Can Gratitude Give You More?

“We should, all of us, be filled with gratitude and humility for our present progress and prosperity. We should be filled with awe and joy at what lies over the horizon. And we should be filled with absolute determination to make the most of it.”

Bill Clinton

Gratitude Gives More

The little girl patted the seeds into the soil, pat, pat, pat, pat, over and over as she asked her mother, "Mommy, will these seeds really grow into sunflowers?"

"Yes, sweetheart. They will as long as we water the seeds and they don't get too thirsty or too wet."

The little girl did not want that to happen, desiring to see the mixed packet of seeds blossom into sunflowers. Imagining the harvest of bright sunflowers, she took great care watering the seeds. She thanked God for the harvest and prayed that the sun would not scorch the seeds. Soon the seeds began to bud into plants reaching for the sky and big, happy flowers. The little girl excitedly thanked God for the sunflowers.

The mother cut bunches of sunflowers, some of each kind, and took them to a florist who paid for the blooms. The mom is so pleased with her daughter's diligence in caring for the plants she gave the child the money. The little girl jumped into her mother's lap, hugged her with little arms curled around her mom's neck, and repeatedly kissed her check.

"With those seeds we got pretty sunflowers... some money," the little girl tallied, then excitedly added, "and whoever buys those sunflowers will be happy, too!"

That Christmas the mom found a shiny, red present with a big, gold ribbon wrapped around it. Curious, the mother reached for the present and read the label, "To the best Mom in the world." She opened it to reveal a starter Pandora charm bracelet.

"That is what you always wanted, right, Mommy?"

With tears in her eyes, she replied, "Yes, yes! Thank you! Merry Christmas!"

The mom and her daughter planted the seeds. The daughter watched over the seeds, prayed for, and expected healthy plants. When the sunflowers began to bloom, the mother took them to a florist, who compensated her for the variety and beauty of the flowers. The mother gave the money to her daughter, who in turn took some of that money and bought a present for her mother. The mother and the daughter had more than when they started.

The more you focus your mind on the good things that have come to you, the more good things will come, and the more rapidly they will come. GRATITUDE will keep you humble, and you will not give in to competitiveness and anything else inharmonious to your created thought. For instance, if your created thought expresses your intention to become a professional basketball player, but you accept negativity from family and peers who tell you that you aren't tall enough to be a pro player, that negativity is a major hindrance in creating harmonious, intentional thoughts that can bring about a new reality.

If your mind dwells upon the inferior, it becomes inferior, and you will surround yourself with inferior things. However, by fixing your attention on the best, you surround yourself with the best and become the best. The "creative power" within you makes you into the image on which you focus your attention. Proverbs 23:7 says, "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he."

So you must think positively and cast off every thought arising that is incongruent to your planned intentions. Give gratitude for the desired image in your mind even before it manifests.

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