There are times in life that you confront something that at first blush seems like a problem, but when you look at it in a different light it is not a problem at all. One such problem would be not finding a place to park your brand new Porsche 911. Let's say you're taking a short drive to Malibu Colony Plaza from your Malibu mansion. It's a lazy Tuesday morning and you just want the paper and some coffee. You pull into the plaza and every single spot is taken.
There is nowhere to park and you cant pull over on the side of the road because your Porsche might get hit. What to do? This is a problem! Well, it depends on how you look at it. After listening to this scenario most people would say are you crazy! You are driving a beautiful car, living in a mansion and spending a Tuesday morning looking for the newspaper! How could that possibly be a problem? But for some people who have reached this level, it very well could ruin their morning! While this is a fairly extreme example, it points to a very real problem: most people, no matter how well off, are not grateful for what they have.
While we hope that you will eventually have the problem of not knowing where to park your Porsche, Rolls, or jet for that matter (though that may be a bigger problem), the fact that you dont currently own one of these does not mean that you should not be grateful for what you currently have. Often times we hear people say, if only I had _____, all my problems would be solved. Maybe its a new job, more money, a new house or a new person in their lives. They view the person who already has this item as having everything.
However, as we have seen, the person that has this may not be any more grateful with what he/she has than you are with what you already have. The difference is being grateful for what you have. Because, if you study the Law of Attraction even casually, you will quickly find that being grateful for what you have is the easiest may to signal to the universe that you are ready to have what you really want. The reason for this is that the universe recognizes the frequencies of emotions/feelings that you put out and brings you more of those same emotions/feelings.
The simple explanation of the law of attraction is that like attracts like. If you constantly put out to the universe in your words and actions and thoughts I hate my car, you will always being automobiles into your life that will allow you to continue to say I hate my car. On the other hand, if you hold the intention that I am grateful for my car and I know that someday soon I will have one that I will love even more it will constantly signal the universe to make this a reality. And so on and so forth you will bring about that very car youve always dreamed of owning. Therefore, the difference between the person driving the Porsche today who is ungrateful and the person driving the Hyundai (or bicycle for that matter) and is grateful is that the latter will be driving the Porsche tomorrow. You might be asking, however, just how do I show gratitude.?
The answer to this question is sustaining a mindset of being thankful. You can be thankful for anything and everything that happens to you, in some way. If you oversleep be thankful that you got more sleep, if you get a flat tire be thankful it didnt happen in the middle of a busy highway, if it happened in the middle of a busy highway, be thankful that you werent harmed, if you were harmed be thankful you werent harmed worse.etc. etcWhile this may sound strange and even really weird, the happiness that will come into your life from doing this will be amazing. Some of happiest people in the world are those that have a great deal of bad things happen to them. From these situations they have learned perspective and learned to both be thankful for what they have and, despite their hardships, expect great things to happen to them. One very useful tool for giving thanks is the use of a gratitude board.
Gratitude boards are the counterpart to the Vision Board, which has gained a great deal of attention later. Unfortunately, most people dont realize that without one, the other is useless. Gratitude Boards are like Vision Boards, in that you collect pictures and spend time focusing on those each day. Whereas Vision Boards are full of things you want to bring into your life, Gratitude Boards are full of things you already have. You then go through a process of linking your feels in a cyclical manner between the two and work towards converting items from your Vision Board to your Gratitude Board. Conversion means bringing the item into your life through the Law of Attraction and then continuing to be thankful for it once received. The results from this process can be amazing.
For more information on creating Vision and Gratitude Boards, please visit: http://www.YourVisionBoardNow.com
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