What is gratitude
and how can it be expressed?

Gratitude is the overflowing of life's cup, when it is full of bliss, the automatic outcome of a truly contented life. 'gratefulness.' To be grateful is to recognize and acknowledge the omnipresence of God and His work in our life. Thanksgiving is an important aspect of prayer, which takes us closer to Him and His presence in us.

Here is a small cue, which explains the importance of gratefulness lucidly:



What do we say to someone, who says 'Thank You' to us? We probably say 'Welcome,' so when we Thank God with all our heart, wouldn't He say 'Welcome'? And what more can we ask for, when He welcomes us into His Grace?







His balance flows into our life, His goodness fills our days and all that we know and do not know of Him fills our life… our consciousness. Our life becomes His Life and there ends the distance between Him and Us. We become Him in the truest sense of the word. Let us Rejoice in this Oneness and allow the Universal Hand to govern our life. This is the greatest wealth we can ever acquire and the greatest pleasure we can ever seek.

Since ages, man has been seeking deliverance from sin and suffering. One fine day, he realizes that it is in him - deep within him that all happiness and sorrow reside. He realizes that, knowingly or unknowingly, he had been creating the circumstances that caused his success or failure and thereby created joy and sorrow, respectively. Both are, in fact, two sides of the same coin. And within the seeds of suffering also lie the potential of unlimited joy. It is 'attitude' that governs the 'altitude' and not merely the 'aptitude.'

Any situation when viewed with a different viewpoint (different attitude) will present a new facet and perhaps a new opportunity disguised in the seeming failure. Most innocent and untarnished hearts often are 'open' to such new viewpoints. The following story aptly explains this phenomenon: