As we get ready to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday here in
the states, I'm reminded of the gratitude I have for all of you.

Here's a piece I found from one of my mentors on giving thanks and the importance of
gratitude in deliberate manifestation.

Please share it with your family and friends.

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Gratitude

Be thankful for what you have and the universe will bring you
more to be thankful for. It is important to be grateful for
what you have already manifested in your life. If you do
nothing else in the Deliberate Manifestation process, being
grateful will change your vibration to attract good into your
life.

A great way to be thankful for what you have is with a Gratitude
Journal. Write down at least five things everyday that you are
thankful for. You will discover things you are blessed with
that you didn't even know you had. A change will happen deep
inside you. You'll be delighted with how you feel about life.
Being grateful is focusing on abundance and the Law of
Attraction will bring you more abundance.

Appreciation helps you send out strong positive vibrations of
pure happiness and joy. Writing in your Gratitude Journal is an
effective tool for maintaining positive vibrations. When you
purposely take the time to write down what you are thankful for,
you are deliberately sending positive vibrations and including
these in your Vibrational Aura.

You can be grateful for anything. The following was found on
the Internet, author unknown.

Things I'm Thankful For

* The partner who hogs the covers every night, because (s)he
is not with someone else.
* The child who is not cleaning his room, but is watching TV
because that means he is at home and not on the streets.
* For the taxes that I pay, because it means that I'm
employed.
* For the mess to clean after a party, because it means that I
have been surrounded by friends.
* For the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means
I have enough to eat.
* For the shadow that watches me at work, because it means it
means I am in the sunshine.
* For the lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning,
and gutters that need fixing, because it means I have a home.
* For all the complaints that I hear about the government,
because it means that we have freedom of speech.
* For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking
lot, because it means I am capable of walking and that I have
been blessed with transportation.
* For the huge heating bill, because it means I am warm.
* For the lady in church who sings off key, because it means
that I can hear.
* For the pile of laundry and ironing, because it means I have
clothes to wear.
* For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day,
because it means I have been capable of working hard.
* For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours,
because it means that I am alive.
* For too much e-mail, because it means I have friends who are
thinking of me.

You can be thankful for everything. You just need to see the
positive. You can powerfully set your vibration and create your
day with two simple words; Thank You! When you get out of the
bed in the morning say; "Thank you for this brand new day."
Say thank you as you brush your teeth and thank you as you take
your shower. Say thank you as you eat your breakfast and say
thank you for everything you're doing. Before you know it you
have said thank you 100 times before you walk out the door!

As you start to feel different about what you have already, you
will start to attract more good things.

You could be thinking, "I don't have a nice car. I don't
have a good job or happy marriage," but this is only focusing
on what you don't have. Be thankful for something as simple
as having eyes to read this or for the loving pets you own. The
point is to stay grateful and positive so the Law of Attraction
can bring you more to be grateful for. It is impossible to
manifest great things in your life if you feel ungrateful for
what you have. Negative feelings of resentment, jealousy, envy
or dissatisfaction cannot bring you what you want unless
you're looking for more things to be ungrateful for!

Gratitude should be part of your Statement of Desire;