FEELING GRATITUDE

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Hi Patrice,

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. so gratitude is the perfect focus for my message. Yesterday, I received a link to a heart-warming film rich with wise words and stunningly beautiful photography. Do yourself a favour and have a look at this YouTube video on gratitude.

The wise elder in the film counsels us to savour every moment. This morning, when I awoke, I remembered his words so I said to myself, "Be grateful for your life."

Fortunately, I quickly realized that telling myself to be grateful is not actually feeling gratitude. Hearing words in my head falls far short of the gift of actually experiencing the frequency of gratitude throughout my being.

Frequency? Yes. Gratitude has its own signature energy pattern that we recognize when it is present within us.

You might like to explore this for yourself. Close your eyes and say, "I open to feel gratitude." Then notice the sensations.

This may take some practice but it is truly worth doing. We can access and enjoy the frequency of gratitude at any time, simply by setting the intention to do so. We don't need to have some thing to be grateful for; we can simply revel in gratitude itself.

Today feels like the perfect time to say to you, Patrice, how grateful I am to be connected to you!

With deep appreciation,
Patrice

"The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched."

-- Henry David Thoreau

"To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven."

-- Johannes A. Gaertner