Just for today I will live the attitude of gratitude!

Just for today, I will have the attitude of gratitude… one of the five Reiki principles which we strive to live by.

Ask people what’s wrong… and you can write a book
Ask people what’s right… and you can write a page

It is easier to complain, to fret about things, to see the faults and mistakes of others and ourselves. How hard are we on ourselves sometimes? Judging what we do or worrying about doing the right thing. Or thinking situations worse than what they really are! The truth is, the more we think negative and give our worry thoughts energy, the more it will get – it will eventually become the only thing we see.

Focus on lack and you will lack.

To live in gratitude is to live in abundance. If we continuously think about what we have to be grateful for and be thankful for the good in our life, we will begin to attract more positive into our lives. Constantly focusing our energy on what we have, will enfold us with gratitude every single day! This gratitude will attract more gratitude and abundance.

Count your blessings, not your troubles
Give thanks for what you have
Give thanks for what you don’t have and trust that you will supported
Talk as if you have received it and create the flow of abundance in your life!

It is only our own mind that keeps us from accepting that which is truly ours – abundance. Quoted from “The Grange Reiki Principles” the following:

In the nag Hammadi texts, discovered in Egypt in 1945, which contains gospels older than those of the New Testament, Philip quotes Jesus as saying: “… what you see you shall become”. In other words, if you focus on what you do not have, you will continue to be in lack. On the other hand, if you continue to be aware of the unlimited abundance all around you, and consistently feel the resulting gratitude, abundance will continue to be your state of affairs, and even increase. There is nothing lacking on this planet. It is the distribution system that has gone awry due to our illusions about lack, not to mention Man’s greed – due again to a fear of lack – that has indeed KEPT us in lack”.

We are worthy of the riches and wealthy of the Universe – if you feel unworthy or not deserving you will also block the flow of abundance to you.

How does one achieve this state of gratitude? Affirmations may help but it is also the discipline associated with changing old patters, old belief systems. Affirmations together with prayer, the Life Energy, the fundamental power of the Universe, will create the attraction and draw greater abundance into your life.

Reiki assists us greatly here, as it helps to clear away old subconscious patterns which might be blocking your flow of abundance.

Make an effort to bring your conscious awareness back to an ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE, every day.
Can you, just for today, live the attitude of gratitude?