Ending..

So we're just few hours away from a spanking brand new year and let me tell you, 2007 has been nothing short of rewarding as far as my spiritual and family life is concerned. I made many friends and get to know them rather well. Best of all, it is gratifying to know these wonderful people actually irregardless of cultural differences. I'll always look back with gratitude and for the wonderful decisions I have made regarding to Marie Callas.

It's December again!

It's time of the year where we show our gratitude and the month where we can give back to the society to help the needy and the less fortunates. I've always encourage my daughters to contribute to the needy as much as they can afford because by doing so, it's creating a helping spiritual bond to the Providence and it will in turn give you back more. I believe in that. I feel that's the right thing to do. The act of generosity.

Same here for gratitude. I'm very grateful to put some faith in Marie Callas. She has changed my life quite a lot this year, of course, those few lucky lottery wins have made my family's life better, like the good food and the memorable short trips around the country. So I make sure I always carry one of the Marie Callas talisman whenever I go and I think it helps me. Thank you again.

With all the love in my heart I want to tell you thank you and I wish you Merry Christmas and a lot of health and happiness.

Thank you

I think "Thank You" are very powerful words. It can:

1. Turn upsets to gratitude.
2. Negative to positive.
3. Complaining to Appreciating.
4. Argument to Acceptance and Understanding.
5. Forcing to Encouragement.
6. Disempowering to empowering.
7. Hate to love.

I've made it a habit to thank everyone I come in contact with and to try and find something to compliment them on.

Why show gratitude?

Over the weekend, I had a great time with my friends and family. Great time and great food. What more could I ask for. I express my deepest gratitude for that abundance in life.

While I am writing this, I ask, how many people are aware of the abundance that fills their lives right now? I guess not many. I'm not in the best position to say anything I guess. And I do know, many people are taking lives for granted that they have forgotten they are actually surrounding by abundance. Having abundance really doesn't mean collecting that unending list of material possessions.

In our materialistic society we are told by others (many through our television sets and media) that we need more stuff to be happy and fulfilled, and when we acquire and possess the stuff they tell us we should have, they bring out more stuff, newer, improved, better stuff and tell us that we need that. But I guess that's how the world develops too! It's a parody in spirituality I bet.

But let me boldly state one thing which is, the vicious circle of material possessions doesn't end until we develop an attitude of gratitude.

How can being thankful for something stop us from wanting more and more possessions?

When you become grateful the aspects of life neglected. Instead of worrying about how you can get your next better car, you explore how you can create your next sign of love. Then your value will change and life appreciation grows. So that greedy appetite to acquire more material stuff lowers.

That's my simple explanation on gratitude. Thanks Marie Callas for your precious spiritual guide.

The Power of Gratitude

Gratitude. This is a virtue which Marie Callas speaks so often but so many people have forgotten. There are actually immense powers if you express gratitude.

Gratitude is one thing which requires no money or effort and you can do that for free but it does have the effect your making you rich in your life.

Sometimes we feel life is so unfair. Someone has all the good stuff in the world yet you have to slog it out to earn pittances. You develop an attitude of angst. Don't! Instead develop an attitude of gratitude.

Practise showing your gratitude as much as you can. You don't have to go around smiling at every hour every minutes to do that. You can tell yourself in your mind how much you appreciate this life or better still, you can meditate on that.

Whenever something goes against you, do not be hateful. Express gratitude that it has taught you something instead. Be sincere and genuine too, for you will truly feel thankful for the abundance in your life.

Grateful

Weekend came and passed by extremely quickly, even before I could truly give myself a real rest. I hope all of you have a great time when your precious weekends.

Yup, the weather is really swelteringly hot, and everyone smells weird if you bump them in a crowded life, even those SYT! * Praying very hard for 2 days of non stop rain * Which is the reason why you can see so many people rushing up the 'mountains' to enjoy at the colder air at GH.

Don't much much luck last one or two months as well, but I'm not blaming Marie or anyone. Actually I should feel grateful to Marie Callas because I have won more money on lotteries on the first 5 months of this year than the amount I won with all the past few years totalled.

The Power of Gratitude

Today is Monday and it's brand new work week. Hope you don't have the Monday blues but you feel charged from the weekend rest. I wish you have a great week ahead. Here's an excellent write-up that I wish to share with you. I think what is said here is very true.

Financial wealth, close relationships and interior harmony are the major positive outcomes of one special force in this Universe, namely gratitude. Ever since we are really small children, our parents, grandparents, relatives constantly remind us to politely say Thank you for all good things that happen to us. While this is just the basis, there is nothing more legitimate than this sort of attitude. Of course, you have to genuinely feel grateful; otherwise, faked gratitude bears no positive outcomes.

It is all a matter of grateful, beneficial vibrations that are reflected into the Universe and that the Universe is reflecting back on you. The power of gratitude works in harmony with the Law of Attraction: when you are grateful, the Universe will give you reasons to be even more grateful for what it brings in your life. In order to maximize the advantageous effects, you need to take a few steps for deeply acknowledging the power of gratitude.

First of all, take a close look at the people and the events in your life that stand for the valuable and constructive aspects in your life. Think about their significance: it is impossible not to feel grateful for their presence and obvious beneficial influences upon your lifestyle.

Next consider those people and happenings which you really don't pay too much attention to: they need to be acknowledged as well, so that you should be able to fully grasp all of the beneficial effects they have. These are people and events that you only meet occasionally, but that, nonetheless, affect your life in a positive manner. Now, when you think about them, you realize that you never really gave them a deep thought. But as you realize that, you also grow aware of the importance they have and you just cannot prevent a feeling of gratitude fulfilling you.

Also, take some time to contemplate what you want from your life and all of the difficult experiences you have been through. Truth be told, you need to be grateful for such less fortunate happenings as well. They are experiences that have taught you something, a valuable lesson of life you couldn't have learnt otherwise. Yes, you have to feel grateful even in such cases. They have given you the measure of what you have done wrong and have helped you prevent similar potential unfortunate outcomes.

Finally, at this point, you can anticipate with hope and a positive thought what's going to happen next: feel gratitude for the good things that are to come. When you feel gratitude for future beneficial expectations, you are in point of fact acknowledging the undeniable truth that such expectations are to be met for certain. Indeed, gratitude can actually work miracles: the Universe will not fail to reward you for your responsiveness to the benign gifts it bestows upon you.

Author: David Hooper is founder of the Guide for Living Institute, a think tank designed to help people enjoy life. His new book on Law of Attraction is available at Amazon.com or can be downloaded free of charge at www.receivethebook.com.