Gratitude
(This is an excerpt from University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org, please feel free to visit the school website)
Hart explains in his book, The Secret Spiritual World Of Children (2003), “Feeling a sense of appreciation vibrates the heart; expressing it makes it sing.” He says often all that is required for the heart of love and caring to rise to the surface are simple questions such as: What’s one thing that you’re thankful for? How does a special person or creature in your life make you feel? How would your life feel without them? When they have identified someone you might ask: Can you send that person your feeling of thanks? Maybe through a prayer, a hug tonight that lasts a little longer than usual, a note, a word, or just a warm thought.
“The next best thing we can do with challenge is to be grateful for it… Gratitude is an energy that works miracles in all our dimensions… Gratitude releases a tremendous healing power within the structure of our cells; it is like a miniature atomic explosion…that is why we are told to be grateful: we are empowered by gratitude. Gratitude is a choice, in time it becomes a habit. Gratitude is an energy that unlocks the power of conscious change. Gratitude actually energizes your prayers and intentions.”