An Attitude of Gratitude An Attitude of Gratitude

            THE ATTITUDE OF GRATTITUDE

                           AND APPRECIATION

                               REVISED 11/23/2025

                                                © 2009 Chessie Roberts all rights reserved

                                Used on chessiesEOS blogspot by permission Evolution of Self

   Why should I be grateful you ask? Do you have a home; enough to eat, a way to read this blog, friends, family and everything you need to live as comfortably as possible? Then I ask why do you not feel overwhelmingly grateful? So many have little or nothing and feel that they can do nothing about it, (in some cases they are correct).
     One of the things that I find appalling is the sense of entitlement that seems to permeate the youth of this era. It is seen in the young adults all the way down to children old enough to have learned better, should someone have taken the time to teach them. Where did this mind set start? As best I can figure it started with the ‘60s concept of “if it feels good do it”.  Some of us grew up and learned that if one did not earn it, one did not deserve to have it, and some did not.

     I hear children telling their parents what they will and will not accept on their plates, for gifts; what the parents will give them now just because everyone else has one. On the other side of that I hear what the child will not do to earn the item or privilege, and the parents feel they have to accept the child’s’ ultimatum. 

     How did that happen (I have no answer here folks) I had a child tell me once after they broke one of my collectibles, “That’s OK, I didn’t want to play with that anymore, ‘sides it doesn’t matter, Mommy will just buy me another.” Never mind that it was not hers to begin with.
      The solution is to change the way we think by going from the ‘what can you give me’ mind set to the ‘what can I do for someone else and what can I be thankful for today’ way of thinking. This works because when you change what you think about, what you think about changes. (You may want to read that again)
     By attempting to show kindness for others a change occurs down deep inside, you have seen it demonstrated in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. Your capacity for love of others grows to astounding levels. You find yourself being grateful for absolutely everything in your life and on the planet. You begin to smile more, help more, trust more and share more. It doesn’t stop there it radiates out from you to encompass everyone you come across and spreads out from them. It could turn into a movement of global betterment!
      What if we all did this, can you see an end to hate, war, hunger, homelessness, fear, disease, corruption; and the list goes on and on, all the way to global peace? How nice will that be?
A friend of mine just introduced me to the Gratitude Project;
“Gratitude Project 2009
The Gratitude Project was begun several years ago (on LiveJournal) by estaratshirai. The rules are simple. Every day between Midsummer and Thanksgiving one must find something to be grateful for in life. No repeats - one can be grateful to people more than once, but it has be for different reasons.”

THE GRATITUDE/APPRECIATION PROJECT

REVISITED

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” ~ Voltaire "Gratitude is the emotion that drives appreciation which is the vehicle of sharing and growth." ~Chessie Roberts

A friend of mine, Honi Borden pointed out that there is a huge vibrational difference between being in the state of gratefulness and being in the state of appreciation.
When you are in an attitude of appreciation, you are tuned with the natural vibration of the true love essence, you can think of it as pure bliss consciousness.

When you feel grateful, you have reached the point of having overcome and now you have come to this place of thankfulness which is wonderful, however, the energy is coming from overcoming rather than just being. By shifting the resonance from "I am grateful" to the more powerful I am appreciative, you change your inner vibration, and it raises you to be more in line with the universe.  This causes the universe to align with that state of consciousness without having you to overcome more obstacles.

The Gratitude Project was begun by Julie McCord, and I love it and the changes it makes in your life SO, because of the new information I have explained above, I have renamed it the GRATITUDE/APPRECIATION PROJECT.

The rules are simple - every day between Lammas (August 1st) and Mabon (the Autumnal Equinox) one must find something to be grateful for in life. No repeats -you may be grateful to people more than once, but it must be for different reasons. Gratitude/Appreciation is one of the best ways to turn your thinking around to a more positive and uplifting perspective. When you are grateful/appreciative those feelings cascade out into all facets of life and you begin to see and act upon what is truly important.

I challenge all you readers to try this and see what a wonderful difference it makes in your lives and those around you. I’d be willing to bet that it catches on and becomes a daily thing all year ‘round.
Bright Blessings, Chessie