GRATITUDE AND ITS MAGICAL BENEFITS.

                                                                         
 Gratitude is the act of showing appreciation or thankfulness for a kindness done to you by someone. Gratitude cannot be ignored in all riches acquisition, there is no more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude, it is really effective in our day to day lives. When we show gratitude for a kindness or benevolence action done to us by someone we tend to receive more. If you show appreciation for the little done, you attract more even if that person has no intention of being of help next time, that person would have to reconsider it again.                                                 
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.                                                                                           

You were given a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘’thank you’’? famous quote from William Arthur Ward.   Majority are Culprit of this attitude. Instead of being grateful for the little done we talk about those that has not been done. When you begin to talk about what you don’t have then you would not see any reason to be thankful. If you want to always be thankful,  remember what you’ve got  and forget what you do not have, with that you will see a reason to be thankful .  Most people are only good in asking, asking, asking without being grateful, grateful, grateful.
The source of creation is aware of your need, oh yes he knows how you are feeling right now. Why not change your attitude of ingratitude to an attitude of gratefulness. It is only when we begin to be grateful we would draw abundance to ourselves. ‘’the best way out of poverty is by showing gratitude for what you have’’. The more you recognise and express gratitude for the things done, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.                                                       
There was a certain blind boy who sat by the road side and held up a sign which said ‘’ please I need help’’. It was getting late and they were only a few coins in his bag, one passer by a very young man had sympathy, dropping some coin inside the bag. He then turned the sign around and wrote an inscription ‘’ today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it. Not too long the bag of the blind boy became filled with money.                                                                                                                            Statistic has shown that those who show gratitude are happier and more fulfilled than those who don’t. Life is all about gratitude. The master of the universe is asking for a change in orientation. Put yourself in the position of a giver and someone else in the position of a receiver. You have been so good to Katherine, Katherine keeps on asking, she hardly find time to say thank you Josh for the gift you gave to me the last time we met. She only complains about what you have not done for her. How would you feel? That’s the same way it feels when we ask all the time.
  In 1969 around 12:00 pm in Yokohama , the biggest city in Tokyo, the boss of a company called together his workers, this was what he said to them.’’ ladies and gentlemen, I see your devotion and the spirit of enthusiasm in the way you carry out your duties daily in this great company, you are so dedicated as if it were your private business I thank you all. I thought it very important to call you together and ask what changes you would like in your lives and that of your family as an appreciation to your effort. It is an interactive class feel free to air your views, I will see that your request is granted by the end of this year.                                                                                          Starting from the first row Chuchung Lee ‘’ well I would like my salary to be increased and a better home in a more conducive environment not too far from the company’’.                                                  Renen Hondayu ‘’ I did like a promotion in my office’’.  There was an intelligent man who knew the power of gratitude he is by name Lin Chu Yan, a tall huge man from Korea this is what he said ‘’I want to start by saying thank you to the CEO of this great company, who made it possible to be part of him, he has affected our lives so great that we can boast of a life of financial buoyancy, if it were not for him some of us here would have remained in poverty, I remembered an occasion when I was really ill and couldn’t carry out my duties, he took time off to see me at home privately, what surprised me the most was he never stopped paying me my monthly income like  he did  to others, lets rise and applaud.                                                                                                                                   The meeting had ended and Mr. David Jesse sent for Lin Chu Yan to see him privately in his office. When he came in hear their conversation Lin Chu Yan ‘’ you sent for me sir’’. ‘’yes, sit down, you were so fantastic today, I have never seen a man with much gratitude as you, my entire life, what struck me most was you never made any request. Can you handle the post of a manager’’? Mr. Lin was speechless. Can you handle that post he asked again.’’ Why not said Lin but.....................................” shh congratulation you are now the new manager from now on, with a double income, two official cars, and a first class  suit any where you wish to live”.
That is the power of gratitude. It has far more effect of curing that ailment, giving you that million dollar contract, promoting you to that position you had always desired for than asking. In the world we live in many are so obsessed and concerned about their problems that they forget the efficacy of gratitude.  ‘’ a man that is ungrateful, is always a great fool’’. There are so many misconceptions about gratitude, some people see those who show gratitude as people who have everything and don’t have anything to worry about. That notion has to be corrected, when someone shows gratitude that doesn’t mean he has nothing to complain of. They have only learnt the fastest and easiest way to get what they want. Remember Mr. Lin, he wanted a bigger house, a bigger car a better salary, but he was wise enough to coat his complains under gratitude, he was intelligent enough not to mention it. He was truly an intelligent man.                                                   
If you show more gratitude you will acquire ten times more than asking. There must be a change of mind. Your gratitude should be far more than your request. If you develop the habit of being thankful you are only opening doors for abundance and more fulfillment in life. The universe is attracted to a man of gratitude, that person that would always have something to be thankful for no matter the circumstances they might find themselves. The universe says “look for those who always have something to be grateful for, and settle them too over flowing until they want no more. then from the excesses they don’t want settle those who always ask’’.
The universe also say ‘’but this man has always showed gratitude, if I deprive him, it doesn’t make sense. It be wise to give him much more than those who ask’’.  With gratitude you magnetise infinite intelligent that would always come to your rescue when you need them. That is one of the secret of abundance. Ask, ask, ask don’t you think the supplier would get tired.
Some would say ‘’ my problem is the worse, I am sick, I am poor and so on’’ do not forget that some are dead. There is always something to be thankful for, there is always someone you are better than.
I remembered an old adage when I was much younger which says ‘’I complained I had no shoes, until I met a man that had