{"id":1057,"date":"2014-11-25T07:08:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T12:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2015-02-01T22:46:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T03:46:29","slug":"gratitude-giving-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/gratitude-giving-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude: Giving Thanks Creates More for which to Be Grateful!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For flowers that bloom about our feet;
\nFor tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
\nFor song of bird, and hum of bee;<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Gratitude:<\/span><\/h3>\n


\nFor all things fair we hear or see,
\nFather in heaven, we thank Thee!
\n~Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/span><\/h3>\n

Gratitude<\/a> is a state of mind and heart.\u00c2\u00a0 What we focus on, expands and increases.\u00c2\u00a0 Since this is the case, focusing on giving thanks for the blessings in our lives keeps us in the dual energies of feeling blessed and mindful of abundance.<\/p>\n

This is the PERFECT energy for more blessings to occur!<\/p>\n

To build on this experience,
\n* take a few minutes and pay attention to the positive elements in your life
\n* write down the key positive elements
\n* allow the feeling of abundance to fill you … and to spill out around you, wrapping you up safely and securely<\/p>\n

Gratitude allows you to bring MORE into your life!\u00c2\u00a0 In the words of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as recorded in her Sonnet 41:<\/p>\n

I thank all who have loved me in their hearts,
\nWho paused a little near the prison-wall
\nTo hear my music in its louder parts
\nEre they went onward, each one to the mart’s
\nOr temple’s occupation, beyond call.
\nBut thou, who, in my voice’s sink and fall
\nWhen the sob took it, thy divinest Art’s
\nOwn instrument didst drop down at thy foot
\nTo hearken what I said between my tears, . . .
\nInstruct me how to thank thee! Oh, to shoot
\nMy soul’s full meaning into future years,
\nThat they should lend it utterance, and salute
\nLove that endures, from Life that disappears!<\/p>\n

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For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee! ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Gratitude is a state of mind and heart.\u00c2\u00a0 What we focus on, expands and increases.\u00c2\u00a0 Since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,4,6],"tags":[166,165,167,114,32,168],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-healing","category-life-coaching","category-mental-healing","category-spiritual-healing","tag-abundance","tag-blessing","tag-giving-thanks","tag-grateful","tag-gratitude","tag-thanksgiving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}