Gratitude

Be Grateful

Gratitude

A closed book has many pages

First the book needs to be opened and read one page at a time

The story unfolding as the pages are turned

Each page leading to the next page

Each chapter following the last chapter

The story builds and grows around the previous pages

Yet there are still pages to be read in the book

Pages to be turned, pages to be absorbed

One reads a book turning the pages one at a time

Absorbing the book, reflecting on the book

And the book continues to the final chapter to the end

But is that the end of the book or do you carry the book within

Remembering characters, reminiscing on scenes

Certain parts of a book are forever yet each page on its own is meaningless

So too is it with gratitude it starts as a closed book

Once the book is opened or the thanks given

The pages turned the thanks continues and there is a growing appreciation

Knowing that the appreciation will continue into future chapters

Spilling onto the next page just as the words are written

Each word building on the previous and serving as a foundation for the words to follow

So too is gratitude a foundation for more good things to follow

Each time thanks are given hey serve as a building block for more thanks

The more one shows appreciation, the more one acknowledges the gifts one receives

The greater will these gifts be

These need not be material gifts but gifts of one’s asking

Each person asking differently

These could be gifts of health, prosperity, success, recognition, achievement

Faith, courage, strength the list goes on and on

Each person asking for their own gifts receiving the gifts

Yet there needs to be appreciation for these gifts continue to grow

The more one thanks, the more one is grateful

The bigger the circle of gratitude grows

It is a self-perpetuating circle

By asking, one receives; by thanking, it grows

So one feels ready to ask again

Receiving again, thanking again

So the cycle continues

There is a correlation between asking, receiving, and thanking

They all work together hand in hand

If one of the elements is missing

The cycle of gratitude will come to a standstill

Yet it is very simple

Thanks, ask, receive

Thanks, ask, receive

Thanks

And the cycle goes on and on