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A gratitude prayer doesn't have to be recited lines of verbal sounds
coming out your mouth once a day.
A more powerful and authentic way to 'ask' is by feeling gratitude now.
You see feelings reproduce themselves and this often misunderstood.
The self-help gurus and the not so guru'd all write about visualizing
and saying affirmations, but what very few of them tell you - because I
don't think they have the consciousness to express it - is that the
feeling you feel is the gratitude prayer, not just the thought.
This is why simply saying thank-you from your headspace is not as
effective.
Feel It First Then Say It
You HAVE to feel it. You have to be sincere in your body before saying
it. The words are just an expression of a state of being, or an
experience that you want to communicate to another.
Just like any speaking or thinking it arises from a state of being that
you verbalize to get that across to another person or to the divine.
So when you are next in a shop and purchase something, watch yourself
when you say 'thank you'.
Or did you just say it because saying it is associated
with the situation and it has become robotic?
When someone does something for you or gives you
something, take half a second to go into your heart and decide to FEEL
grateful then express your feeling or state of gratitude by saying
'thanks'.
In order to feel it you will need to look for something to be grateful
for no matter what the situation. When in bed you can feel grateful
that you have a warm, dry bed in a dark, dry, quiet room - then say
thanks.
The alternative to your warm, dry bed in a dark, dry room is sleeping
out in the street under a bush. That is enough for me to be thankful.
Feel it then say it.
Waiters and people working in shops get paid to serve you, but that
doesn't mean you can't take half a second to feel grateful that they
brought you the food and drink to your table.
As you go about your day finding little things to be grateful for, the
feelings reproduce themselves and multiply.
An important part of this is being content with what you have now, but
that doesn't mean you can't have a vision and plan for the future. The
secret is to be grateful now and that is your gratitude prayer.
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