude.